“‘I will do it, captain; but perhaps I shall not be admitted to the grand-marshal’s presence as easily as you expect?’ “‘Here is a ring that will obtain audience of him, and remove every difficulty,’ said the captain.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

My counsel having argued his case, his [146] opponent argued his and raised every difficulty possible.
— from The Memoirs of Maria Stella (Lady Newborough) by Ungern-Sternberg, Maria Stella Petronilla, Baroness

SLIM Feedin’ hosses an’ rubbin’ ’em down.
— from Goat Alley: A Tragedy of Negro Life by Ernest Howard Culbertson

His great delight in his occasional visits to Ancona, where he always lodged in a monastery of the same order, was to be invited to our house to have “a raal English dhinner,” as he termed it, which he dolorously contrasted with the fare provided by the cook at the Jesi convent.
— from The Englishwoman in Italy Impressions of life in the Roman states and Sardinia, during a ten years' residence by Gretton, G., Mrs.

Unlike some of the other wards, it has a rather evenly distributed population and is without the vast uninhabited areas and acutely congested spots found in some other sections.
— from The Case for Birth Control: A Supplementary Brief and Statement of Facts by Margaret Sanger

“I'm hitting something, and it is hardly a rock, either,” declared young Benson.
— from The Submarine Boys and the Middies Or, the Prize Detail at Annapolis by Victor G. Durham

The Mishnah says: "Eight and Forty Qualifications for the Law" "T HE law is greater than priesthood and royalty, for royalty is acquired by thirty qualifications, priesthood by four and twenty, but the law by eight and forty, and they are as follows: Study, attention, utterance, understanding, reverence, veneration, modesty, cheerfulness and purity, service of the wise, choice of associates, debate with fellow students, deliberation in study of Bible and Mishnah, a minimum of business, a minimum of worldly pursuits, a minimum of pleasure, a minimum of sleep, a minimum of talk, a minimum of jesting, forbearance, kindliness, faith in the wise, resignation in suffering, knowing one's place, satisfaction with one's lot, bridling one's words, refraining from self-complacency, amiability, loving the Creator, loving His creatures, loving righteousness, loving equity, loving reproof, eschewing worldly honor, not being puffed up by learning nor delighting in laying down the law, helping one's neighbor bear the yoke, inclining toward a favorable judgment of others, steadfast in the truth, steadfast for peace, concentration in study, asking, answering, listening, enlarging, learning with a view to teach, learning with a view to act, enabling one's teacher to become wiser, thoroughly understanding what one hears, and repeating every dictum in the name of him who uttered it.
— from The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915 by Various

We agreed readily with this view; we were passing, just then, along a deep gorge that had a romantic, even dangerous, aspect; we descended to a pretty valley by a road so crooked that twice it nearly crossed itself; we followed up a clear, foaming little river to a place where there was a mill and a waterfall, also an old-fashioned white house surrounded by trees.
— from Dwellers in Arcady: The Story of an Abandoned Farm by Albert Bigelow Paine

109 I have always resented Ericus Dale’s attitude toward that youth on learning he was a pauper.
— from A Virginia Scout by Hugh Pendexter

It was his bereavement, his heart wound, which thus exasperated him, the great blow which had felled him for a moment, but against which he again rose erect, defying grief, and stubborn in his stoic belief in an omnipotent God, who was the master of mankind, and reserved felicity to those whom He selected.
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete by Émile Zola