" This chapter explains the general principles of the American theory of judicial institutions.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

The ass is some poor province it may be; The thieves, that gracious potentate, or this, Austria, Turkey, or say Hungary;
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

The fleets of Spain and Portugal, bound for the East Indies, Brazil, Cape Verd, Guinea, and other countries, usually come here for refreshments, to the great profit of this and the other islands, the inhabitants selling to them their various articles at good prices.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

—— is housekeeper on this boat, and great pails of tea and trays of bread and butter, and rice and sugar, go all around the decks for breakfast.
— from Hospital Transports A memoir of the Embarkation of the Sick and Wounded from the Peninsula of Virginia in the Summer of 1862 by Frederick Law Olmsted

Hence arose, as that vast number of his books, so the choiceness and rarity of the greatest part of them, and that of all kinds, and in all sorts of learning.'
— from The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by W. (William) Roberts

But these measures quickly degenerated into a general plundering of the art treasures of all kinds possessed by these western countries, in violation of the stipulations of Articles 46, 47, and 56 of the Hague Convention, which forbid the confiscation of private property and the pillage or seizure of works of art and science by the members of the occupying army.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 7 by Various

This week Tischbein has shown to me, and without reserve commented upon, the greater part of the artistic treasures of Naples.
— from Letters from Switzerland and Travels in Italy by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

At that Conference, plans will be made for the carrying of the Message of Baha’u’llah, during the coming ten years, far beyond the borders of their homeland; and it will be the youth who will shoulder a great part of this and the other tasks that will be given to your Community.
— from Dawn of a New Day by Effendi Shoghi

“Say it again, and we will strip off those gay plumes of thine, and thy own jackass hide to boot.”
— from Under the Flag of France: A Tale of Bertrand du Guesclin by David Ker

Hence arose, as that vast number of his books, so the choiceness and rarity of the greatest part of them; and that of all kinds, and in all sorts of learning....
— from Prices of Books An Inquiry into the Changes in the Price of Books which have occurred in England at different Periods by Henry B. (Henry Benjamin) Wheatley