Marry, whip the gosling: I think I shall have something to do with you.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

It is true that the farthest end towards Whitechappel Church was not all paved, but even the part that was paved was full of grass also; but this need not seem strange, since the great streets within the city, such as Leadenhall Street, Bishopsgate Street, Cornhill, and even the Exchange itself, had grass growing in them in several places; neither cart or coach were seen in the streets from morning to evening, except some country carts to bring roots and beans, or peas, hay, and straw, to the market, and those but very few compared to what was usual.
— from A Journal of the Plague Year Written by a Citizen Who Continued All the While in London by Daniel Defoe

Keine Gaukelkunst berückt / Das Flammenauge, das ins Innere blickt —By no juggler's art can you beguile the eye of fire which glances into the inner soul of things.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

843, I am a god, if this is so .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Goodness, in this ideal sense, is not a matter of opinion, but of nature.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

It was of very great importance that I should be absolutely sure of every step in the investigation which I now gained in advance.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

The conduct of Gennerid in the important station to which he was promoted or restored, of master-general of Dalmatia, Pannonia, Noricum, and Rhaetia, seemed to revive the discipline and spirit of the republic.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

We conversed there in a very pleasant manner till my dinner-time arrove, when the agreeable gentleman insisted that I should dine with him.
— from The Complete Works of Artemus Ward (HTML edition) by Artemus Ward

Garret insisted that I should save him at any cost, but I said I could do nothing; and Moxton went away swearing that he would have Garret arrested on the morrow."
— from The Crimson Cryptogram: A Detective Story by Fergus Hume

“Your meaning, as I understand it, Mr. Gordon, is that I should refrain from giving him any assistance.
— from The Fate of Felix Brand by Florence Finch Kelly

If a glass of milk is too much (and it will be in nine cases out of ten, especially if it is cold), give half a glass; if that is still too much, give quarter of a glass, or put more water with it.
— from Making Good on Private Duty: Practical Hints to Graduate Nurses by Harriet Camp Lounsbery

Unlike most French châteaux, which were built on low lands among the hunting forests, it stood on a hill in a great park, and was surrounded with terraces, fountains, and gardens in the Italian style.
— from Days of the Discoverers by Louise Lamprey

For very liquid ink the hole should be as small as you can possibly get it; thick inks, such as Indian, require coarser pens.
— from Things To Make by Archibald Williams