I walked on Shore and killed four Deer, 2 common & 2 mule deer, one of which had 3 fauns, 2 others had 2 each, those deer are fat, & their Skins tolerable good, which are now in demand with us for clothes Such as Legins & Mockersons, I Saw great numbers of Buffalows & Elk; Some of the party Shoot & Catch beaver every day & night H2 anchor
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

The only begotten eternal Son of God , 3. 188 being promised to our first Parents in Paradise, at the last being conceived by the Holy Ghost , in the most Holy Womb of the Virgin Mary , 1. of the royal house of David and clad with humane flesh, came into the World at Bethlehem of Judæa , in the extream poverty of a Stable , 2. in the fullness of time, in the year of the world 3970, but pure from all sin, and the name of Jesus was given him, which signifieth a Saviour .
— from The Orbis Pictus by Johann Amos Comenius

We cannot decide a priori which of these alternatives is preferable; we have to refer to psychological and sociological generalisations, obtained by empirical study of human nature in actual societies.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

I had a great deal of talk about my uncle Robert, [Robert Pepys of Brampton, eldest son of Thomas Pepys the red, and brother of Samuel’s father.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Each sought advance towards a better light, one part by dwelling on the individual duties and responsibilities of man, and his relation to the infinite; the other by especial study of man's social ties and liberties, and his relation to the commonwealth of which he is a member.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

For as in those games there were some persons whose object was glory and the honor of a crown, to be attained by the performance of bodily exercises, so others were led thither by the gain of buying and selling, and mere views of profit; but there was likewise one class of persons, and they were by far the best, whose aim was neither applause nor profit, but who came merely as spectators through curiosity, to observe what was done, and to see in what manner things were carried on there.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Then the green things began to show buds and the buds began to unfurl and show color, every shade of blue, every shade of purple, every tint and hue of crimson.
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

In the afternoon Lydia was urgent with the rest of the girls to walk to Meryton and see how every body went on; but Elizabeth steadily opposed the scheme.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

So says Guthorm Sindre:— "Hakon the Brave, whose skill all know To bend in battle storm the bow, Rushed o'er the waves to Sealand's tongue, His two war-ships with gilt shields hung, And cleared the decks with his blue sword That rules the fate of war, on board Eleven ships of the Vindland men.— Famous is Hakon's name since then.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Henry Ward Beecher came within one vote of being elected superintendent of a railway.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

As they reached the more frequented parts of the quay, where the larger number of vessels were collected, they observed a party of jovial sailors assembled in front of a wine-shop door; some were seated at their ease on benches, either smoking or holding forth to their companions, who were standing by listening.
— from Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin by William Henry Giles Kingston

At consultations, in Court, by night, I dream so incessantly of Honorine that only by excessive strength of mind do I succeed in attending to what I am doing and saying.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

For that task I am not qualified either by sufficient travel or by expert study of the subject.
— from The Holy Land by John Kelman

They saw him, borne on by excitement, seize one of the riderless horses, leap into the saddle and turn his face toward the battle.
— from Before the Dawn: A Story of the Fall of Richmond by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

Ludovic was destined for the civil service, and, after finishing his studies, entered successively the Department of State (1852); the Algerian Department (1858), and later on became editorial secretary of the Corps Legislatif (1860).
— from L'Abbe Constantin — Volume 1 by Ludovic Halévy

Accordingly the mate proved his good judgment by having a couple of boats lowered with a tow-line, to keep her at least stem-on to the current, although the trouble of getting out the launch would have more served his purpose, and the deeper loaded the better, since in fact there were two favourable drifts instead of one, between every stroke of the oars.
— from The Green Hand: Adventures of a Naval Lieutenant by George Cupples

At one time this latter slope was not as arid and desert as at present, but the thriftlessness of man has shorn down the forests and the teeth of the goats have nipped off or barked every seedling or sapling thrown up by nature to cover its nakedness and redress the evil.
— from A Book of the Pyrenees by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould