'Amida Butsu' is the practice of this, consequently by this means a certainty of salvation is attained."
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

Matt made a couple of steps toward White Fang, but the latter slid away from him.
— from White Fang by Jack London

Together they hastened to Asgard, where both were warmly welcomed and where Odin, after tracing runes on Bragi’s tongue, decreed that he should be the heavenly minstrel and composer of songs in honour of the gods and of the heroes whom he received in Valhalla.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

Here Creed shewed me a copy of some propositions, which Bland and others, in the name of the Corporation of Tangier, did present to Norwood, for his opinion in, in order to the King’s service, which were drawn up very humbly, and were really good things; but his answer to them was in the most shitten proud, carping, insolent, and ironically-prophane stile, that ever I saw in my life, so as I shall never think the place can do well, while he is there.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

And such formulæ are not difficult to find: it only requires a little reflection and observation of men’s moral discourse to [215] make a collection of such general rules, as to the validity of which there would be apparent agreement at least among moral persons of our own age and civilisation, and which would cover with approximate completeness the whole of human conduct.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

[AN2; a12] 1 make a comment on s.t.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

"One could hardly say that the feeling you mention about Fred is wrong—or rather, mistaken—though no man ought to make a claim on such feeling.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

I made money in Holland; suffered misfortune in Stuttgart; was received with honors in Switzerland; visited M. de Voltaire; adventured in Genoa, Marseilles, Florence and in Rome where the Pope Rezzonico, a Venetian, made me a Chevalier of Saint-Jean-Latran and an apostolic protonotary.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Elsewhere, again, might be seen the first awakening of this Maytime of the leaves, and those of an ampelopsis, a smiling miracle, like a red hawthorn flowering in winter, had that very morning all 'come out,' so to speak, in blossom.
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

The ticket-of-leave apostle lived on a little milk and crusts of stale bread.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

As an object lesson to further show the tremendous proportions of this postage stamp industry, it may be stated that the daily output would cover approximately eight acres of land if laid flat or make a chain of stamps 703 miles long if laid end to end.
— from The American Postal Service History of the Postal Service from the Earliest Times by Louis Melius

I have before me a coin of Stralsund, minted in the fourteenth century, with the Pheon for the principal type.
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 121, February 21, 1852 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Even in April he continued to express himself as strongly averse to the restoration of monarchy, A conference of some leading men took place at Northumberland House.
— from Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 by Craik, Henry, Sir

Ostentation Matthew Wall of Braughing, Hertfordshire, England, by will, in 1595, charged all his lands and tenements in the parish of Braughing with the yearly payment of twenty shillings, to be distributed by the minister and churchwardens on St. Matthew’s Day, in the following manner: To the sexton, to make up his grave yearly, and to ring the bell, 1 s . 10 d .
— from Ancient, Curious, and Famous Wills by Virgil M. (Virgil McClure) Harris

The waters of lake Tezcuco are impregnated with muriate and carbonate of soda.
— from The Indian in his Wigwam; Or, Characteristics of the Red Race of America From Original Notes and Manuscripts by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

The thing is, can you lend me a couple of sovereigns, Wyndham?”
— from The Willoughby Captains by Talbot Baines Reed

M. Colbert, that man of vigour, that Mount Atlas, capable of supporting all things without a plaint, had been charged with the care of the two new-born princes.
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various

The force selected for the purpose of effecting this object consisted of one squadron 5th Lancers, Naval Brigade with four Gardner guns, detachments of Royal Engineers, Berkshire Regiment, Royal Marines, and company of sailors with four Gatlings, some Royal Engineers, Madras Sappers, 15th Sikhs, 17th Bengal Native Infantry, and 28th Bombay Native Infantry, and one squadron of Hussars, and was under the command of General Sir John McNeill; General Hudson of the Indian force being second in command.
— from Our Soldiers: Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign by William Henry Giles Kingston

Even during our own last century, with its corrupt House of Commons and little-curbed monarchs, we may mark a correspondence of social formalities.
— from Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative; Vol. 3 of 3 Library Edition (1891), Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and Various other Additions. by Herbert Spencer