We ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our ‘Mayflower,’ and steer boldly Through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future’s portal With the Past’s blood-rusted key.” —“The Present Crisis.”— J. R. Lowell.
— from Garden Cities of To-Morrow Being the Second Edition of "To-Morrow: a Peaceful Path to Real Reform" by Howard, Ebenezer, Sir

The revels that followed no pen can justly record, for Goths and Vandals on the rampage but feebly describes the youthful Wilkinses when their spirits effervesced after a month's bottling up in close home quarters.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

Where's the beef and vegetables I sent home, and the pudding you promised?" cried John, rushing to the larder.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

"I'm glad of it; that's one of your foolish extravagances,—sending flowers and things to girls for whom you don't care two pins," continued Jo reprovingly.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

Again, in the Prussian custom just referred to, the woman who plays the part of Corn-mother represents the ripe grain; the child appears to represent next year’s corn, which may be regarded, naturally enough, as the child of this year’s corn, since it is from the seed of this year’s harvest that next year’s crop will spring.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

" "I'm glad of it, that's one of your foolish extravagances, sending flowers and things to girls for whom you don't care two pins," continued Jo reprovingly.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

There was, by planning carefully, just room to wedge the rocking-horse in at Mrs. Lessing's feet without encroaching on the steering-gear.
— from Red Pepper Burns by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond

It was over, and, among other things now possible, Colonel John Robin Ross-Ellison might ask the woman he loved whether she could some day become his wife.
— from Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life by Percival Christopher Wren

Theodore Roosevelt, The Naval War of 1812 (various editions); E. S. Maclay, History of the United States Navy from 1775 to 1901 (3 vols., 1901-02), and History of American Privateers (1899); J. R. Spears, History of Our Navy (4 vols., 1897); and C. O. Paullin, Commodore John Rodgers (1910), give the history of the maritime war.
— from Union and Democracy by Allen Johnson

When they were pretty close, Jack Rabbit sprang up, put his long ears straight in the air, and away he went.
— from Doctor Rabbit and Ki-Yi Coyote by Thomas C. (Thomas Clark) Hinkle

Prætuli clementiam Juris rigori .— GROTII Adamus Exul.
— from The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Samuel Johnson

"To G. Norcross , G. M., "Portal City. "Just returned from trip to Seattle.
— from The Wreckers by Francis Lynde

“But I arn’t all right, Mas’ Don; I feel like a pancake,” cried Jem, rubbing and patting himself as if he were so much paste or clay which he wanted to get back into shape.
— from The Adventures of Don Lavington: Nolens Volens by George Manville Fenn

By Prof. Leslie A. Lee Of The Biological Department by Jonathan Prince Cilley, Jr. Rockland, Maine: Rockland Publishing Company PREFACE.
— from Bowdoin Boys in Labrador An Account of the Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador led by Prof. Leslie A. Lee of the Biological Department by Jonathan Prince Cilley

Bennet, Miss, 11, Dynevor place Brettell, Miss H., Heathfield terrace Brettell, Miss L., 12, Dynevor place Colston, J. R., York street
— from Pearse's Commercial Directory to Swansea and the Neighbourhood, for 1854 by Ebenezer Pearse