Dinner-time came, when she and Maggie ate joyously, with all the windows open.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

But as it seems contrary to common sense to think, that if the republic of letters, and the art of printing continue on the same footing as at present, our posterity, even after a thousand ages, can ever doubt if there has been such a man as JULIUS CAESAR; this may be considered as an objection to the present system.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Ruffian sometimes also means, a justice.
— from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

When I went home from work all the people sitting outside their doors, the shop assistants, dogs, and their masters, used to shout after me and jeer spitefully, and at first it seemed monstrous and distressed me greatly.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Little think'st thou poore heart 10 That labour'st yet to nestle thee, And think'st by hovering here to get a part In a forbidden or forbidding tree, And hop'st her stiffenesse by long siege to bow: Little think'st thou, 15 That thou to morrow, ere that Sunne doth wake, Must with this Sunne, and mee a journey take.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

No unbiased mind can possibly stave off the conclusion that such a universal prevalence of the practice of God-making throughout the religious world would cause such a man as Jesus Christ to be worshiped as a God—especially when we look at the various motives which promoted men to Gods, which we will now present.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

The old man stared a moment at Jones, and then cried, “No, sir, no, I have very little harm, I thank you.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

“I cannot think,” he said, “how any lady of property and education could marry such a man as Jones.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

Was it not stranger than words could tell that such a man as John Mark should be sitting in this almost public place and pouring his soul out into the ear of a girl?
— from Ronicky Doone by Max Brand

That is a violation of civil society; and members are justified in reverting at once to the primitive ideal.
— from The Life of Napoleon I (Complete) by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose

The men indicted were “Fletch” Deaton, Dan Deaton, James Deaton, Dock Smith, Elisha Smith, Asberry McIntosh, Andrew Johnson, Abe Johnson, Billy Johnson, Abe’s son, Willie Johnson, John’s son, “Red Tom” Davidson, John Clear and Tom Deaton, Bill’s son.
— from Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Tragedies Authentic History of the World Renowned Vendettas of the Dark and Bloody Ground by Charles Gustavus Mutzenberg

The rough term in which Ancient Pistol sums up the attributes of the Spaniard of Shakespeare’s time could not be more ludicrously applied than to such a man as José Echegaray.
— from The son of Don Juan an original drama in 3 acts inspired by the reading of Ibsen's work entitled 'Gengangere' by José Echegaray

While they stood there ready to start, a man asked Jeanne: "How can you hope to make such a journey, and escape the enemy?"
— from Ten Girls from History by Kate Dickinson Sweetser

If I'm not back by nine o'clock to-morrow night, Charlie, send another messenger and just tell old Joe that Scot did his best."
— from The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Edgar Beecher Bronson

When the blatant sceptic declared: “ I do not believe that such a man as Jesus Christ ever lived, ” George Warren merely replied: “ I wish I were like him! ”
— from Systematic Theology (Volume 1 of 3) by Augustus Hopkins Strong

"An' sweetly wild were Allan's strains, An' mony a jig an' reel he blew; Wi' merry lilts he charm'd the swains, Wi' barbed spear the otter slew.
— from Horae subsecivae. Rab and His Friends, and Other Papers by John Brown

She had been occupied with the stern business of daily bread for so long that to be again clothed as other women and frankly adored by such a man as John Jardine was soul satisfying.
— from A Daughter of the Land by Gene Stratton-Porter