I would fain see all the poets of these times pen such another play as that was: they'll prate and swagger, and keep a stir of art and devices, when, as I am a gentleman, read 'em, they are the most shallow, pitiful, barren fellows, that live upon the: face of the earth again.
— from Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson

By and by, it beginning to be late, I put things in some order in the house, and so took my wife and Besse (who hath done me very good service in cleaning and getting ready every thing and serving the wine and things to-day, and is indeed a most excellent good-natured and faithful wench, and I love her mightily), by coach home, and so after being at the office to set down the day’s work home to supper and to bed. 19th.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

There was a notice at the front gate refusing entrance to any but Satsuma and Chôshiû men, but as we had one of the former clan with us we found no difficulty in gaining access.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

But this would be counting, John Langdon, Roger Sherman, William Few, Rufus King, and George Read, each twice, and Abraham Baldwin three times.
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete by Abraham Lincoln

Here, as there, the great religious edifice, the ancestral temple, takes precedence of all other buildings in the new city.
— from The Shih King, or, Book of Poetry From the Sacred Books of the East Volume 3 by James Legge

My great regret express To all the principals, because to-day I break their well-earned rest: pick out your words: Summon them promptly to rehearse with Groom.
— from The Theatrocrat: A Tragic Play of Church and Stage by John Davidson

It was a great relief, even to a non-partisan Jew, to hear the skillful blast and the good-night song with all its saintly flourishes.
— from Against the Current: Simple Chapters from a Complex Life by Edward Alfred Steiner

Are the adjacent angles Green, Red, equal to all the angular space on the line a b ?
— from Marks' first lessons in geometry In two parts. Objectively presented, and designed for the use of primary classes in grammar schools, academies, etc. by Bernhard Marks

No wonder it was some moments before I could gather resolution enough to act.
— from The Desert Home: The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid

She passed the ensign's examinations, [137] and, with good recommendations, entered the army under the name of Weiss.
— from Female Warriors, Vol. 2 (of 2) Memorials of Female Valour and Heroism, from the Mythological Ages to the Present Era. by Ellen C. (Ellen Creathorne) Clayton