Thou wilt increase, Lord, Thy gifts more and more in me, that my soul may follow me to Thee, disentangled from the birdlime of concupiscence; that it rebel not against itself, and even in dreams not only not, through images of sense, commit those debasing corruptions, even to pollution of the flesh, but not even to consent unto them.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

What's more to do, Which would be planted newly with the time, As calling home our exiled friends abroad That fled the snares of watchful tyranny, Producing forth the cruel ministers Of this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen, Who, as 'tis thought, by self and violent hands Took off her life; this, and what needful else That calls upon us, by the grace of Grace
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

They have lost a man, and 'tis their fashion, when they meet a loss, and fail in the surprise, to fall back; but we shall have them on again, with new expedients to circumvent us, and master our scalps.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

What's more to do, Which would be planted newly with the time,— As calling home our exil'd friends abroad, That fled the snares of watchful tyranny; Producing forth the cruel ministers Of this dead butcher, and his fiend-like queen,— Who, as 'tis thought, by self and violent hands Took off her life;—this, and what needful else That calls upon us, by the grace of Grace, We will perform in measure, time, and place: So, thanks to all at once, and to each one, Whom we invite to see us crown'd at Scone.
— from Macbeth by William Shakespeare

The natives do not embrace this class under one term, but the word urigubu , which designates harvest gifts from the wife’s brothers, stands for one of the most important conceptions of native sociology and economics.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

I liked this proposal, provided it was done while we were near enough to come up to them before they could load their pieces again.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

You are satisfied that from all you know that there has been no effort to cover up?
— from Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

[888] Consideravimus omnes periculum urbis nostræ et totius Christianismi, ubi illæ furiæ irrepserint.
— from History of the Great Reformation, Volume 4 by J. H. (Jean Henri) Merle d'Aubigné

1 as more nearly expressing the condition, unless we are to regard the lines as simply indicating a sort of atmosphere of magnetic effect whose density becomes less as we proceed outward from the wire, in which case either form of symbol suffices.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 by Various

"I never expect to come up these stairs again.
— from The Paternoster Ruby by Charles Edmonds Walk

He is somewhere near Civita-Vecchia, very much on the go and perhaps not easy to catch up with.
— from The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters by George Sand

I was neither enabled to clear up the mystery of her birth, nor offer any clue to the discovery of her father.
— from Tales of My Time, Vol. 1 (of 3) Who Is She? by William Pitt Scargill

When used, it should have some water in it, but not enough to come up 43 to the handle of the knife.
— from Miss Parloa's Young Housekeeper Designed Especially to Aid Beginners; Economical Receipts for Those Who Are Cooking for Two or Three by Maria Parloa

" The creature spoke, in hoarse, jumbled words, not easy to catch unless you listened closely.
— from The Unclassed by George Gissing

Protective resemblances amongst insects are so numerous and widespread, and they have been so ably described by Bates and Wallace, that I shall only mention a few of the most noticeable examples that came under my attention, and which have not been described by other authors.
— from The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Thomas Belt