It was an ancient custom, which is not, even now, altogether disused, for mourners to carry in their hands at funerals a sprig of some evergreen, generally the cedar or the cypress, and to deposit it in the grave of the deceased.
— from The Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philosophy, Its Legends, Myths and Symbols by Albert Gallatin Mackey

[707] For what Christian is not aware that he seduces nations even now, and draws them with himself to eternal punishment, but not [Pg 359] those predestined to eternal life?
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

We had now entered Nourdooz, a district under a Mudir appointed by the Pasha of Wan, and living at a large village called Pir-bedelan.
— from Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon by Austen Henry Layard

Under these chiefs, a small army of nearly 700 workmen are now employed night and day at both sides of the river in carrying out the tunnel to completion.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various

Agony and Oh-Pshaw were trying to learn a new and difficult back dive and they talked of nothing else night and day.
— from The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road; Or, Glorify Work by Hildegard G. Frey

'The nun expects nothing and does not want the money,' she said, bending down.
— from The White Sister by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

She knew more or less, she believed, what awaited her,—a few parties, a play or two, the Row in the morning, the pictures, a pleasant little glimpse of the outside of that fashionable life which was said to be "such a whirl," which she had no expectation, nor any desire to see much of.
— from A Country Gentleman and His Family by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

" Pueri in scholis, contra morem cæterarum nationum, et Normannorum adventu, derelicto proprio vulgari, construere Gallice compelluntur.
— from A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

M. Dambreuse then declared to the young man that Cécile, being the orphan child of poor parents, had neither expectations nor a dowry.
— from Sentimental Education; Or, The History of a Young Man. Volume 2 by Gustave Flaubert

To be a perfect stranger to literature is not, even now, a disgrace among the better class of Spaniards.
— from Letters from Spain by Joseph Blanco White

I feel that I would be doing injustice to Lieutenants Charles S. Winder, James Van Voast, and J. G. Chandler, did I not recommend them to the favorable notice of the President, for their untiring and noble exertions, night and day for ten successive days, in keeping the ship clear of water, and mingling among the sick and desponding men, to minister to their wants and cheer them up with hope.
— from The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by J. F. (Joseph Florimond) Loubat