But when they kisse one banke, and leaving this Never looke backe, but the next banke doe kisse, 35 Then are they purest; Change'is the nursery Of musicke, joy, life, and eternity.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

They are cruel and treacherous to each other, and consequently so to Strangers; they are dishonest in every kind of business and lay themselves out to overreach Strangers, which they often do by a low cunning, peculiar to themselves; and their artful flatteries, with extravagant Entertainments (in which they affect the greatest hospitality) generally favor their schemes.”
— from The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman

Among these were G. T. M. Davis, of Alton, Nathaniel Niles, of Belleville, Gustave Koerner, of Belleville, and Lyman Trumbull.
— from The Life of Lyman Trumbull by Horace White

HENRY'S SON JOHANN IS KING OF BOHEMIA; AND LUDWIG THE BAVARIAN, WITH A CONTESTED ELECTION, IS KAISER.
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 02 by Thomas Carlyle

[Kohler, pp. 282-285.] H2 anchor HENRY'S SON JOHANN IS KING OF BOHEMIA; AND LUDWIG THE BAVARIAN, WITH A CONTESTED ELECTION, IS KAISER.
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 02 by Thomas Carlyle

The plague has been kept off by a like treatment on the same principle, and so has the ague, an intermitting fever so formidable in some countries.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 by Robert Kerr

In the first place, he strewed life with veritable evils; and secondly, instituted a thousand kinds of business and labour, to distract men as much as possible from self-contemplation, and their desires for an unknown and imaginary happiness.
— from Essays and Dialogues by Giacomo Leopardi