“The old pattern is good enough,” remarked Lestrade, “if we can only find the man to put them on.”
— from A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

People in general either read poetry without any passion at all, or else overstep the modesty of nature, and read not like scholars.
— from Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey

Caesar spared no pains to form a Roman party in Gaul; extensive rewards in money and specially in confiscated estates were bestowed on his adherents, and places in the common council and the first offices of state in their cantons were procured for them by Caesar's influence.
— from The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) by Theodor Mommsen

Sir Douglas Haig in his final dispatch does not neglect to extend his thanks, which were "especially due," to those "responsible for the efficient work of the various rearward services, and administrative services and departments" of the British Army in France, amongst whom may be noted "my Financial Adviser," and "my Pay master-in-Chief"; and in direct proportion as the nation at large owes a debt of gratitude to those prominent personalities, incidentally, too, to the members of their subordinate, but none the less loyal and devoted, staffs who gave their services, and in some instances their lives for their King and Country—so, too, must the public in general ever remain indebted to the heads of the administrative departments of the great British railway companies—the [192] Financial Advisers, the Paymasters-in-Chief—amongst whom may be cited the Chief of the Accountants' department of the London and North-Western Railway Company's locomotive department, Mr. T. Ormand, together with the members of his subordinate, but none the less indefatigable, staff at Crewe.
— from Deeds of a Great Railway A record of the enterprise and achievements of the London and North-Western Railway company during the Great War by G. R. S. Darroch

Praxis 581 Page 1 {1} AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PART I. GENERAL ETHNOLOGICAL RELATIONS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
— from The English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

PART I. GENERAL ETHNOLOGICAL RELATIONS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
— from A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

“Some different from sitting in your room at Oak Hall working out a problem in geometry, eh?” remarked Dave to Roger, after a particularly hard climb over the rocks.
— from Dave Porter's Great Search; Or, The Perils of a Young Civil Engineer by Edward Stratemeyer

No portions of them may be alienated except for general purposes, such as public institutions, gardens, exhibitions, racecourses, cricket and football ovals.
— from The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon by J. M. (Joseph Maria) Gordon

And not only was this great evil sanctioned, but their claim, once admitted, that the Kingdom was established and the reign in progress, those who admitted it were hindered from looking for the true Head of the Church to set up the true Kingdom under the whole heavens, which shall break in pieces present imperfect governments, establish righteousness in the earth, and cause every knee to bow and every tongue to confess, to the glory of God.”
— from Studies in the Scriptures, Volume 7: The Finished Mystery by C. T. (Charles Taze) Russell

“I am afraid I must confess that I take very little pleasure in going ‘everywhere,’ ” returned Falconer stiffly.
— from A Valiant Ignorance; vol. 1 of 3 A Novel in Three Volumes by Mary Angela Dickens