From a long acquaintance with Mr. Sherman, we are happy to be able to state to your Excellency that our minds are led to the conclusion that that gentleman possesses a disposition noble and generous, a mind discriminating, comprehensive, and combining a heart pure, benevolent and humane.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

"The Gardens and Deer Park will be thrown open to the Public ... Children under 14 unaccompanied by their Parents and Dogs not admitted."— Gloucester Citizen.
— from Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 150, May 17 1916 by Various

I retorted hotly, "Do your own work in the world, Father Paul, and do not ask God to do it for you.
— from The King's Scapegoat by Hamilton Drummond

My new apartment was in one of the most quiet and most remote streets, and my new landlord, a very forceful owner of a castle and a manorial estate, did not permit any disturbing noise and generally nothing he deemed unnecessary in his house.
— from My Life and My Efforts by Karl May

Let them know that it is thy good pleasure to restore the kingdom unto Israel—raise up Jerusalem as its capital, and constitute her people a distinct nation and government, with David thy servant, even a descendant from the loins of ancient David, to be their king.
— from A Voice from Jerusalem Or, A Sketch of the Travels and Ministry of Elder Orson Hyde by Orson Hyde

Now, I oppose this, because it is contrary to our usual practice, and does not allow gentlemen time to consider of the merits of the prayer.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 1 (of 16) by United States. Congress