But on examination it seems likely that the majority of men are not properly qualified to decide on the value of many important kinds of services, from imperfect knowledge of their nature and effects; so that, as far as these are concerned, the true judgment will not be represented in the market-place.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

We might to a certain extent regard the well-known French biography of Spinoza as a case in point, if we used as a key to it that noble introduction to his very insufficient essay, “De Emendatione Intellectus,” a passage which I can also recommend as the most effectual means I know of stilling the storm of the passions.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

From out her pregnant intrailes sigh'd a winde Which at th'ayres middle marble roome did finde 15 Such strong resistance, that it selfe it threw Downeward againe; and so when it did view How in the port, our fleet deare time did leese, Withering like prisoners, which lye but for fees, Mildly it kist our sailes, and, fresh and sweet, 20 As to a stomack sterv'd, whose insides meete, Meate comes, it came; and swole our sailes, when wee So joyd, as Sara 'her swelling joy'd to see.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

that on the south side, which had hurried me away, and that on the north, which lay about a league on the other side; I say, between these two, in the wake of the island, I found the water at least still, and running no way; and having still a breeze of wind fair for me, I kept on steering directly for the island, though not making such fresh way as I did before.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

Awakening my men, I kicked our snow door into fragments and was outside in a moment.
— from The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club by Robert E. (Robert Edwin) Peary

"They could seize me and shut me in Königstein or some other castle; they could kill me, but I must be there.
— from The Countess Cosel: A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski

There' s a heap of consolation in that idea to a man about to commit matrimony." "There are very few men I know of," said Arthur, "but what could 'lay to their soul that flattering unction.'
— from Checkers: A Hard-luck Story by Henry Blossom

Malcolm IV , king of Scots, died of a lingering disease, at Jedburgh, after a short reign.
— from The Every Day Book of History and Chronology Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time by Joel Munsell

