Make restitution, reparation, undo the wrong and you need shed no blood.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 04 (of 12) Dresden Edition—Lectures by Robert Green Ingersoll
A path has been cleared through the straw from door to door down the middle of the immense hall, a narrower track goes all round it in front of the litters that are ranged under the walls, and you are taken through and round the Show.
— from A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by May Sinclair
"Prove it a conspiracy, Prudence Brooke—prove it so that I can get my revenge upon these wretches and you may ask what reward you will.
— from The Imprudence of Prue by Sophie Fisher
It is in thee To make me hold this worth—Oh! we vain men That trust out all our reputation, To rest upon the weak and yielding hand Of feeble Women!
— from The Maids Tragedy by John Fletcher
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