Many men if they do hear but of a great portion, a rich heir, are more mad than if they had all the beauteous ornaments, and those good parts art and nature can afford, they
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

The sun's red, slanting rays fall on the dusty pavement in front of that gloomy, stately mansion which Harry calls his home, enter a richly furnished room where the blinds are thrown open and the curtains looped back, and with their fervent glow rest compassionately upon a drooping female figure, upon a bent head bowed in shame, a head still young, whose wealth of rich black tresses passion and remorse have already marked with gray.
— from Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

Realistic and idealistic, practical and romantic, historical and modern topics are fit material for the art of the photoplay.
— from The Photoplay: A Psychological Study by Hugo Münsterberg

Opposite were frames hanging on the wall enclosing advertisements of Champagne, the trade marks of Perrier and Roederer , Heidsieck and Mumm , and a hooded head of a monk, with the name of Dom Perignon , Rheims , written in Gothic characters.
— from Against the Grain by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans

John's faction is dispersed, Marian is saved, the absent Walter Lea reappears, Sir Richard is assured of his estate, the Abbot and the [Pg 284] Sheriff are punished, and Robin Hood and Maid Marian may wed—for now the good King Richard has come again to his own.
— from Shadows of the Stage by William Winter

And so the Dakota Presbytery, which was organized in 1845, proceeded to license and ordain Gideon H. Pond and Robert Hopkins as ministers of the Gospel.
— from Mary and I: Forty Years with the Sioux by Stephen Return Riggs

They who, dissatisfied with this little world of sense, seek to raise their minds to something which the senses are unable to grasp, can hardly fail, on deeper reflection, to perceive how coarse and material is that theological prejudice, which ascribes to such a Power the vulgar functions of a temporal ruler, arrays him in the garb of an earthly potentate, and represents him as meddling here and meddling there, uttering threats, inflicting punishments, bestowing rewards.
— from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 3 of 3 by Henry Thomas Buckle

Well, I have won the party and revenge, however: A minute longer, and I had won the tout.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by John Dryden

If I then called her name she would come to me quickly, put her strong fore-paws on my shoulders and, purring and rubbing herself against me, she would follow me into the room and prepare to pass the night on the bed or the lounge."
— from Birds and All Nature, Vol. 6, No. 5, December 1899 Illustrated by Color Photography by Various