One very cold day Jadin actually presented himself at our new abode in Paris, in a most preposterous costume of his own manufacture, consisting of very thin light-yellow trousers, a very short pale-green dress-coat with conspicuously long tails, projecting lace shirt frills and cuffs, a very fair wig, and a hat so small that it was constantly dropping off; he wore in addition a quantity of imitation jewellery—and all this on the undisguised assumption that he could not go about in fashionable Paris dressed as simply as in the country.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

would it not be judged by us presumptuous to say this? Probabilities here are of no account when we have to do with judgements of pure Reason.—We cannot therefore judge objectively, either affirmatively or negatively, concerning the proposition: “Does a Being acting according to design lie at the basis of what we rightly call natural purposes, as the cause of the world (and consequently as its author)?”
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

When anything had to be done, it was always the elder who was forced to do it; but if his father bade him fetch anything when it was late, or in the night-time, and the way led through the churchyard, or any other dismal place, he answered "Oh, no, father, I'll not go there, it makes me shudder!"
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

Upon which account Herod was very angry, and gave that daughter in marriage to a brother's son of his, [Joseph,] who was slain afterward by the Parthians; but in some time he laid aside his anger against Pheroras, and pardoned him, as one not able to overcome his foolish passion for the maid-servant. 6.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

The wretch whom I loaded with kindness, whose children were clothed by Theresa, and whose father, who was a beggar, I almost supported, robbed us with as much ease as effrontery, not one of the three being sufficiently vigilant to prevent him: and one night he emptied my cellar.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Take Coriander seeds prepared half an ounce, Nutmegs, white Frankincense, of each three drams, Liquorice, Mastich, of each two drams, Cubebs, Hart’s-horn prepared, of each one dram, conserve of Red roses an ounce, white Sugar as much as is sufficient to make it into mean bits.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

till; to the place that; while; along, ever Hydaith, a. apt to travel Hydal, a. apt to pay, payable Hydardd, a. apt to break out Hydarf, a. easily scared Hydarth, a. aptly exhaling Hydaw, a. apt to be silent Hydawdd, a. apt to melt Hydedd, n. longitude Hyder, n. trust, confidence Hyderiad, n. a confiding Hyderu, v. to rely, to confide Hyderus, a. confident Hydgyllen, the brisket Hydiad, n. a lengthening Hydor, a. aptly breaking Hydraeth, a. aptly reciting Hydraidd, a. penetrable Hydrais, a. apt to oppress Hydranc, a. apt to perish Hydras, a. of notable kindred Hydraul, a. easily consumed Hydraw, a. easily instructed Hydred, n. longitude Hydredawl, a. longitudinal Hydref, n. autumn; October Hydrefn, a. well-ordered Hydreiddrwydd, n. penetrability Hydreigledd, a. aptness to roll Hydrwst, a. apt to be noisy Hydwf, a. luxuriant, thriving Hydwyll, a. easily deceived Hydwyth, a. elastic, nimble Hydyn, a. tractable Hŷdd, n. stag, deer Hyddadl, a. disputable Hyddail, a. apt to bear leaves Hyddawn, a. liberal Hyddes, n. a bind, red deer Hyddestyl, a. apt to be nice Hyddewis, a. aptly selecting Hyddfref, a. rutting of deer Hyddgant, n. stag Hyddgen, n. skin of a stag Hyddgi, n. buck-hound Hyddig, a. irritable, iracible Hyddoeth, a. apt to be wise Hyddof, a. tamable Hyddring, a. easily climbed Hyddrwg, a. apt to be bad Hyddwyn, a. easily carried Hyddysg, a. well-versed, docile Hyddysgedd, n. aptness to learn Hyddysgu, v. to learn quickly Hyddysgwr, quick learner Hyedd, n. boldness Hyf, a. bold, paring, confident Hyfaad, n.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

In addition to this, the Parliament has an office not inferior even to this in importance; to be at once the nation's Committee of Grievances and its Congress of Opinions; an arena in which not only the general opinion of the nation, but that of every section of it, and, as far as possible, of every eminent individual whom it contains, can produce itself in full light and challenge discussion; where every person in the country may count upon finding somebody who speaks his mind as well or better than he could speak it himself—not to friends and partisans exclusively, but in the face of opponents, to be tested by adverse controversy; where those whose opinion is overruled, feel satisfied that it is heard, and set aside not by a mere act of will, but for what are thought superior reasons, and commend themselves as such to the representatives of the majority of the nation; where every party or opinion in the country can muster its strength, and be cured of any illusion concerning the number or power of its adherents; where the opinion which prevails in the nation makes itself manifest as prevailing, and marshals its hosts in the presence of the government, which is thus enabled and compelled to give way to it on the mere manifestation, without the actual employment of its strength; where statesmen can assure themselves, far more certainly than by any other signs, what elements of opinion and power are growing and what declining, and are enabled to shape their measures with some regard
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

Olivain appeared, took his sword and cloak from his hands; Raoul himself opened the door which, from the antechamber, led into a small salon, richly enough furnished for the salon of a young man, and completely filled with flowers by Olivain, who, knowing his master's tastes, had shown himself studiously attentive in gratifying them, without caring whether his master perceived his attention or not.
— from The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Alexandre Dumas

His present happiness admits of no addition.
— from Lover's Vows by August von Kotzebue

It is a picturesque hill, and only needs the addition of another couple of hundred put to its elevation to make it perfect.
— from A Book of Dartmoor Second Edition by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

Among his other Servants and Followers, there was a young Gentleman, gracefull of person, excellent in speech, and every way as active as no man could be more: his name Pyrrhus , highly affected of Nicostratus , and more intimately trusted then all the rest.
— from The Decameron (Day 6 to Day 10) Containing an hundred pleasant Novels by Giovanni Boccaccio

Some saw the Plague himself, and others not.
— from The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country by W. F. (William Forsell) Kirby

Not a great while, however, did she remain there in a state of freedom before the slave-hunters pursued her, and one night they pounced upon the whole family, and, without judge or jury, hurried them all back to slavery.
— from The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. by William Still

In no club or private house and on no private occasions does one meet a negro.
— from The Americans by Hugo Münsterberg

There was a very complete collection of modern poets, hardly any of note being [Pg 70] omitted.
— from Stevensoniana Being a Reprint of Various Literary and Pictorial Miscellany Associated with Robert Louis Stevenson, the Man and His Work by Various

All the fires of his heart burn for justice and mercy, for God and humanity; and they who are most scathed by them owe him no hatred in return, whether they pay him any or not.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

Here reigns a pope, self-nominated, self-consecrated,—ay, and much stranger too,—self-believing!—a pope whom, if you cannot obey him, I would advise you to disobey as silently as possible; a pope hitherto afraid of no Luther; a pope who manages his own inquisition, who punishes unbelievers as no most skilful inquisitor of Spain ever dreamt of doing;—one who can excommunicate thoroughly, fearfully, radically; put you beyond the pale of men's charity; make you odious to your dearest friends, and turn you into a monster to be pointed at by the finger!"
— from The Warden by Anthony Trollope