Mrs. Cole had many to agree with her; every body who spoke on the subject was equally convinced that it must come from Colonel Campbell, and equally rejoiced that such a present had been made; and there were enough ready to speak to allow Emma to think her own way, and still listen to Mrs. Cole.
— from Emma by Jane Austen

Lady Catherine, I believe, did a great deal to it when Mr. Collins first came to Hunsford."
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Kin is still used in the Midland Counties for cousin , and kind signifies nature .
— from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare

acquaintance, neighbor, next-door neighbor, casual acquaintance, nodding acquaintance; wellwisher. favorer, fautor[obs3], patron, Mecaenas; tutelary saint, good genius, advocate, partisan, sympathizer; ally; friend in need &c. (auxiliary) 711. comrade, mate, companion, familiar, confrere, comrade, camarade[obs3], confidante, intimate; old crony, crony; chum; pal; buddy, bosom buddy; playfellow, playmate, childhood friend; bedfellow, bedmate; chamber fellow.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Among the many advantages gained in my change from Covey’s to Freeland’s—startling as the statement may be—was the fact that the latter gentleman made no profession of religion.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

you most course freeze capacities, ye jane Iudgements, have I saide: thus let be, and there let be, and then let be, and no man understand mee?
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

‘I s’pose they are,’ said Sam. ‘Nothin’ else,’ said Mr. Weller, shaking his head gravely; ‘and wot aggrawates me, Samivel, is to see ‘em a-wastin’ all their time and labour in making clothes for copper-coloured people as don’t want ‘em, and taking no notice of flesh-coloured Christians as do.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

In the former case I wish to establish something concerning the Object, and am bound to establish the objective reality of an assumed concept; in the latter, Reason only determines the use of my cognitive faculties, conformably to their peculiarities and to the essential conditions of their range and their limits.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

M. H. Gasser attended this meeting, and told of the plan of the western roasters to organize such an organization at a meeting called for Chicago the following month.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

“Let my Canada father come,” returned the other, evasively; “his children are ready to see him.”
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

And as if all the circumstances attending this painful event should be more cruel from contrast, the same morning M. d'Harville, wishing to surprise his wife, had just purchased a valuable necklace.
— from Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 by Eugène Sue

what do you think of my charming fair client?"
— from Infelice by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans

He had morning classes for children and evening classes for adults.
— from Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853-1913 Containing the Reminiscences of Harris Newmark by Harris Newmark

(Back) Footnote 10-43: Memo, Dir, Div of Plans and Policies, for CMC, 19 Nov 47, sub: First Enlistments of Negro Personnel, A0-1; Memo, Chief, Bur of Ord, for CNO, 15 Dec 47, sub: Assignment of Negro Marines at Naval Ammunition Depot, Earle, Red Bank, N.J.; Memo, CNO for Chief, Bur of Ord, 6 Jan 48, same sub.
— from Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor

Dr. —Mr. Punch , my charge for curing the child is fifty dollars.
— from Punch and Judy, with Instructions How to Manage the Little Wooden Actors Containing New and Easy Dialogues Arranged for the Use of Beginners, Desirous to Learn How to Work the Puppets. For Sunday Schools, Private Parties, Festivals and Parlor Entertainments. by Thomas A. M. Ward

But I fancy we shall be not far from the mark if we take the writer to have had in his mind the profound psychological truth, that men constantly feel certain about things for which they strongly hope, but have no evidence, in the legal or logical sense of the word; and he calls this feeling "faith."
— from Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley

Fourth and last, but not least, Mr Crossley found considerable relief in getting away occasionally from his worthy housekeeper Mrs Bland.
— from Charlie to the Rescue by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

[Hutter: " Deinde esto: subscripserunt aliqui mala conscientia Formulae Concordiae"; Mueller, Einleitung , 115]; for among those who affixed their names are quite a few of former Crypto-Calvinists—men who had always found a way of escaping martyrdom, and, also in this instance, may have preferred the retaining of their livings to following their conviction.
— from Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente

I was ready to serve under anybody you might choose for captain.
— from Captain Sam: The Boy Scouts of 1814 by George Cary Eggleston

To eat Pagcaon Dining-room Canan-an To breakfast Pagpainit Breakfast Painit To lunch Pagpamahao Lunch Pamahao To dine Pagpaniodto Dinner Paniodto To sup Pagpanihapon Supper Panihapon Meal Calanon Feast Convida.
— from Mga Paquigpulong sa Iningles ug Binisaya by Gregorio de Santiago Vela