Now seeing Eternall Life is a greater reward, than the Life Present; and Eternall Torment a greater punishment than the Death of Nature; It is a thing worthy to be well considered, of all men that desire (by obeying Authority) to avoid the calamities of Confusion, and Civill war, what is meant in Holy Scripture, by Life Eternall, and Torment Eternall; and for what offences, against whom committed, men are to be Eternally Tormented; and for what actions, they are to obtain Eternall Life.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

pro hypochondriaco , and cracks, [4262] to be a most sovereign remedy for all melancholy persons, which he hath often given without offence, and found by long experience and observations to be such.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

That I, John Pepys of Ellington, in the county of Huntingdon, Gent.”, doe declare my mind in the disposall of my worldly goods as followeth: “First, I desire that my lands and goods left mee by my brother, Robert Pepys, deceased, bee delivered up to my eldest son, Samuell Pepys, of London, Esqr., according as is expressed in the last Will of my brother Robert aforesaid.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

" He handed her the box and lit a spill for her; and as the flame flashed up into her face she glanced at him with laughing eyes and said: "What do you think of me in a temper?" Archer paused a moment; then he answered with sudden resolution: "It makes me understand what your aunt has been saying about you.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

The floor of the little edifice, and the ground outside it to the west, are strewn with charcoal made from paddy husk, on which are made magic squares of white rice flour, intermingled with red, green, and yellow, each colour being compounded with specified substances.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

Instead of devils with horns and tails, Iamblichus evoked the genii of love, Eros and Anteros, from two adjacent fountains.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

This can be proved as follows:— If possible, let E “assert”.
— from Symbolic Logic by Lewis Carroll

nomine Sergii ; fingens, dum laboraret Epilepsia , Archangelum Gabrielem , & Spiritum Sanctum , secum colloqui, adsuefaciens Columbam , 4. petere
— from The Orbis Pictus by Johann Amos Comenius

The toy lady and gentleman were quite satisfied if their necks were not broken in the cunningly devised earthquake which always brought the block house down into a heap when he had looked at it long enough and was already planning another.
— from A Rose of Yesterday by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

—A last point which should not be neglected is this: has man, as far as he is endowed with moral sensibility—that is to say, as far as he is a susceptible being—capable of love, enthusiasm, affection, any duties toward himself?
— from Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Paul Janet

In the middle of the room, pell-mell, were scattered drawers, bottles, curtain-rods, gilt poles, with mattresses on the chairs and basins on the floor,—the two men who had brought the furniture had left everything about carelessly.
— from Madame Bovary: A Tale of Provincial Life, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Gustave Flaubert

“Marse Ab’s” decisions were quickly reached and swiftly delivered, and the penalties inflicted were tempered with the wisdom and discretion of his long experience and his rare qualities as a judge of human nature.
— from Historic Fredericksburg: The Story of an Old Town by John T. (John Tackett) Goolrick

I was anxious to push on to the Talbot Settlement, or, as it is called here, the Talbot Country , a name not ill-applied to a vast tract of land stretching from east to west along the shore of Lake Erie, and of which Colonel Talbot is the sovereign de facto , if not de jure —be it spoken without any derogation to the rights of our lord the king.
— from Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson

He asked many questions about England, and the descriptions of London especially amused him, and when told that they had a railway there running underground, he expressed great surprise, and asked how it was that the taniwha we called the devil didn't object to underground railways.
— from The King Country; or, Explorations in New Zealand A Narrative of 600 Miles of Travel Through Maoriland. by J. H. (James Henry) Kerry-Nicholls

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 71.49 years male: 67.88 years female: 75.28 years (2006 est.)
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

As the time has come for the Christian church to take strong and improved ground in this enlightened age, let education and all other practical subjects be thoroughly discussed, that we may be sufficiently enlightened to go forward in union and strength, and sustain our character as Christian reformers."
— from Memoir of Rev. Joseph Badger Fourth Edition by E. G. (Elihu Goodwin) Holland