To solve this question, we are no longer compelled to argue learnedly about the future; we are not obliged to indulge in lofty reflections about philosophy, history, or economics; we are not on the plane of theories, and we can remain on the level of observable facts.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

And now he begins to reap a plentiful harvest of easy social distinctions, in the sowing of which he himself has borne no part.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 1890.05.10 by Various

1. Marshmallow root and poppy heads, of each 1 oz.; water, 3 pints; boil to a quart, and strain.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson

"'I worked afar that I might rear A peaceful home on English soil; I labored for the gold and gear— I loved my toil.
— from Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Jean Ingelow

Mr. Joe Best returned and possessed himself of every fat bullock and every decent cow “without incumbrance” on the place.
— from The Squatter's Dream: A Story of Australian Life by Rolf Boldrewood

Besides, there were negociations for a meeting of the two Queens in person at York, where Mary hoped to be solemnly recognised as presumptive heiress of England.
— from A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Leopold von Ranke