The modifications in the system of which man is the instrument do not, perhaps, constitute so great a deviation from previous analogy as we usually imagine; we often, for example, form an exaggerated estimate of the extent of our power in extirpating some of the inferior animals, and causing others to multiply; a power which is circumscribed within certain limits, and which, in all likelihood, is by no means exclusively exerted by our species.
— from Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

No period in the history of the heathen mind ever existed before or since, when man’s relations to man were so clearly perceived.
— from Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation: A Book for the Times by James B. (James Barr) Walker

Guido's Magdalen up stairs, the famous Magdalen, effacing every beauty, of softness mingled with distress.
— from Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Hester Lynch Piozzi

Omnia mala exempla ex bonis orta sunt; sed ubi imperium ad ignaros aut minus bonos pervenit, novum illud exemplum ab dignis et idoneis ad indignos et non idoneos transfertur.
— from C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino by Sallust

Margaret, the youngest child, married Ernest E. Brown, of Spokane, where she now resides.
— from Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 Embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties by William Denison Lyman