It is therefore the duty of every man who has no scruples about dancing, and purposes to appear at balls, to learn how to dance.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

They know that to produce an abortion at any stage of pregnancy is to commit murder by destroying the child, and they also know that such an act, if it does not endanger the mother’s life at the time, will doom her to great future suffering and disease, and probably to a painful death at the “turn of life.” Therefore, as men of honor and good citizens, as well as lovers of science, they refuse to prostitute their profession and stain their souls with crime.
— from Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by James Dabney McCabe

Sometimes I sat and drew a panorama through a peephole in the tent cloth.
— from Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventurers in Tibet. Vol. 2 (of 2) by Sven Anders Hedin

"How d'ye do, my dear friend?" said a duke and peer to a gentleman.
— from A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 03 by Voltaire

"Here I waited for employment daily, and entertained my friends with sumptuous hospitality at lunch and supper; here also I occasionally astonished my mother and sister by dexterously turning yellow liquids into blue ones, and performing other marvels of science—accomplishments which I have almost entirely forgotten (in my prospectus it was stated that assays of ore and analyses of minerals, &c., would be most carefully conducted, and all business of the kind attended to, with great steadiness and despatch); and pending the advent of work, the scene of my future operations was enlivened by athletic sport and every kind of jollification, which helped me to endure the anxiety of my parents at seeing me start on the serious business of life so young."
— from George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians by T. Martin Wood

The writing, in order to be sufficient, must show who the parties to the agreement are, if not by naming them, by such a description as points to a specific person.
— from Commercial Law by Richard William Hill

ds, in 1069, sought a divorce, and persuaded the Archbishop of Mentz to favour his design, by promising full payment of monies due to him if he complied, and threatening to fall on his territories with an armed band if he refused.
— from The Lives of the Saints, Volume 02 (of 16): February by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

The first instructions led to an appointment for more, one contest to another, and the curate was becoming almost as regular a croquet player as Conrade himself, not conversing much but sure to be in his place; and showing a dexterity and precision that always made Lady Temple pleased to have him on her side, and exclaim with delight at his hits as a public benefit to the cause, or thank him with real gratitude when he croqued her or one of her sons out of a difficulty.
— from The Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge