“The Journey, of which we proceed to describe the course simply,” says the editor of the Itinerary, “had, from Beaumont-sur-Oise to Plombieres, in Lorraine, nothing sufficiently interesting to detain us . .
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Sometimes, by means of reflection, we are led to compound with our duty, and we conclude, by substituting a jargon of words, in the room of things.
— from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft

I have referred to Nissen and Jahn only when, in spite of all my inquiries, I could not discover the proprietor of the original, or procure a correct copy.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The members of that corporation considered that the gift of the province of Wales, the jurisdiction over which they had previously possessed, to Bath King was an infringement of their chartered privileges.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

873 We must not judge of what the Pope is by some words of the Fathers—as the Greeks said in a council, important rules—but by the acts of the Church and the Fathers, and by the canons.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

But I hope I may promise myself, that you can love me preferably to any other man; and that no one in the world has had any share in your affections; for I am very jealous of what I love; and if I thought you had a secret whispering in your soul, that had not yet come up to a wish, for any other man breathing, I should not forgive myself to persist in my affection for you; nor you, if you did not frankly acquaint me with it.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

"A HEAVY JUG OF WATER FELL RIGHT DOWN ON HIM."
— from The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

All these books I read in anticipation of a canoe-voyage on Lake Superior as far as the Pictured Rocks, and, though I was afterwards compelled to give up this project, they aided me in judging of what I afterwards saw and heard of the Indians.
— from Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 by Margaret Fuller

Mr. A., or "The Mystery," who had been their fellow-passenger from San Francisco, suddenly entered the room, accompanied by two Japanese officials, with whom he was evidently on very friendly terms.
— from Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Japan and China by Thomas Wallace Knox

This character is strangely contrasted by the story of John of Wallingford, that "they were wont, after the fashion of their country, to comb their hair every day, to bathe every Saturday, Laugardag, 'bath day,'—and to change their garments often, and to set off their persons by many such frivolous devices.
— from The Danes in Lancashire and Yorkshire by S. W. Partington

Groves, convents, feudal castles, and palaces, the very ruins are disappearing, and they are not even building factories or planting orchards where they stood; to clothe the noble matron Spain, at least with muslin and flowers, instead of the tissues and jewels of which they despoil her.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 05, April 1867 to September 1867 by Various

There is much literary ability displayed in the daily and weekly journals of Washington, Philadelphia, Boston, and other leading cities.
— from British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Vol. LIII January and April, 1871 by Various

Adeline sighed deeply as she saw this jewel of womanhood in the mire of prostitution, and determined to rescue her to virtue.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

As an English artist justly observes, “While Whitby is one of the most strikingly picturesque towns in England, it has scarcely any architectural attractions.
— from On Old-World Highways A Book of Motor Rambles in France and Germany and the Record of a Pilgrimage from Land's End to John O'Groats in Britain by Thos. D. (Thomas Dowler) Murphy

S. O.—"He did; and I, for similar reasons offered by Brother Junior Overseer, was unwilling to reject it, and ordered it passed on to the Master Overseer at the East gate for further inspection."
— from The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge by William Morgan

The Hebrews were of two sorts; some lived in Palestina , and used the Hebrew Text, these were called Hebrews or Jews ; others were dispersed in divers places of Greece , they used the Greek translation, and thence were termed Έλληνισταὶ
— from Moses and Aaron: Civil and Ecclesiastical Rites, Used by the Ancient Hebrews by Thomas Goodwin

Clemens also introduced the "Uniform Edition" with an Author's Preface, the jurisdiction of which, he said, was "restricted to furnishing reasons for the publication of the collection as a whole."
— from Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 2: 1886-1900 by Albert Bigelow Paine