Myself have loved; nor would I then, For all the wealth of crownèd men, Or arch celestial, paved with gold, The presence of those woods have sold, And fields, and banks, and hillocks, which Were by the joyful steps made rich, And smiled beneath the charming eyes Of her who made my heart a prize-- To whom I pledged it, nothing loath, And seal'd the pledge with virgin oath.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

these people were very unfriendly, and seemed illy disposed had our numbers not detered them any acts of viole
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Music; a respectable performance (without variations) on stringed and wind instruments, sedately expressive of getting up at eight, shaving close at a quarter past, breakfasting at nine, going to the City at ten, coming home at half-past five, and dining at seven.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

The Province of St. Martha was rich in the Neighbouring Golden Mines, and a fruitful Soil, nay the People were very expert and industrious in those Mine-works: Upon this Account, or Temptation it was, that from the Year 1540, to 1542, abundance of Tyrants sailed thither, laying waste the whole Country by their Depredations, slaughtering the Inhabitants at a prodigious and bloody rate; and robbing them of all their Gold, who dayly fled to their Ships for Refuge, moving sometime to one place, and sometime to another.
— from A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies Or, a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE Horrid and Unexampled Massacres, Butcheries, and all manner of Cruelties, that Hell and Malice could invent, committed by the Popish Spanish Party on the inhabitants of West-India, TOGETHER With the Devastations of several Kingdoms in America by Fire and Sword, for the space of Forty and Two Years, from the time of its first Discovery by them. by Bartolomé de las Casas

‘My dear,’ said Mr. Micawber, ‘your papa was very well in his way, and Heaven forbid that I should disparage him.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

His words were re-echoed by the whole party, with vociferous cheers.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

And the Englishmen were suddenly aware that the pedestal was vacant.
— from The Old Man of the Mountain by Herbert Strang

The law in England at that time as regards the selling of poisons was very lax.
— from The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy by C. J. S. (Charles John Samuel) Thompson

We gave her thirty drops of laudanum, and after administering eye-water, rubbing the rheumatic patients with volatile liniment, and giving cathartics to others, they all thought themselves much relieved and returned highly satisfied to the village.
— from First Across the Continent The Story of the Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 by Noah Brooks

In every division Pitt was victorious.
— from Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays; Vol. 6 With a Memoir and Index by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Perhaps you won’t believe me, ma’am, but when I hear that David is a good boy and learns good in school, I wouldn’t change places with Vanderbilt the millionaire.'
— from Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories; Second Series by James Edmund Dunning

During this paroxysm a recumbent posture was very uneasy, and the patient uniformly preferred sitting in a chair.
— from Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart by John Collins Warren

We may put it with more cogency and truth: the opposition lies between a philosophy without values and a philosophy based upon them.
— from Aspects of Literature by John Middleton Murry

His conduct and his principles will vary to suit the changing aspect of the times.
— from Mental Philosophy: Including the Intellect, Sensibilities, and Will by Joseph Haven