The practice introduced by some of the new or revised State Constitutions in America, of submitting judicial officers to periodical popular re-election, will be found, I apprehend, to be one of the most dangerous errors ever yet committed by democracy; and, were it not that the practical good sense which never totally deserts the people of the United States is said to be producing a reaction, likely in no long time to lead to the retraction of the error, it might with reason be regarded as the first great downward step in the degeneration of modern democratic government.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

He went, he remained absent three months from Paris and returned late in November.
— from My Memoirs, Vol. VI, 1832 to 1833 by Alexandre Dumas

A frequent guest at Mrs. Cosway's during the last ten years of his life was Horace Walpole, very pleased at receiving 'little Italian notes of invitation' from the winning lady.
— from Art in England: Notes and Studies by Dutton Cook

Newspapers, for example, are permitted to comment by way of criticism on any matters of current interest, provided a reasonable limit is not exceeded.
— from Commercial Law by Richard William Hill

Who, even in thinking of the worth of a pious and righteous life, is not swayed by some sort of honesty-best-policy principle?
— from Education and the Higher Life by John Lancaster Spalding