Time, however, continued to advance, and the Anglo-Americans, spreading beyond the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean, penetrated farther and farther into the solitudes of the West; they met with a new soil and an unwonted climate; the obstacles which opposed them were of the most various character; their races intermingled, the inhabitants of the South went up towards the North, those of the North descended to the South; but in the midst of all these causes, the same result occurred at every step, and in general, the colonies in which there were no slaves became more populous and more rich than those in which slavery flourished.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

WHY THE LITTLE FRENCHMAN WEARS HIS HAND IN A SLING IT’S on my visiting cards sure enough (and it’s them that’s all o’ pink satin paper) that inny gintleman that plases may behould the intheristhin words, “Sir Pathrick O’Grandison, Barronitt, 39 Southampton Row, Russell Square, Parrish o’ Bloomsbury.”
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

<mi vedi, che quando fui de l'altra vita tolto.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Of this, hereafter; at present I had worked her up to the utmost pitch of excited desire; she was in the very act of discharging, and as I withdrew for a final thrust, she heaved up her buttocks in an agony of pleasure, I felt it was now or never, and striking home with all my force, I burst with irresistible strength through every obstacle, and tore my way inwards, until sheathed to my very cods.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

But it will be seen by this avowal that those vessels are liable to many various conditions; and such is the case, in fact.
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise

Like elephants in frantic mood, Vast clouds terrific, sable-hued, Hid all the sky where'er they bore Their load of water mixt with gore.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

" Mary Vance came up to Ingleside that same afternoon to tell them that Miller Douglas, who had been wounded when the Canadians took Hill 70, had had to have his leg amputated.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Soldiers, I am Marcus Valerius Corvus, whose nobility ye have felt by acts of kindness towards you, not by ill-treatment; the proposer of no tyrannical law against you, of no harsh decree of the senate; in every post of command more strict on myself than on you.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

bye of him, and so with Creed to St. James’s, and, missing Mr. Coventry, walked to the New Exchange, and there drank some whey, and so I by water home, and found my closett at my office made very clean and neat to my mind mightily, and home to dinner, and then to my office to brush my books, and put them and my papers in order again, and all the afternoon till late at night doing business there, and so home to supper, and then to work in my chamber, making matters of this day’s accounts clear in my books, they being a little extraordinary, and so being very late I put myself to bed, the rest being long ago gone. 25th.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

VINDEX MVSSIVS VINDEX C. FVFIDIVS.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

To keep warm in cold weather the Japanese hug to themselves and hang over smaller stoves, called hibachi, metal vessels containing a handful of smouldering charcoal.
— from Peeps at Many Lands: Japan by John Finnemore

And there I had the honour of being made known to his aides-de-camp, Mr. Pierce, Mr. Van Cortlandt, and Major Hoops.
— from The Hidden Children by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

"Why do you want ten dollars?" "You see, mother keeps me very close.
— from Luke Walton by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

And these are not mere metaphysical prejudices and formulas of the schools: I appeal to the most vulgar common sense.
— from Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Victor Cousin

Michael V. , (Calaphates,) was crowned in 1041, and was put to death the same year, after a reign of four months.
— from Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor Series One and Series Two in one Volume by R. (Robert) Walsh

'Well,' he said, 'I don't mind for myself, but I know my valet can't eat salt pork; if I were to give him a sovereign, do you think he could go to some place of refreshment near, and buy some food?' I assured him that there was nothing better to be had nearer than Constantinople, which was several hundred miles away.
— from Recollections of a Military Life by Adye, John, Sir

The masons varied considerably in their estimates.
— from Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents, and Strange Events by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

If The Prussian Officer , a study of morbidly vicious cruelty practised by a captain of Cavalry on his helpless orderly (and the first of a sheaf of collected stories, short or shortish, by Mr. D. H. Lawrence , issued by Messrs. Duckworth ), had been written since the declaration of war it would certainly be discounted as a product of the prevailing odium bellicosum .
— from Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 16, 1914 by Various

The treasury of gems exhibited to the visitor is believed to be the finest and most valuable collection in the world.
— from Due North; or, Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Maturin Murray Ballou

We were sitting yesterday after dinner, the two ladies and myself, very composedly, and without the least apprehension of any such intrusion in our snug parlor, one lady knitting, the other netting, and the gentleman winding worsted, when to our unspeakable surprise a mob appeared before the window; a smart rap was heard at the door, the boys bellowed, and the maid announced Mr. Grenville.
— from The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 by Ontario. Department of Education