The pedler had never pretended to more courage than befits a man of peaceable occupation, nor could he account for his
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

A dagger terminated the crimes of Domitian; but the prudence of Nerva confirmed his acts, which, in the joy of their deliverance, had been rescinded by an indignant senate.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

The pedlar had never pretended to more courage than befits a man of peaceful occupation, nor could he account for his valor on this awful emergency.
— from Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Thorpe, by this time, knew something of the peculiar phrasing of native Californian hospitality, and merely bowed and murmured acknowledgments.
— from A Daughter of the Vine by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

“Every particular or national Church hath authority to ordain, change, and abolish ceremonies or rites of the Church, ordained only by man's authority, so that all things be done to edifying.
— from The Book of Religions Comprising the Views, Creeds, Sentiments, or Opinions, of All the Principal Religious Sects in the World, Particularly of All Christian Denominations in Europe and America, to Which are Added Church and Missionary Statistics, Together With Biographical Sketches by John Hayward

she's a-settin' yit, I know, a-lookin' an' a-lookin', a-prayin' an' a-prayin', to see her pore ol' nigger comin' home a totein' her pore little boy on his back.
— from Burl by Morrison Heady

xxxiv., which says: "Every particular or national Church hath authority to ordain, change, and abolish ceremonies or rites of the Church ordained only by man's authority, so that all things be done to edifying." RITUAL.
— from The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous

The people of North Carolina had always asserted their liberties on the subject of taxation.
— from An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean

“No, indeed,” Bessie answered, respecting Rachel’s gesture of refusal; “no one is to infringe her incog, under penalty of never coming here again.”
— from The Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

Every particular or national Church hath authority to ordain, change, and abolish, Ceremonies or Rites of the Church ordained only by man's authority, so that all things be done to edifying.
— from The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland

We'll put our new camp half a mile away, or more, and one of us must keep watch near the cabin from sunrise to sunset." It sounded disheartening, but they could think of no other plan.
— from Northern Diamonds by Frank Lillie Pollock