Reverend J. W. C. Dietrichson’s Reise blandt de norske Emigranter i de forenede nordamerikanske Fristater , Stavanger, 1846 (124 pages), gave much valuable information about the settlements, but was not calculated to exert much influence toward emigration.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

[Sidenote: 1096a] believe themselves to be good: for instance, they seek to be honoured by the wise, and by those among whom they are known, and for virtue: clearly then, in the opinion at least of these men, virtue is higher than honour.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

How to satisfy these desiderative actions is a problem for the understanding, whence it follows that successful satisfaction, intelligent or unintelligent, may vary in every possible degree.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

My voice is in my sword: thou bloodier villain Than terms can give thee out!
— from Macbeth by William Shakespeare

“My veracity is dearer to me than my life,” said the peasant; “nor would I purchase the one by forfeiting the other.”
— from The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

This year the temple of Mars, vowed in the Gallic war, was dedicated by Titus Quinctius, duumvir for performing religious rites.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

ꝓche apreſſo de queſto ne eranno molte et coſi quiuy tardaſſemo quatro Jorni ꝓ aſpectare le due naue in queſti giorni mãdaſemo [ 74 ] vno batello ben fornito ꝓ deſcoprire eL capo de lalt o mare venne in termi ne de tre
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

The universal cry, throughout the masonic world, is for light; our lodges are henceforth to be schools; our labor is to be study; our wages are to be learning; the types and symbols, the myths and allegories, of the institution are beginning to be investigated with reference to their ultimate meaning; our history is now traced by zealous inquiries as to its connection with antiquity; and Freemasons now thoroughly understand that often quoted definition, that "Masonry is a science of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols."
— from The Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philosophy, Its Legends, Myths and Symbols by Albert Gallatin Mackey

"He isn't my viking," I told her.
— from The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey

ANT: Active, alert, resistant, positive, unsubmissive, malcontent, vehement, impatient.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

However clear Congress may be of their authority to pass any particular act, the gentleman from Kentucky thinks the President must veto it if he has doubts about it.
— from The Life of Abraham Lincoln, from His Birth to His Inauguration as President by Ward Hill Lamon

If you insist upon calling me Mr. Vernon I shall fancy you have found reason to dislike me."
— from Phyllis by Duchess

One sees there one of the most magnificent views in the world.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

The nomads around had nothing 308 to sell, but gave Abdul Kerim much valuable information.
— from Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventurers in Tibet. Vol. 2 (of 2) by Sven Anders Hedin

Poor old Mrs. Vincent is dead, and Fergus’s great black rabbit, and poor little Mary Brown with dip—(blot).
— from Beechcroft at Rockstone by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

Will you think me very impertinent if I confess that I have been watching over you—at a respectful distance—ever since we left Victoria?
— from Olive in Italy by Moray Dalton

At last when Mr. Horsfall grew more vehement in his denunciation of ministers, Mr. Scott bade him remember that it was the Whigs who in January, 1807, issued the first counterblast to Napoleon’s Berlin Decree; and then did these two Englishmen, the one a Whig and the other a Tory, get so warm about Whiggery and Toryism that I had much to do to get to the truth of the matter.
— from Ben o' Bill's, the Luddite: A Yorkshire Tale by D. F. E. Sykes

This was just as well for those who differed from his views, as he was a peppery little man, voluble in speech.
— from The Spider by Fergus Hume