At noon dined at home, and then my wife and I, with Sir W. Pen, to the New Exchange, set her down, and he and I to St. James’s, where Sir J. Minnes, [Sir] W. Batten, and we waited upon the Duke of York, but did little business, and he, I perceive, his head full of other business, and of late hath not been very ready to be troubled with any of our business.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

the young girls that brought an aura of infinity, at present hardly distinguishable existences; pictures so empty; and as for the books, what was there to find so mysteriously significant in Goethe, or in John Mill so full of weight?
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

But Miss Ledrook wouldn’t come to Miss Snevellicci, so Miss Snevellicci was obliged to go to Miss Ledrook, which she did, in a skipping manner that was quite fascinating; and Miss Ledrook evidently joked Miss Snevellicci about being struck with Nicholas; for, after some playful whispering, Miss Snevellicci hit Miss Ledrook very hard on the backs of her hands, and retired up, in a state of pleasing confusion.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

To attempt a just and impartial survey of the religions of Japan may seem a task that might well appall {4} even a life-long Oriental scholar.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

[609] Theodore Beza, Isaac Casaubon, Sir Philip Sidney, Earl of Essex, Lord Bacon, Sir Walter Raleigh, John Milton, Sir Henry Vane, Isaac Walton, Dr. Donne, Abraham Cowley, Berlarmine, Charles Cotton, John Pym, John Hales, Kepler, Vieta, Albericus Gentilis, Paul Sarpi, Arminius; with all of whom exists some token of his [229] having communicated, without enumerating many others, whom doubtless [610] he saw,—Shakspeare, Spenser, Jonson, Beaumont, Massinger, two Herberts, Marlow, Chapman and the rest.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Joe Morrow suddenly found himself tight and expectant.
— from Detectives, Inc.: A Mystery Story for Boys by William Heyliger

His companions stood watching, but judge my surprise when I saw him of a sudden draw forth a small aluminium cylinder, the top of which he screwed off and from it took out a piece of tracing-linen tightly folded.
— from Spies of the Kaiser: Plotting the Downfall of England by William Le Queux

Titles of office or honour, and epithets of distinction, applied to persons, begin usually with capitals; as, "His Majesty William the Fourth, Chief Justice Marshall, Sir Matthew Hale, Dr. Johnson, the Rev. Dr. Chalmers, Lewis the Bold, Charles the Second, James the Less, St. Bartholomew, Pliny the Younger, Noah Webster, Jun., Esq." RULE VI.—ONE CAPITAL.
— from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

“God rest Jack Moody’s soul,” said an Irishman, now a crock-seller, to me; “Jack Moody was only his nick-name, but that don’t matter; God rist his sowl and the hivens be his bid.
— from London Labour and the London Poor (Vol. 1 of 4) by Henry Mayhew

“I told you an agency wouldn’t be any good,” June Mason said when Esther came home after another fruitless journey.
— from The Phantom Lover by Ruby M. (Ruby Mildred) Ayres

At the reception given to Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Stuart, Winnie Davis, and myself, Mr. Harris was invited to stand in line, but declined.
— from Literary Hearthstones of Dixie by La Salle Corbell Pickett

The "protected" State of Selangor bounds it on the north, and joining on to it and to each other on the east, are the small "independent" States of Rumbow, Johol, Moar, Sri Menanti, Jelabu, Jompol, and Jelai.
— from The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird