[Pg 135] were so greatly superior to the modern, is that a greatly superior class of men applied themselves to the art.
— from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

But the Powers {27} Of Evil beat him down, and bore away To some dread scene of durance and despair, The Ancient Tombs, methought their Mistress said, Beneath the ocean-waves: no way for Man Is there; and Gods, she boasted, there are none On Earth to help him now.
— from The Curse of Kehama, Volume 2 (of 2) by Robert Southey

Their work cannot yet be fully assessed, but already results have been arrived at far more important than are generally supposed.
— from The Theory and Practice of Model Aeroplaning by V. E. (Valentine Edward) Johnson

A town-life, which many persons are compelled, by the nature of their calling, to lead, precludes the possibility of pursuing amusements of this description to any very considerable extent; and young men in towns are, generally speaking, compelled to choose between books on the one hand, or gaming and the play-house on the other.
— from Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. by William Cobbett

The material is tongued and grooved, secret-nailed, and should be smoothed off after laying.
— from Convenient Houses, With Fifty Plans for the Housekeeper by Louis H. (Louis Henry) Gibson

What mattered it that a girl should give up her friends and her home?
— from The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various

[26] Martirio in terra appellasi, Gloria si appella in cielo.
— from Isabella Orsini: A Historical Novel of the Fifteenth Century by Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi