When the bond of union gets once broken everything ruinous to our future prospects is to be apprehended.
— from With Americans of Past and Present Days by J. J. (Jean Jules) Jusserand

In the past, at least, we were too often guilty of the folly of looking upon our form of government as ideal, forgetting that no form of government should be considered in the abstract, or as good or better, except relatively to the circumstances to which it is applied.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 19, April 1874‐September 1874 by Various

"Well, Trimble," said Mr. Grey, with unusual cordiality, "how are you getting on?" "Bad enough," returned Trimble, "I haven't got no money for you.
— from Tom, The Bootblack; or, The Road to Success by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

With some exceptions, such as those cities which had their own elective sheriffs, and those pairs of counties which were conjoined under one sheriff, each shire had one sheriff, appointed in the following manner: every year, on November 1, a special meeting of the Privy Council was held at the exchequer, a number of the higher government officials being especially required to be present; here a list of three persons of distinction from each county, qualified to fill the office of sheriff, was made up and submitted to the king, who "pricked" one from each three; the men thus chosen were then bound to seek letters-patent, and take their oaths as sheriffs for the ensuing year in their respective counties.
— from The American Nation: A History — Volume 1: European Background of American History, 1300-1600 by Edward Potts Cheyney

It is not strange, then, that he slaked his thirst by devouring the liver, sprinkled with gall, or by eating raw the gelatinous nose of the buffalo.
— from Musk-Ox, Bison, Sheep and Goat by George Bird Grinnell

In the act of wondering whether she felt any resentment towards George or Barbara, Eric realized that she was too big of heart to grudge happiness to any one.
— from The Secret Victory by Stephen McKenna