Metus inquam mortis, infamiae cruciatus, sunt ille utrices furiae quae tyrannos exagitant, &c. Multo acerbius sauciant et pungunt, quam crudeles domini servos vinctos fustibus ac tormentis exulcerare possunt.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Benjamin Banks, Musical Instrument Maker In Catherine Street, Salisbury. 1780.
— from The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by George Hart

An excellent husband, who might easily have been less than that, he was the most devoted of cousins, and the liberal expenditure of his native eloquence for the furtherance of Philip's love-suit was the principal cause of the misfortune, if misfortune it could subsequently be called to lose an Adiante.
— from Celt and Saxon — Complete by George Meredith

Payment for these toothsome delicacies, it may be mentioned, is made in cowrie shells, coined money being very rarely used.
— from A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland The adventures, observations & experiences of a cinematograph actress in West African forests whilst collecting films depicting native life and when posing as the white woman in Anglo-African cinematograph dramas by Meg Gehrts

It was a most important matter: I can see to this day, I shall always see, the council of rattleheads deliberating on the Cat’s fate.
— from Insect Adventures by Louise Hasbrouck Zimm

To this Lincoln replied: "As to the other matter you kindly mention, I must in candor say I do not think myself fit for the Presidency.
— from Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 by John G. (John George) Nicolay

In America the controlling class in general are superior to the majority in money, in consequent social standing, in energy, in practical political skill, and in intellectual development; in virtue of these qualities,
— from Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) by Theodore Parker

At that time Lincoln had refused, thanking him for the compliment, but adding modestly: "I must in candor say that I do not think myself fit for the Presidency."
— from The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln by Helen Nicolay