They form the sexus sequior —the second sex, inferior in every respect to the first; their infirmities should be treated with consideration; but to show them great reverence is extremely ridiculous, and lowers us in their eyes.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism by Arthur Schopenhauer

BY H. C. GANTER ROUTE I ECHO RIVER, PITS and DOMES OTHER FEATURES 1.
— from Hovey's Handbook of the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky A Practical Guide to the Regulation Routes by Horace Carver Hovey

He is a tremendous republican, and a great radical in every respect, and has an unbounded admiration for America.
— from Music-Study in Germany, from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Amy Fay

The news aroused furious resentment; but it is noteworthy that Pitt and Grenville rarely, if ever, referred to this event; and that, before it was known, they had declared the impossibility of avoiding a rupture with the French Government if it persisted in adhering to the November decrees.
— from William Pitt and the Great War by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose

Greece could never contend single-handed with Turkey successfully, and Turkey at war would probably be the signal for a general revolt in Eastern Roumelia and Macedonia.
— from Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt Being a Personal Narrative of Events by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

“Then it’s the greatest rot I ever read in my life,” said Crabtree, “and the most infernal piece of cheek for a kid of your standing!”
— from Fathers of Men by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung