Newton presented himself to the Court of Directors, who confirmed his rank, and promised him the command of the first ship which was brought forward, with flattering commendations for his gallantry in protecting property of so much value.
— from Newton Forster by Frederick Marryat

Britain was producing a great industrial population, Protestant or sceptical; she had agricultural labourers indeed, but no peasants.
— from The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

We would remind the preacher that no one is forced against his will to go to confession, and the very fact of one's going is presumptive proof of sincere sorrow for his sins, and a resolution, weaker or stronger, God helping him, to forsake them.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 07, April 1868 to September, 1868 by Various