“I must admit,” he went on calmly, “that such cases certainly must arise.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The taking of these forts, in the strength of which the Spaniards chiefly confided, made us masters of the outward harbour, and occasioned great joy among us, as we laid our accounts at finding little or no opposition from the town: and indeed, if a few great ships had sailed up immediately, before they had recovered from the confusion and despair that our unexpected success had produced among them, it is not impossible that we might have finished the affair to our satisfaction, without any more bloodshed; but this step our heroes disdained as a barbarous insult over the enemy's distress, and gave them all the respite they could desire, in order to recollect themselves.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Coife , sb. coif, cap, MD; coyfe , S3, Prompt., Palsg.—OF.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

In such cases, compound medicines may be approved, and Arnoldus in his 18.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Mrs. Rizal was baptized in Santa Cruz Church, Manila, November 18, 1827, as Teodora Morales Alonzo, her godmother being a relative by marriage, Doña Maria Cristina.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig

I begged him politely not to trouble himself about the cost; and by way of proving that I did not share his opinion, I gave the waiter half-a-guinea; the worthy man looked as if he wished that such customers came more often.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

[97] And once he brought one of the pieces of money which he had collected in this way, into the middle of a company of his acquaintances, and said, “Cleanthes could maintain even another Cleanthes if he were to choose; but others who have plenty of means to support themselves, seek for necessaries from others; although they only study philosophy in a very lazy manner.”
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

So clearly can men of adequate knowledge and sound reasoning power see into the years ahead in all such matters of material development.
— from What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

negar, cayenne, lemon, salt, white pepper, dry mustard, tarragon, rich sour cream, chop, mix, whip well.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

She was wondering how she could convince Miss Parsons that she had never put all that salt into her soup.
— from Rosemary by Josephine Lawrence

If it's all right, why, it'll be a second Cripple Creek, man; do you hear?—a second Cripple Creek!
— from The Son of the Wolf by Jack London

Colonel Harry Lee joins general Marion — Georgetown surprised — colonel Campbell made prisoner — major Irwin killed — adjutant Crookshanks miraculously saved by his sweetheart — force of female affection — American generosity contrasted with British barbarism — interesting anecdotes of Mr. Cusac, young Gales and Dinkins, colonel Lee's little bugler, John Wiley, Peter Yarnal, young M'Coy, major Brown, colonel Haynes, and lord Rawdon.
— from The Life of General Francis Marion by M. L. (Mason Locke) Weems

There was far more than she could count, more than she had ever dreamed of possessing.
— from Bayou Folk by Kate Chopin