John, 183 , 187 , 190 , 192 Houghton, Sir Gilbert, 208 Hubba, a Danish chief, 12 , 13 Hull, Kingston-upon-, 80 , 140 , 175 , 177 - 178 , 187 , 192 , 195 , 199 , 225 Hungerford, Robert, 3rd Lord, 155 , 172 Ireland, Robert Vere, Ninth Earl of Oxford, and First Duke of, 139 Isabella, Queen of Edward II., 92 , 103 - 104 , 131 John, King of England, 78 , 79 John, Prince, First Duke of Bedford, 143 Jones, Paul, 221 - 225 Keith, Sir William, of Galston, 84 Kent, Edmund Plantagenet, Fourth Earl of, 127 Kyriel, Sir Thomas, 165 Lacy, Ilbert de, 61 Lancaster, Thomas Plantagenet, Second Earl of, 100 - 101 , 104 - 114 , 116 , 129 Lancaster, John of Gaunt, Second Duke of, 140 - 141 Lancaster, Henry Plantagenet, Third Duke of, 141 Leeds, 6 , 183 - 185 , 187 - 189 , 195 Leeds Castle, Kent, 103 - 104 Leven, Earl of, 199 , 206 Lincoln, John de la Pole, Ninth Earl of, 137 , 174 London, 20 , 57 , 147 , 154 , 163 - 165 , 178 , 189 Longchamp, William, Bishop of Ely, 178 Lucas, Sir Charles, 206 - 207 , 214 MacDonoquhy, William, 64 , 65 Malcolm III., King of Scotland, 21 , 47 , 50 Malcolm IV., King of Scotland, 76 Malcolm II., King of Scotland, 76 Malise, Earl of Strathearn, 65 Manchester, Earl of, 202 , 205 - 206 , 209 - 211 March, Edmund Mortimer, Fifth Earl of, 148 March, Edward, Titulary Earl of, 152 - 153 , 156 - 157 , 159 , 162 - 163 , 165 Margaret of Anjou, 150 - 151 , 154 - 155 , 159 - 160 , 164 , 167 , 171 - 173 Matilda, daughter of Henry I., 55 - 58 , 75 Matilda, Queen of Stephen, 73 Meldrum, Sir John, 178 , 197 , 200 Melton, William de, Archbishop of York, 92 - 94 , 96 , 98 Montacute, John Neville, First Marquis of, 173 Morkar, First Earl of Northumberland, 17 - 18 , 21 , 23 , 24 - 25 , 52 Mortimer, Edmund, Fifth Earl of March, 142 [231] Mowbray, Roger de Mowbray, Second Lord de, 61 Mowbray, John de Mowbray, Second Lord de, 113 , 114 Mowbray, Thomas de, Sixth Lord, 143 - 144 Newcastle, 58 , 76 , 81 , 85 , 135 , 171 Newcastle, Marquis of, 180 - 182 , 186 , 192 - 194 , 196 - 199 , 202 , 204 , 207 , 209 , 212 Newport, Earl, 178 Norfolk, Thomas, Baron Mowbray, First Duke of, 139 - 140 Norfolk, John Mowbray, Third Duke of, 150 Norfolk, John Mowbray, Fourth Duke of, 165 , 169 - 170 Northampton, 17 , 18 , 19 , 154 Northumberland, Henry Percy, Twelfth Earl of, 140 - 147 Northumberland, Henry Percy, Thirteenth Earl of, 150 - 151 Northumberland, Henry Percy, Fourteenth Earl of, 157 , 161 , 164 , 168 , 171 Northumberland, Henry Percy, Sixteenth Earl of, 175 Northumberland, Thomas Percy, Nineteenth Earl of, 176 Nottingham, 92 , 179 Nowel, Ralph, Titular Bishop of Orkney, 61 , 66 Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, 39 , 48 - 49 Ormond, Earl of, 171 Osbert, King of Northumbria, 12 - 13 Osred I., King of Northumbria, 11 Oswy, King of Northumbria, 8 - 10 Otho, Archbishop of Canterbury, 218 Parkinson, the Rev. Thomas, F.R.H.S. , 151 Pearson, Captain, 222 - 225 Pembroke, Aylmer de Valence, Tenth Earl of, 124 Pembroke, Jasper Tudor, Sixteenth Earl of, 162 Pembroke, William Herbert, Seventeenth Earl of, 173 Penda, King of Mercia, 7 - 11 Percy, Sir Henry, K. G., “Hotspur,” 135 - 136 , 142 - 143 Philippa, Queen, 132 - 133 , 135 Phillips, Mrs S. K., 115 Pole, de la, Sir William, 137 Pole, de la, Sir Richard, 137 Pole, de la, Michael, First Earl of Suffolk, 137 Pole, de la, Michael, Second Earl of Suffolk, 137 Pole, de la, Michael, Third Earl of Suffolk, 137 Pole, de la, William, Fourth Earl and First Duke of Suffolk, 137 Pole, de la, John, Second Duke of Suffolk, 137 Pole, de la, John, Ninth Earl of Lincoln, 137 Pole, de la, Edmund, Fifth Earl of Suffolk, 137 Pole, de la, Richard, Titulary Duke of Suffolk, 137 Pontefract, 111 , 113 , 141 , 157 , 162 , 174 Porter, General, 207 , 214 Powis, Lord, 152 - 153 Randolph, Thomas, Earl of Moray, 83 - 84 , 91 - 93 , 95 - 96 , 102 , 105 - 106 , 116 , 119 , 125 - 126 Richard I., King of England, 76 - 78 Richard II., King of England, 133 - 136 , 139 - 141 , 147 