The liberality of Mrs. Sowerberry to Oliver, had consisted of a profuse bestowal upon him of all the dirty odds and ends which nobody else would eat; so there was a great deal of meekness and self-devotion in her voluntarily remaining under Mr. Bumble's heavy accusation.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

There is no evidence witness even saw the book.”
— from We Can't Have Everything: A Novel by Rupert Hughes

If we believe Péron and Freycinet, surely these were the most negligent explorers who ever sailed the seas.*
— from Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia by Scott, Ernest, Sir

The liberality of Mrs. Sowerberry to Oliver, had consisted of a profuse bestowal upon him of all the dirty odds and ends which nobody else would eat; so there was a great deal of meekness and self-devotion in her voluntarily remaining under Mr. Bumble’s heavy accusation.
— from Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. Illustrated by Charles Dickens

So now everything was ended save the Story-that-never-ends.' "When Sioux Sam gets this far," concluded the Old Cattleman, "he says, 'an' my mother's words at the end were: "An' boys who ask too many questions will die, as did the Raven whose cur'osity was even greater than his cruelty.
— from Wolfville Nights by Alfred Henry Lewis

The liberality of Mrs. Sowerberry to Oliver had consisted in a profuse bestowal upon him, of all the dirty odds and ends which nobody else would eat; so that there was a great deal of meekness and self-devotion in her voluntarily remaining under Mr. Bumble's heavy accusation, of which, to do her justice, she was wholly innocent in thought, word, or deed.
— from Bentley's Miscellany, Volume I by Various

The time shall come when, free as seas or wind, Unbounded Thames shall flow for all mankind, Whole nations enter with each swelling tide, And seas but join the regions they divide; Earth's distant ends our glory shall behold, And the new world launch forth to seek the old.
— from The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by Alexander Pope

Neither argument nor experience will ever shake the American's confidence in his noble destiny.
— from American Sketches by Charles Whibley

[Pg 366] Unbounded Thames shall flow for all mankind, [177] Whole nations enter with each swelling tide, And seas but join the regions they divide; [178] 400 Earth's distant ends our glory shall behold, And the new world launch forth to seek the old.
— from The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 Poetry - Volume 1 by Alexander Pope