What courtesy could transcend that which “thinketh no evil,” which “envieth not,” which “seeketh not its own,” which “is not puffed up,” which “believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things!”
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 03, June 1883 by Chautauqua Institution

"The planters of New England were Englishmen, not exempt from English prejudices in favor of English institutions, laws and usages ...
— from The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697) by John M. (John Metcalf) Taylor

J. S. Mill discussed the book with his father during its composition, and in 1869 he published a new edition, with elaborate notes by himself, George Grote, Professor Bain, and Andrew Findlater.
— from The English Utilitarians, Volume 2 (of 3) James Mill by Leslie Stephen

Accordingly we would instruct the Governor of the Island, Sir Benjamin Briggs, to offer terms of Treaty to their leader, a heathenish Black reported to be called by the name Etiba, whereby each Nation may henceforth exist in Harmony.
— from Caribbee by Thomas Hoover

And perhaps the battle was not entirely won even now, nor would it ever be until life itself should be ended, for no matter how high a person may rise there still lies the unattained before him.
— from Ward Hill, the Senior by Everett T. (Everett Titsworth) Tomlinson

He would have preferred to have run away to a place far away from there, where nobody else went except now and then a beggar with a [Pg 92] large bag, who would turn over every bit of paper with his wire hook to see whether something of value had not been left there the Sunday before.
— from The Son of His Mother by Clara Viebig

Look humbly upon thy Vertues, and tho' thou art rich in some, yet think thy self poor and naked, without that crowning Grace, which thinketh no Evil, which envieth not, which beareth, believeth, hopeth, endureth all things.
— from The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 3 by Browne, Thomas, Sir

“But I do—Wey, Smiler!—’Od rot the women, ’tis nothing else wi’ ’em nowadays but getting young men and leading ’em astray.”
— from Under the Greenwood Tree; Or, The Mellstock Quire A Rural Painting of the Dutch School by Thomas Hardy

It was written of him, "The noblest eye which ever nature made is darkened—an eye so privileged, and gifted with such rare powers, that it may truly be said to have seen more than the eyes of all that are gone, and to have opened the eyes of all that are to come."
— from Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various

Captain Stuart was still traveling with the Fur Company, and was also present with his party; besides which a Hudson's Bay trader named Ematinger was encamped near by.
— from Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains and Life on the Frontier Also a History of the Sioux War, and a Life of Gen. George A. Custer with Full Account of His Last Battle by Frances Fuller Victor