Richard III., King of England, 137 Richmond, John de Dreux, Ninth Earl of, 124 , 127 - 128 Rivers, Richard Widvile, First Lord, 153 Rivers, Anthony Widvile, Second Lord, 174 Robert, Earl (Robert Comyn, Third Earl of Northumberland), 43 Robert, Earl (Robert de Mowbray, Eighth Earl of Northumberland) 50 - 51 Robert, Duke of Normandy, 53 - 54 , 56 Rokeby, Sir Thomas, 145 - 146 , 148 Roos, Thomas de Roos, Tenth Lord, 164 Rupert, Prince, 202 , 215 Rutland, Edmund Plantagenet, Titulary Duke of, 152 , 159 - 162 Salisbury, Richard Neville, Eighth Earl of, 150 - 153 , 156 - 157 , 159 , 161 - 162 , 171 [232] Savile, Sir William, of Thornhill, 183 - 185 Scales, Thomas de Scales, Seventh Lord, 154 - 156 Scarborough, 23 , 81 , 134 , 221 - 222 , 225 Scroop, Jeffrey de, Chief Justiciary, 129 Scroop, Henry le Scroop, of Masham, Third Lord, 148 Shrewsbury, John Talbot, Fifth Earl of, 164 , 171 Siward, Earl of Northumbria, 15 - 16 , 47 Somerset, Edmund de Beaufort, Second Duke of, 150 - 151 Somerset, Henry de Beaufort, Fifth Earl of, 153 - 154 , 156 - 157 , 161 , 164 , 168 , 172 Stafford, Humphrey de Stafford, Fifth Earl, 150 - 151 Stafford, Henry, First Lord, 176 Stephen, King of England, 51 , 56 , 57 - 58 , 61 , 75 Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury, 20 Sulley, Sir Henry de, 127 , 130 Tadcaster, 26 , 31 , 179 , 187 , 206 Thurstan, Archbishop of York, 61 , 62 Tilliard, General, 214 Tosti Godwinsson, Earl of Northumbria, 15 - 17 , 19 - 23 , 25 - 27 , 31 - 32 Travis-Cook, John, F.R.H.S. , 137 Trollope, Sir Andrew, 152 , 162 , 168 , 171 Tudor, Henry, Sixteenth Earl of Richmond, 174 Turketul, 217 - 218 Urrie, Sir John, 206 , 207 Wakefield, 159 , 161 - 162 , 164 , 183 , 186 Walcher of Lorraine, Bishop of Durham, Sixth Earl of Northumberland, 47 , 48 Wales, Edward, Prince of, 154 - 155 , 164 , 171 , 173 Waltheof Siwardsson, Fifth Earl of Northumberland, 16 , 43 , 45 , 47 - 48 Ward, Sir Simon, Sheriff of Yorkshire, 107 - 108 , 115 Warwick, Guy de Beauchamp, Eleventh Earl of, 81 Warwick, Richard Neville, Sixteenth Earl of, 150 - 154 , 156 , 164 - 166 , 168 , 173 Warwick, Edward Plantagenet, Eighteenth Earl of, 174 - 175 Welles, Leo de Welles, Sixth Lord, 164 , 171 Westmoreland, Ralph Neville, First Earl of, 140 , 143 Westmoreland, Charles Neville, Sixth Earl of, 176 Widvile, Sir Anthony, 153 William, Duke of Normandy, 19 - 20 , 23 , 35 - 41 William I., King of England, 44 - 49 , 51 - 54 , 59 William II.
— from Yorkshire Battles by Edward Lamplough

Moreover I know of Stephen that he is both a wise man and a champion, and I deem it were well to leave such an one to uphold the good days of Wethermel; so that whether I do that which I would, and come back in joy and honour; or do it not, and die away from my place, not without honour it may be, I shall yet know of the thriving of my kindred and the pleasures of Wethermel, which shall yet be glorious on the earth, even as it were a very living creature and mine own true friend.
— from The Sundering Flood by William Morris

He knew a good horse, could guess the weight of a steer with surprising accuracy, and was a past master in knowledge of sheep.
— from The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by Fox, John, Jr.

May I know of something evil if ever I know in what language to begin to speak to her!
— from The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century by Leo Wiener

that on the south side, which had hurried me away, and that on the north, which lay about a league on the other side; I say, between these two, in the [pg 180] wake of the island, I found the water at least still, and running no way; and having still a breeze of wind fair for me, I kept on steering directly for the island, though not making such fresh way as I did before.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner, Volume 1 With an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe, Written By Himself, in Two Volumes by Daniel Defoe