My friends and well-wishers, who for the most part had never themselves speculated on philosophical subjects, but blindly adopted the results of the systems prevailing at the time as if they were established truths, did not understand me, and therefore also were unable to follow me in my opinions.
— from Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography. by Solomon Maimon

Jacquet, a nobly upright man, a toiler, austere in his morals, had slowly made his way in that particular ministry which develops both honesty and knavery at the same time.
— from The Thirteen by Honoré de Balzac

CHAPTER VI The adventure that was so to alter the future occurred when Michael, in no uncertain manner, announced to all and sundry his presence on the Makambo .
— from Michael, Brother of Jerry by Jack London

“Ah!” thought the horse to himself, “my elder brother hearkened not unto me, and therefore am I fallen into such hands.
— from Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental by Charles John Tibbitts

Yet some among them, God was his witness, in violation of their oaths, were attempting to establish a commonwealth [Footnote 1: "Something happening that morning that put the protector into a rage and passion near unto madness, as those at Whitehall can witness.
— from The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Volume 8 by Hilaire Belloc

That his cause was the cause of God—that "In as much as ye did it not unto the least of these my little ones, ye did it not unto me," and that as Anti-Slavery men, they would "do right if the heavens fell."
— from The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States by Martin Robison Delany

[272] Of all materials, old stereotype plates need underlays most, as they are usually very irregular in height.
— from The American Printer: A Manual of Typography Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc. by Thomas MacKellar

There could [3] have been no ulterior motive as the account itself will show.
— from True Tales of the Weird: a record of personal experiences of the supernatural by Sidney Dickinson

But that we may not use more Arguments than are necessary to prove the Energy of this Principle, every one who is doubtful herein may observe, 045.png 39 that not only Plants are produced and nourished by its subtle and luxuriant Insinuation into their Fibres, but that also from the same aerial Spirit the Life of Animals, and even the humane Species is preserved.
— from Loimologia: Or, an Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665 With Precautionary Directions Against the Like Contagion by John Quincy