His long note swelled with calculations on that subject Page 318 (even supposing the most inaccurate of all calculations to be just) would be entirety thrown away, did it not serve to raise a wonderful opinion of his financial skill in those who are not less surprised than edified, when, with a solemn face and mysterious air, they are told that two and two make four.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
On the whole, therefore, it is not strange that, repelled as we are at times by some passing episode or revelation
— from Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume 2 (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
Miss Kavanagh will commit no error, either of taste, judgment, or principle; and even when she deals with the feelings, I would rather page 364 p. 364 follow the calm course of her quiet pen than the flourishes of a more redundant one where there is not strength to restrain as well as ardour to impel.
— from Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Clement King Shorter
Neither by smiles nor blushes should they betray any knowledge of the hidden meaning that lurks within a phrase of doubtful import, nor seem to recognize anything which they could not with propriety openly make a subject of discourse.
— from Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness by Arthur Martine
Said he very loudly: “It is not seemly to rape a woman in my presence,
— from Witch-Doctors by Charles Beadle
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