Most wise men, in their private sentiments, have ever treated hereditary right with contempt; yet it is one of those evils, which when once established is not easily removed; many submit from fear, others from superstition, and the more powerful part shares with the king the plunder of the rest.
— from Common Sense by Thomas Paine

'Not exactly,' replied Margaret, smiling.
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Now earth, rock, mineral substances and other things dug out with the pick or hewn out with the "iron tools" are hauled out of the shaft in buckets, or baskets, or hide buckets; they are drawn out of tunnels in wheelbarrows or open trucks, and from both they are sometimes carried in trays.
— from De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georg Agricola

“In spite of my numerous engagements,” resumed Mr. Sharp, “I could not forego the pleasure of looking in upon you at your labors.
— from Helen Ford by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

My second call was at one of the government offices, where my nervous excitement rendered me so nearly speechless that I could only silently and tremblingly tender a book to a young man who was one of the clerks.
— from The World As I Have Found It Sequel to Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl by Mary L. Day

In August, 1724, a strong party of New England rangers marched secretly and swiftly, and, before their presence was known, had surrounded the village and began firing through the wigwams.
— from America, Volume 5 (of 6) by Joel Cook

I now again vigorously pressed my point, to the great amusement of my friends and the chagrin of the Herr Director, who could not easily refute my statements; for while I acknowledged being an “ Unausstehlicher Americaner ,” I happen to know the Old World policies as well as he does.
— from Introducing the American Spirit by Edward Alfred Steiner

But it did not offend them, though it did not exactly recommend 'my son Richard' to them.
— from Abington Abbey: A Novel by Archibald Marshall

Yet it is not too much to say that no English reformer made such a lasting impression on the nation as old Latimer did.
— from Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by J. C. (John Charles) Ryle