But if the divine goodness is nothing else than the divine holiness, then certainly it is a reasonable studiousness, and not presumptuous intrusion, to inquire whether the same Trinity be not hinted at in an enigmatical mode of speech, by which our inquiry is stimulated, when it is written who made each creature, and by what means, and why.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

When they saw my eye closed, and badly swollen, they left me.
— from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass

There is always need of persons not only to discover new truths, and point out when what were once truths are true no longer, but also to commence new practices, and set the example of more enlightened conduct, and better taste and sense in human life.
— from On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

Through the rest of the week, we continued on with a fair wind, gradually, as we got more to the southward, keeping a more easterly course, and bringing the wind on our larboard quarter, until— Sunday, June 26th, when, having a fine, clear day, the captain got a lunar observation, as well as his meridian altitude, which made us in lat.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

stuff, called piqué, such as it is now manufactured, is simply an imitation of an old kind of needlework, almost unknown in these days, but very popular in the fifteenth and sixteenth century in Italy, for making coverlets and more especially curtains and blinds; the latter being highly esteemed, because without intercepting the light altogether, they tempered it agreably.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

Modern engineering can almost be called an exact science; each year removes it further from guess work and from rule-of-thumb methods and establishes it more firmly upon the foundation of fixed principles.
— from Shop Management by Frederick Winslow Taylor

Do you hear, in the distance dim, Faint and sweet as an elfin tune, Orphant Annie is calling him, Counting him in with the old-time rune— Intry, mintry, eatery, corn, Apple blossom and apple thorn.
— from Spun-yarn and Spindrift by Norah M. (Norah Mary) Holland

The pose, the figure, the face of the Faerie Queen were of the most exquisite charm and beauty, touched with a something of romance and mystery that no other woman there except Mildred could have lent it.
— from The Invader: A Novel by Margaret L. (Margaret Louisa) Woods

The Rue St. Antoine was filled with most elegant carriages, and became, in twenty-four hours, the fashionable promenade.
— from Dumas' Paris by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

Cæcuban and the Calean brand May elsewhere claim attention, But I have none of these on hand— For reasons I'll not mention.
— from Hoosier Lyrics by Eugene Field

As I started forward, my eye caught a bit of color behind the chair by the table.
— from The Price of the Prairie: A Story of Kansas by Margaret Hill McCarter

I wrote letters for home today and sent a set of books, viz: "Book of Mormon," "Doctrine and Covenants," "Hymn Book," "Voice of Warning," "Harp of Zion," etc., to each of my wives and to Parley, Olivia and Moroni, my elder children; also, books to my younger children, Alma, Nephi, Helaman, Julia, Lucy, Agatha, Belinda and Abinadi, Cornelia and Malona, and small presents and candies for the little ones, Phebe, Hannahette, Mary, Lehi and Moroni W., all as a birthday present or memorial.
— from The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry, and Travels by Parley P. (Parley Parker) Pratt

Public men must expect criticism and be prepared to endure false charges from their opponents.
— from Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. A Collection of Speeches and Messages by Calvin Coolidge

Those [Pg 139] parts of the house which we were to occupy were neat and clean; she showed me every corner, and, before I had been ten minutes in the house, opened her very drawers that I might see what a stock of linen she had; then asked me how long we should stay, and said she wished we were come for three months.
— from Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Dorothy Wordsworth