For they say, any mortals may enjoy the most intimate familiarities with these gentle Spirits, upon a condition very easy to all true Adepts, an inviolate preservation of Chastity.
— from The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems by Alexander Pope

They told me there were eight of them assembled at a tavern just by; that they were determin'd to come and vote with us if there should be occasion, which they hop'd would not be the case, and desir'd we would not call for their assistance if we could do without it, as their voting for such a measure might embroil them with their elders and friends.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

That was a country where, they said, a man might earn three rubles a day; and Jurgis figured what three rubles a day would mean, with prices as they were where he lived, and decided forthwith that he would go to America and marry, and be a rich man in the bargain.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

The world has never seen a man more equal to his great purpose; if he was not a direct instrument appointed to the noblest discovery of man.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 402, April, 1849 by Various

A good deal older than Plato, you see, and much more experienced than my Lord Bacon and most of the world's teachers.—Old books, as you well know, are books of the world's youth, and new books are fruits of its age.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Schröter and Mädler minutely examined the moon and planets; Struve, the fixed stars.
— from Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4 by Wolfgang Menzel

As the getting into the N.E. trade was to us a matter of the last consequence, we stood yet more to the southward, and made many experiments to meet with it; but all our efforts were for a long time unsuccessful; so that it was seven weeks from our leaving the coast before we got into the true trade-wind.
— from A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV by Anson, George Anson, Baron

Respecting the emotions of criminals, it is much more difficult to speak, and much more easy to fall into error.
— from Crime and Its Causes by William Douglas Morrison

The Iberian booty mentioned in the poem must have reference to Caesar's governorship of Further Spain, and Mamurra must even then, as certainly afterwards in Gaul, have been found at Caesar's headquarters; the Pontic booty presumably has reference to the war of Pompeius against Mithradates, especially as according to the hint of the poet it was not merely Caesar that enriched Mamurra.
— from The History of Rome, Book V The Establishment of the Military Monarchy by Theodor Mommsen

All the following effect the object satisfactorily, with proper management; but some are much more effective than others.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson

And to add to the cruelty that such a moment must end, the Airman, when she left his enforced clasp, scarcely looked at her.
— from The Boy with Wings by Berta Ruck

Yet, on the other hand, these spoons are much more expensive than equally good plain silver, the extra price being paid for the "idea;" but the expenditure is worth while to those who value historical associations.
— from Etiquette by Agnes H. Morton