"Yes, child, you will learn to wear them for my sake; and because I loved you—for my sake, remember."
— from Silent Struggles by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

“My little children, I write these things unto you, that you sin not; but if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father,” and such an advocate must carry the cause; he has never failed—and demands no fee, but the fruit of the lips giving thanks to his name ; and while his personal appearance in heaven has any virtue before God, his mourning disciples are safe, to whom he has said, “and because I live, ye shall live also.”
— from Consolation in Life and Death, Derived from the Life of Christ Being the substance of a sermon on the death of Mrs. Turner, preached at the Surrey Tabernacle, on Sunday evening, the 15th of August, 1824 by J. (John) Church

"O, his French wife will take care there is no mischief done," said Asterley; "but indeed, Lavendale, you must join us at basset.
— from Mohawks: A Novel. Volume 3 of 3 by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Miracle on miracle seemed to him to have been wrought in his behalf; for Heaven had not only sent him Dada, but she was wearing blue ribbands; and when he asked her why, she had replied “For your sake, and because I like your Faith.”
— from Serapis — Complete by Georg Ebers

Amuse yourself; continue your habits of luxury; go to theatres and operas, enjoy society and balls; I leave you free for all things.
— from The Marriage Contract by Honoré de Balzac

That which is highest, and supremest, and best in literature, you may obtain without a college education.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, October 1883 by Chautauqua Institution

There are no lighthouses in this passage from ocean to ocean, though it has been pretty well surveyed and buoyed in late years, thanks to the liberality of the English naval service, by whom this was done.
— from Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Maturin Murray Ballou

"Langford," she said, aloud, "before I leave you, I have one word more to say."
— from The Robber, A Tale. by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

And what adds a blessing to the whole is, that this bliss, this felicity, will be for ever; yea, lasting as the very existence of him, who, for the everlasting consolation of his people, hath said, “and because I live, ye shall live also.” Our most blessed Lord is the author, giver, and maintainer, of all natural, spiritual, and eternal life, for all live in him; he is the root and spring of all the life of sanctification, and glorification of his people, and though they are said to live in him by faith, yet more properly it is Christ living in them.
— from Consolation in Life and Death, Derived from the Life of Christ Being the substance of a sermon on the death of Mrs. Turner, preached at the Surrey Tabernacle, on Sunday evening, the 15th of August, 1824 by J. (John) Church