In time of peace and nominal friendship the old struggle was ever going on.
— from A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, Vol. V Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood, Sir

But if this summa rerum is thus one whole, it must be constructed on definite principles and laws, the knowledge of which will enlarge our capacity of reasoning about it in particulars;—thus we are led on to aim at determining on a large scale and on system, what even gifted or practised intellects are only able by their own personal vigour to reach piece-meal and fitfully, that is, at substituting scientific methods, such as all may use, for the action of individual genius.
— from An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent by John Henry Newman

A large proportion of Seltzer water, either genuine or artificial, is consumed in this country.
— from Useful Knowledge: Volume 1. Minerals Or, a familiar account of the various productions of nature by William Bingley

"Oh, shall we ever get off?"
— from Six Little Bunkers at Cousin Tom's by Laura Lee Hope

‘A careful consideration of this code of “defaultes” and their penalties,’ says Blunt [960] , ‘leads to the conclusion [Pg 388] that it was intended as an exhaustive list of possible crimes, and that it offers no ground for believing that the Sisters of Sion were ever guilty of them or ever incurred the severer punishments enjoined in connection with them.’
— from Woman under Monasticism Chapters on Saint-Lore and Convent Life between A.D. 500 and A.D. 1500 by Lina Eckenstein