If the most unblemished merit is not protected from this injustice, it will not be wondered at that no quarter was given to the character of an adventurer like Fathom, who, among other unlucky occurrences, had the misfortune to be recognised about this time by his two Parisian friends, Sir Stentor Stile and Sir Giles Squirrel.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

[Transcriber's note: The Greek words in the above paragraph were transliterated as follows: Kata —Kappa, alpha, tau, alpha; ten —tau, eta, nu; pistin —pi, iota, sigma, tau, iota, nu; humon —(rough breathing mark) upsilon, mu, omega, nu; genetheto —gamma, epsilon, nu, eta, theta, eta, tau, omega; humin —(rough breathing mark) upsilon, mu, iota, nu] We are men sent from God.
— from Letters to His Friends by Forbes Robinson

Wait for Fred Churbett, the most unpunctual man in New South Wales!
— from Babes in the Bush by Rolf Boldrewood

He who perseveres will, however, generally succeed; and the labor bestowed upon the most unpromising mine, is never wholly lost.
— from Scenes and Adventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

The fact of his winning these two important prizes is a sufficient proof that, if not "as poetical as Byron," he had a distinct feeling for poetry, and that generally his industry and ability had enabled him to make up much, if not all, of the leeway caused by the imperfect and desultory character of his early education.
— from John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. (1847-1900), a Memoir by Hunter Blair, David Oswald, Sir

[Transcriber's note: The Greek phrases in the above paragraph were transliterated as follows: phobos —phi, omicron, beta, omicron, final sigma; ouk —omicron, upsilon, kappa; estin —epsilon, sigma, tau, iota, nu; en —epsilon, nu; te —tau, eta; agape —alpha, gamma, alpha, pi, eta; hoti —(rough breathing mark) omicron, tau, iota; agape —alpha, gamma, alpha, pi, eta; kaluptei —kappa, alpha, lambda, upsilon, pi, tau, epsilon, iota; plethos —pi, lambda, eta, theta, omicron, final sigma; amartion —alpha, mu, alpha, rho, tau, iota, omega, nu; didote —delta, iota, delta, omicron, tau, epsilon; kai —kappa, alpha, iota; dothesetai —delta, omicron, theta, eta, sigma, eta, tai, alpha, iota; humin —(rough breathing mark) upsilon, mu, iota, nu]
— from Letters to His Friends by Forbes Robinson

Folk-songs prove, for instance, that the modern unschooled man is not so utterly ignorant of natural beauty as many of us have imagined him to be.
— from Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Evelyn Lilian Hazeldine Carrington, contessa

For each material point, when acted on, receives a determination to local movement, and nothing else; and therefore the effect of the action of matter upon matter is nothing but local movement, one element approaching to or retiring from the other.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 20, October 1874‐March 1875 by Various

To escape from the intolerant spirit that pursues Dissenters here will make us merry, if nothing else does.
— from From Boyhood to Manhood: Life of Benjamin Franklin by William Makepeace Thayer

In floating Mining Companies the first mistake usually made is not providing sufficient working capital for meeting all necessary
— from Getting Gold: A Gold-Mining Handbook for Practical Men by J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Francis) Johnson