This ought not to be put in a book of etiquette, which should say you must do nothing of the kind, but it is either do that or have the gentleman next you groping under the table at the end of the meal; and it is impossible to imagine that etiquette should wish to conserve the picture of "gentlemen on all fours" as the concluding ceremonial at dinners.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

"For women are by nature formed To feel some consolation when their tongue Gives utterance to the afflictions they endure."
— from Concord Days by Amos Bronson Alcott

They talk of giving up the trade, as the English, upon whom they depended, have taken to the wearing of French blondes.
— from History of Lace by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.

Give us the teaching and the expression we want; you will always have what you want!
— from The Case of Richard Meynell by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

e green grass under the trees, and then enjoying the funny doings of the painted clowns, the illuminations, the music, and the dancing.
— from Prince Zilah — Complete by Jules Claretie

She told him, with a tender smile, the entirely Parisian idyl of the love of the working-girl for the little clerk who loved her so much and who married her; and of the excursions they used to take together to Saint-Germain, going third-class, and eating their dinner upon the green grass under the trees, and then enjoying the funny doings of the painted clowns, the illuminations, the music, and the dancing.
— from Prince Zilah — Volume 3 by Jules Claretie

Mode .—Cut the tomatoes in two, and squeeze the juice and seeds out; put them in a stewpan with all the ingredients, and let them simmer gently until the tomatoes are tender enough to pulp; rub the whole through a sieve, boil it for a few minutes, and serve.
— from The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton