"Though thy sins be as scarlet," says Isaiah, "they shall be white as snow;" and Jeremiah, in describing the once innocent condition of Zion, says, "Her Nazarites were purer than snow; they were whiter than milk."
— from The Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philosophy, Its Legends, Myths and Symbols by Albert Gallatin Mackey

At about mid-day, we set out for the office of Messrs Spenlow and Jorkins, in Doctors’ Commons.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

I slipped and jiggled it down.
— from Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen by Anna Chapin Ray

"If they do," said aunt Judith, "I don't want to live there.
— from Winter Fun by William O. Stoddard

She raised her head, and their bright, ardent eyes Exchanged the voiceless language of the soul; A joy ineffable diffused its flush O'er both their faces; yet she did not speak, But only clung the closer to her sire, As if in fear to lose her self-control.
— from Poems by John L. (John Lawson) Stoddard

He thinks not of a future name, Nor whence his inspiration came Nor whither goes his warbled song; As Joy itself delights in joy—
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 by Various

He must be either a political conspirator, or, as many said, a Jesuit in disguise, which amounted to the same thing.
— from William Penn by George Hodges

In the mean time Pope Theodorus, having during the seven years of his pontificate maintained the faith against the aggression of the Byzantine emperor and patriarch with the same resolution as his predecessors, Popes Severinus and John IV., died on the 13th May, 649, and was buried at St. Peter's.
— from Peter's Rock in Mohammed's Flood, from St. Gregory the Great to St. Leo III by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

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— from McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book by Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton) McGuffey