All thy request for Man, accepted Son, Obtain; all thy request was my decree: But, longer in that Paradise to dwell, The law I gave to Nature him forbids: Those pure immortal elements, that know, No gross, no unharmonious mixture foul, Eject him, tainted now; and purge him off, As a distemper, gross, to air as gross, And mortal food; as may dispose him best For dissolution wrought by sin, that first Distempered all things, and of incorrupt Corrupted.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

Ay, pray for me, pray for me; and what noise soever ye hear, 171 come not unto me, for nothing can rescue me.
— from The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1604 by Christopher Marlowe

"You are not unacquainted, my fellow soldiers, that we have had, not long since, many accidents that have put a stop to what we are about, and it is probable that even those that are most distinguished above others for their courage can hardly keep up their spirits in such circumstances; but since we cannot avoid fighting, and nothing that hath happened is of such a nature
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

"You do not understand my father," Arkady was saying.
— from Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

O, good sir, said I, let me beg you will not urge me farther, for fear I forget myself again, and be saucy.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

wherever caprice led us, although she could not understand my finger language, nor I her childish prattle.
— from The Story of My Life With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Helen Keller

How could they—they can see and hear, and I suppose they could not understand matters from my point of view....
— from The Story of My Life With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Helen Keller

Inspiration by coffee must be nigh unto magic, For it conjures up facts that are certainly tragic; And for a few pennies, coffee's small price per cup, "Ye editor's" able to swallow the Universe up.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Look not upon me, for thine eyes are wounding; Yet do not go away; come, basilisk, And kill the innocent gazer with thy sight; For in the shade of death I shall find joy-
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

I was now under my first restoration, and perfectly happy; but, being French, I look forward to further changes, since the temperament that has twice ejected the Bourbons from their thrones will scarce leave me in quiet possession of mine forever.
— from Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by James Fenimore Cooper

The mortar was dry and hard in the first; in the next ... under my fingernail soft mortar crumbled away.
— from A Trace of Memory by Keith Laumer

[259] “I did not understand Mr. Fairlegh's remark to apply to affaires du cour in general, but simply to the effects likely to be produced in your case by such an attack,” observed Miss Saville, with a quiet smile.
— from Frank Fairlegh: Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil by Frank E. (Frank Edward) Smedley

It seems, even, to have been no uncommon matter for the bodies to be thrown down and left without any covering of earth whatever.
— from Neæra: A Tale of Ancient Rome by Graham, John W. (John William), active 1886-1887

Not until Mr. Fernald had peremptorily ordered the boy to open the letter in order to see if it was intended for him, did the amateur as much as touch the soiled envelope; but after having torn it open the expression on his face told that the writer was not a stranger.
— from An Amateur Fireman by James Otis

The nun nodded understandingly, meditated for an instant, casting about in her mind, and then, her aged face taking on an expression of majestic calm, she swept back to the little room behind the stage.
— from Rough-Hewn by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

You want to tell her it is a superstition about her vow and not using me fairly.
— from The Three Brides by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

The very spot where I could best catch the enemy, where they must pass, was not under my fire!
— from The Defence of Duffer's Drift by Ernest Dunlop Swinton

This production, which, by ignorant persons, is not unfrequently mistaken for red lead, is in considerable request by painters, dyers, and calico printers.
— from Useful Knowledge: Volume 1. Minerals Or, a familiar account of the various productions of nature by William Bingley

Such was the answer I got from Lord North upon my first interview with his Lordship after my return, and upon which I shall not pretend to decide.
— from Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 4 (of 5) In the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773 by James Bruce