But in my opinion, since in a mater of treason against the Prince, barnes or wiues, or neuer so diffamed persons, may of our law serue for sufficient witnesses and proofes.
— from Daemonologie. by King of England James I

Now for the love of Love and her soft hours, Let's not confound the time with conference harsh; There's not a minute of our lives should stretch Without some pleasure now.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

And though young men are not ashamed of every head-ach or cold they fall into, yet no topic is so proper to mortify human pride, and make us entertain a mean opinion of our nature, than this, that we are every moment of our lives subject to such infirmities.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

He hurried, therefore, upon them so rudely, without crying gare or beware, that he overthrew them like hogs, tumbled them over like swine, striking athwart and alongst, and by one means or other laid so about him, after the old fashion of fencing, that to some he beat out their brains, to others he crushed their arms, battered their legs, and bethwacked their sides till their ribs cracked with it.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

It was in the midst of our loving sport that the too early dawn surprised us, and we hurried back to Venice to avoid inquisitive eyes.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

His hands was long and thin, and every day of his life he put on a clean shirt and a full suit from head to foot made out of linen so white it hurt your eyes to look at it; and on Sundays he wore a blue tail-coat with brass buttons on it.
— from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

His piercing black eye, as he looked up in our faces, seemed to detect something that fixed for a moment his curiosity, In an instant he unrolled a leather case, full of all manner of odd little steel instruments.
— from Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

“May God Almighty forgive your sin by the merits of Our Lady,” said Gregory VII.
— from The Catacombs of Rome, and Their Testimony Relative to Primitive Christianity by W. H. (William Henry) Withrow

"And if Miss MacDonald will also sign, as an endorser, I think I can safely do away with any mortgage or other legal security.
— from The Ranch at the Wolverine by B. M. Bower

But suddenly we both heard, hurrying along the air, that dear, unmistakable baby squawk, and in an instant more our own little Speckle came plumping down on my head, where he rode triumphantly into the house, flapping his funny right wing all the way and gasping with speed and excitement.
— from Sigurd Our Golden Collie, and Other Comrades of the Road by Katharine Lee Bates

We passed up Melville water, and in about an hour and a quarter after starting came abreast of the town of Perth, which we left about three-quarters of a mile on our larboard side, and continued our passage up Perth water.
— from The Bushman — Life in a New Country by Edward Wilson Landor

In this manner, one of Lady Sligo’s horses had its two hind-legs entangled in such a manner in the fore-wheel of a carriage, that it was impossible to release them, and one turn of the wheel would infallibly have broken both.
— from Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. with remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distiguished public characters. In a series of letters by a German Prince. by Pückler-Muskau, Hermann, Fürst von

I readily admit it; but why have so many of our leaders shown such a strong hankering after the theory, if there is nothing in it?
— from The Humour of Homer and Other Essays by Samuel Butler

Let us suppose the Diagram (Woodcut No. 2 ) to represent an ordinary 13 house, such as is found in many of our London streets.
— from A History of Architecture in all Countries, Volume 1, 3rd ed. From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by James Fergusson

Well, that's the meaning of our literary society; the subscription is only two-pence a week, so you'd better join.
— from Soldiers of the Queen by Harold Avery