[Pg 442] lose our own properties of sin and mortality, and preserve whatever good quality He had implanted in our nature, perfected now by sharing in the goodness of His nature.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Tom Canty, splendidly arrayed, mounted a prancing war-steed, whose rich trappings almost reached to the ground; his ‘uncle,’ the Lord Protector Somerset, similarly mounted, took place in his rear; the King’s Guard formed in single ranks on either side, clad in burnished armour; after the Protector followed a seemingly interminable procession of resplendent nobles attended by their vassals; after these came the lord mayor and the aldermanic body, in crimson velvet robes, and with their gold chains across their breasts; and after these the officers and members of all the guilds of London, in rich raiment, and bearing the showy banners of the several corporations.
— from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

as adj. distracted, mad, MD, S; amed , MD; amadde , pl.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Therefore, to turn him into mere power, you have to curtail his soul as much as possible.
— from Nationalism by Rabindranath Tagore

He recovered the axe in the midst of the Milky Way of checks, starched shirts, and manuscripts, and prepared, when he came down, to kill Joe.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London

Laura had observed me, and thinking that the movement arose from shyness at meeting a party of comparative strangers, she came to me and entered into conversation.
— from Laura Middleton; Her Brother and her Lover by Anonymous

The butcher, the baker, the fish-monger, some of the customers of your shop, and many a prying old woman, have told me several of the secrets of your interior.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

She flashed a smile at me, and, protesting an engagement with her dentist, jauntily walked on.
— from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

They asked questions on all sorts of subjects, and my answers, perfectly unintelligible to myself, were all held as Divine by them.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

The most gifted minds—minds which do honour to human nature, have long been turned to the subject: and maxims and propositions which, consecrated by time, had grown into the strength of axioms—maxims
— from Calumny Refuted by Facts From Liberia With Extracts From the Inaugural Address of the Coloured President Roberts; an Eloquent Speech of Hilary Teage, a Coloured Senator; and Extracts From a Discourse by H. H. Garnett, a Fugitive Slave, on the Past and Present Condition, and Destiny of the Coloured Race. Presented to the Boston Anti-slavery Bazaar, U.S., By the Author of "A Tribute for the Negro." by Wilson Armistead

His farm was well enough, but stones Kind of stern, ruthless facts is; An' he jest made out to save a mite, An' pay his righteous taxes, An' mebbe tote some flour an' pork To poor old critters past their work.
— from Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems by Isabella Valancy Crawford

With small exceptions, all the Christian churches profess to believe this, and that the first concern of Christian life is to save as many as Page 178
— from Woman's Profession as Mother and Educator, with Views in Opposition to Woman Suffrage by Catharine Esther Beecher

"Up on the hill stood a man, a poet.
— from What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

"You try to do without servants, Evelyn says, as much as possible."
— from Lady Rose's Daughter by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Make an Allemande sauce; and when done, add to it two ounces of butter and half a gill of consommé ; stir and mix, and place on a brisk fire to start it boiling at once; take it from the fire as soon as it becomes thick; then add a few drops of lemon-juice, and use.
— from Hand-Book of Practical Cookery, for Ladies and Professional Cooks Containing the Whole Science and Art of Preparing Human Food by Pierre Blot

Mr. Dixon, who was filling his pipe, struck a match and puffed contemplatively.
— from Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane by Dorothy Wayne

We had travelled about eight miles, when the canal terminated in a marsh, but its banks were still to be traced by thick tufts of coarse grass, and numerous species of Sparganium, and of Carex, interspersed with a few shrubs, as Melastoma and Pandanus.
— from The Mission to Siam, and Hué, the Capital of Cochin China, in the Years 1821-2 by George Finlayson

He, meagre bit of littleness, All snuff, and musk, and politesse; So thin, that strip him of his clothing, 15 He'd totter on the edge of Nothing!
— from The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol 1 (of 2) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Butheita kneels down before the sphinx and murmurs a prayer for protection for herself and father, for the tent in which they dwell, for the dromedary, and for the goats; and finally also for the stranger whom she is about to lead to her tent.
— from Mohammed Ali and His House by L. (Luise) Mühlbach