By this, he seemed to mean, not only that the most reliable and useful courage was that which arises from the fair estimation of the encountered peril, but that an utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

l. 2. c. 3 , treat largely of this subject, and will have it produce a peculiar kind of melancholy in stale maids, nuns, and widows, Ob suppressionem mensium et venerem omissam, timidae, moestae anxiae, verecundae, suspicioscae, languentes, consilii inopes, cum summa vitae et rerum meliorum desperatione , &c., they are melancholy in the highest degree, and all for want of husbands.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

RESOLVE, inform; assure; prepare, make up one's mind; dissolve; come to a decision, be convinced; relax, set at ease.
— from Epicoene; Or, The Silent Woman by Ben Jonson

If I had known that young man, at the period when my difficulties came to a crisis, all I can say is, that I believe my creditors would have been a great deal better managed than they were.’
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

which apprehends nothing so much as her own unworthiness of the honour and blessing that await her!—He was pleased to say, I know well, my dearest creature, that, according to the liberties we people of fortune generally give ourselves, I have promised a great deal, when I say so.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

“Wouldst thou believe, oh Holly, that once a man did choose this airy nest for a daily habitation, and did here endure for many years; leaving it only but one day in every twelve to seek food and water and oil that the people brought, more than he could carry, and laid as an offering in the mouth of the tunnel through which we passed hither?”
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

[52] As early as September, 1919, the Coal Commission had to face the physical impracticability of enforcing the demands of the Treaty, and agreed to modify them as follows:—"Germany shall in the next six months make deliveries corresponding to an annual delivery of 20 million tons as compared with 43 millions as provided in the Peace Treaty.
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes

7 O trumpeter, methinks I am myself the instrument thou playest, Thou melt'st my heart, my brain—thou movest, drawest, changest them at will; And now thy sullen notes send darkness through me, Thou takest away all cheering light, all hope, I see the enslaved, the overthrown, the hurt, the opprest of the whole earth, I feel the measureless shame and humiliation of my race, it becomes all mine, Mine too the revenges of humanity, the wrongs of ages, baffled feuds and hatreds, Utter defeat upon me weighs—all lost—the foe victorious, (Yet 'mid the ruins Pride colossal stands unshaken to the last, Endurance, resolution to the last.)
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

It is my deep conviction that at this m
— from My Brother, Theodore Roosevelt by Corinne Roosevelt Robinson

Go and see if it can be arranged, my dear count; 'tis absolutely my last word."
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 20: Milan by Giacomo Casanova

"And all his things are taken from him—clothes, [44] letters, and anything likely to let others identify him?" "Everything, on my davy!" came the answer.
— from With Wellington in Spain: A Story of the Peninsula by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

—Warburton came into my room before seeing the Postmaster-General [the appointment had been made by me with his lordship’s sanction], but, as he thought it better not to come up again, I arranged to call upon him in the evening, when I found that, although the Postmaster-General had spoken well of me, Warburton has no hope whatever of his adopting any more decided course than a division of duties between Maberly and myself; so that chance is gone.”
— from The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Hill, Rowland, Sir

Ormond had written to M. and Madame de Connal to announce his intentions of spending some time in Paris, and to thank them for the invitation to their house; an invitation which, however, he declined accepting; but he requested M. de Connal to secure apartments for him in some hotel near them.
— from Tales and Novels — Volume 09 by Maria Edgeworth

Well, my dear child, there are thousands who are compelled to do this, as there are thousands more who will do it, in time to come.
— from Folly as It Flies; Hit at by Fanny Fern by Fanny Fern

“I have read of states in which the man who could swallow some half a dozen bottles of wine, and make his friends follow his example—in [231] other words, a man who practised habitual intoxication—had the reputation of being ‘a good fellow,’ when amongst the same people goodness was considered virtue; but even at the present day, in some parts of the world, intemperance is regarded as a thing to be applauded rather than censured, although it is not only a vice, but being the most direct channel to all other vices ought to be held in detestation as the most vicious of evil inclinations.”
— from Lady Eureka; or, The Mystery: A Prophecy of the Future. Volume 2 by Robert Folkestone Williams

My darling child, this act of thine Makes me right glad to call thee mine.
— from The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects by Thomas Cowherd