But my lady is not called of noble blood."
— from A Golden Book of Venice by Turnbull, Lawrence, Mrs.

The name recalls to the psalmist past mercies, and expresses his confidence that he will still have cause to extol his Deliverer, while it also pleads with God what He has done as a reason for doing the like in new circumstances of need.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 3 Psalms XC.-CL. by Alexander Maclaren

To escape atheism and despair, let us remember that the Creator and Ordainer of the circumstances of life is not chance or Nature, but the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and of us.
— from Out of the Deep: Words for the Sorrowful by Charles Kingsley

Longevity is no characteristic of novels, and Old Parr is the last name which could be applied to a hero of fiction.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXV, No. 2, August 1849 by Various

The social kinds live in nests composed of numerous cells in which the young brood are reared.
— from Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard

Tall, hard, withered, full of pretensions, which did not show themselves until they were mortified, talking much, and catching, by dint of talking (as one cannons at billiards), a few ideas, which gave her the reputation of wit, endeavoring to humiliate Parisians, whenever she met them, with an assumption of country wisdom and patronage, humbling herself to be exalted and furious at being left upon her knees; fishing, as the English say, for compliments, which she never caught; dressed in clothes that were exaggerated in style, and yet ill cared for; mistaking want of good manners for dignity, and trying to embarrass others by paying no attention to them; refusing what she desired in order to have it offered again, and to seem to yield only to entreaty; concerned about matters that others have done with, and surprised at not being in the fashion; and finally, unable to get through an hour without reference to Nantes, matters of social life in Nantes, complaints of Nantes, criticism of Nantes, and taking as personalities the remarks she forced out of absent-minded or wearied listeners.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Love is no child of Nature’s mystic cheating!’
— from Theodore Watts-Dunton: Poet, Novelist, Critic by James Douglas