A small shopman is in such a melancholy position, if his wife turns out a disloyal partner.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Eked out by apple sauce and mashed potatoes, it was a sufficient dinner for the whole family; indeed, as Mrs. Cratchit said with great delight (surveying one small atom of a bone upon the dish), they hadn't ate it all at last!
— from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

The citizens of [3201] Barcino, saith he, otherwise penned in, melancholy, and stirring little abroad, are much delighted with that pleasant prospect their city hath into the sea, which like that of old Athens besides Aegina Salamina, and many pleasant islands, had all the variety of delicious objects: so are those Neapolitans and inhabitants of Genoa, to see the ships, boats, and passengers go by, out of their windows, their whole cities being situated on the side of a hill, like Pera by Constantinople, so that each house almost hath a free prospect to the sea, as some part of London to the Thames: or to have a free prospect all over the city at once, as at Granada in Spain, and Fez in Africa, the river running betwixt two declining hills, the steepness causeth each house almost, as well to oversee, as to be overseen of the rest.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Populus me sibilat; at mihi plaudo / Ipse domi, simul ac nummos contemplor in arca —The people hiss me; but I applaud myself at home as soon as I gaze upon the coins in my chest.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

At last, we said ( p. 23 ), there results some simple and massive process in the auditory centres of the hemispherical cortex, to which, as a whole , the feeling of musical pitch directly corresponds.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

He is of the nature of the Lamian witches, who in foreign places, in the houses of strangers, in public, and amongst the common people, had a sharper and more piercing inspection into their affairs than any lynx, but at home in their own proper dwelling-mansions were blinder than moldwarps, and saw nothing at all.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

AT MORNING PRAYER Upon these Feasts ; Christmas-day, the Epiphany, Saint Matthias, Easter-day, Ascension-day, Whitsunday, Saint John Baptist, Saint James, Saint Bartholomew, Saint Matthew, Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Saint Andrew, and upon Trinity Sunday, shall be sung or said at Morning Prayer, instead of the Apostles Creed, this Confession of our Christian Faith, commonly called the Creed of Saint Athanasius, by the Minister and people standing .
— from The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland

She accompanied her hostess; and a sad and mournful pleasure it was to her to look once more upon her dear husband's face.
— from Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb

"— O'er the dread feast malignant Chemia scowls, And mingles poison in the nectar'd bowls; 365 Fell Gout peeps grinning through the flimsy scene, And bloated Dropsy pants behind unseen; Wrapp'd in his robe white Lepra hides his stains, And silent Frenzy writhing bites his chains.
— from The Botanic Garden. Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants. a Poem. With Philosophical Notes. by Erasmus Darwin

“If it will be any satisfaction to the lady to see all my pupils, I will conduct her through my establishment.”
— from Love and Life: An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

'Do not sing any more, please; I cannot bear it; it makes my heart ache too much to-night.'
— from Uncle Max by Rosa Nouchette Carey

But in order to make the supposition answer my purpose, I must add two other cases.
— from The Teacher Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young by Jacob Abbott

"I'm right glad of that," remarked Thad, "for d'ye know, Maurice, I'd sure hate to see any more prisoners in the hands of that posse."
— from The House Boat Boys; Or, Drifting Down to the Sunny South by St. George Rathborne

The poor who might be admitted to it would be employed at work proportionate to their strength, and more particularly in the tilling of the farms belonging to the establishment.
— from The Makers of Canada: Bishop Laval by Adrien Leblond

We sought the tomb in the cathedral, but found nothing of interest there save a stout and merry priest instructing a class of young girls in the aisle.
— from Paris Nights, and Other Impressions of Places and People by Arnold Bennett