[D] "God, in his infinite benevolence, has given to his creatures other means of acquiring a healthy warmth than by clothing; he has endowed us with the power of exercise—that blessing which women of weak judgment and indolent natures are so prone to neglect and disparage.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

Just as the eye is the organ of sight, just as its nerves are sensitive to the mysterious finger of the beam, just as on its mirroring surface impinges the gentle but mighty force that has winged its way across all the space between us and the sun, and yet falls without hurting, so faith, the 'inward eye which makes the bliss' of the solitary soul, is the one organ by which you and I can see the light.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chapters I to XIV by Alexander Maclaren

[Pg 97] white, like the snowy japonica, and is nearly as scentless as that regal flower.
— from The Story of Malta by Maturin Murray Ballou

Ju. Am I not alive still?
— from Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 07 of 10 by John Fletcher

“To the very important branch of Law relative to Wills, Mr. Dickson appears to have paid considerable attention; and, viewing the whole subject, we scarcely know a question of common occurrence that can be proposed, for which he has not provided some judicious advice, if not a satisfactory answer.”— Imperial Magazine , May, 1830.
— from Deadly Adulteration and Slow Poisoning Unmasked Disease and Death in the Pot and Bottle by Anonymous

Then, too, just as I need a staff for my declining years, it breaks under me."
— from The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various