Daney says: This generous man received as his sole recompense for a noble deed the satisfaction of seeing this plant for whose preservation he had shown such devotion, prosper throughout the Antilles.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Native critics refer to a work of the Han dynasty, which says: "Ten LI outside the WU gate [of the city of Wu, now Soochow in Kiangsu] there is a great mound, raised to commemorate the entertainment of Sun Wu of Ch`i, who excelled in the art of war, by the King of Wu."
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

On the other side of the Allatoona range, the Pumpkin-Vine Creek, also a tributary of the Etowah, flowed north and west; Dallas, the point aimed at, was a small town on the other or east side of this creek, and was the point of concentration of a great many roads that led in every direction.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

In the chapters relating to the Eden myth and its personages, I have fully given my reasons for believing that the story of Eve, the natural childlessness of Sarah, and the immaculate conception by Mary, denote, as sea-rocks sometimes mark the former outline of a coast, a primitive theory of celibacy in connection with that of a divine or Holy Family.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

I had to agree, in spite of my dislike to the operation; but fortunately the clever surgeon whom the doctor summoned pronounced that if I would have patience nature itself would give me relief.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Here the good man recounted a great many stories of people who has been seduced, cheated, pilfered, beat—nay, even murdered by such villains.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

All was gone, my husband gone (at least separated from me, he being in the Bay; and to add to my grief, the Indians told me they would kill him as he came homeward), my children gone, my relations and friends gone, our house and home and all our comforts—within door and without—all was gone (except my life), and I knew not but the next moment that might go too.
— from Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Mary White Rowlandson

I shall be back here by the first of March, and on the second I give my real marriage feast.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

“Government monopolies rigorously maintained, insolent disregard and neglect of the half-castes and powerful creoles, and the example of the United States, were the chief reasons of the downfall of the American possessions.
— from The Philippines a Century Hence by José Rizal

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above it.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

I am not quite sure of its objective reality; nevertheless, I will point it out, and give my reasons for doing so.
— from Metapsychical Phenomena: Methods and Observations by J. (Joseph) Maxwell

Hale's New Cook Book,"—I gave many receipts for preparing food for invalids and children; but something more is needed.
— from Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million Containing Four Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-five Receipts, Facts, Directions, etc. in the Useful, Ornamental, and Domestic Arts by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale

The steamers "North Star" and "Ariel," the one of 1,867 60 / 95 tons, and the other of 1,295 28 / 95 tons, have but recently commenced the service, on the gross mail receipts.
— from Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post by Thomas Rainey

“I was in my shop on Saturday, when that woman (pointing to the trembling female in the dock) came in kicking up a row, and asking for her husband; well, she spoke to her husband, and wanted to get him away, but her husband did not choose to go; and as she would not leave quietly, I was obliged to go and speak to her, page 214 p. 214 upon which she turned round, abusing me, saying I had robbed her of her husband, that I had got his money, and kept making a great many remarks which I was not going to submit to, especially as she had got quite a crowd of people together, and it was interfering with my business; so I called in policeman Brown, and gave her in charge.”
— from The Night Side of London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

no Supreme hand fretted the brave o'erhanging firmament with golden fire—no Jehovah made the wide carpet of fair nature bespangled with laughing flowers—no God made roaring seas and mighty rivers—no God revealed the Bible—no God made man!"
— from Charles Bradlaugh: a Record of His Life and Work, Volume 1 (of 2) With an Account of his Parliamentary Struggle, Politics and Teachings. Seventh Edition by Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner

In the morning of the world; some of the Greek myths retold.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1972 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

"Seein' as you got my reply to it, I must have," said Scattergood.
— from Scattergood Baines by Clarence Budington Kelland

"As they have never guided me right when they have interfered with my children, their approbation or disapproval will have little weight in my determination," answered Grahame.
— from The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence by Grace Aguilar

Goggin, Major, reports taking of Fort Sanders impossible, 505 , 506 .
— from From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet