Aspettare e non venire, / Stare in letto e non dormire, / Ben servire e non gradire, / Son tre cose da morire —To wait for what never comes, to lie abed and not sleep, to serve and not be advanced, are three things to die of.
— 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.

grave, serious, earnest, noble, grand, solemn, impressive, commanding, imposing.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Perhaps we shall even now get something for supper.”
— from Snow Shoes and Canoes Or, The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory by William Henry Giles Kingston

They had formed the framework and backbone of the new regiments, for the equipment of which Maximilian had strained every nerve, going so far as to sacrifice even his own silver plate.
— from Maximilian in Mexico: A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862-1867 by Sara Yorke Stevenson

A rapid succession of governors took place till Tiberius appointed Valerius Gratus, who was kept in power eleven years, on the principle that a rapid succession of rulers increased the oppression of the people, since every new governor sought to be enriched.
— from Ancient States and Empires For Colleges and Schools by John Lord

She looked on the heaps of sea-weeds, and then along the line of breakers, that seemed even now gathering strength for a return movement.
— from A Child of the Glens; or, Elsie's Fortunes by Edward N. Hoare

She raised her solemn eyes now grown sadder and more solemn than ever, and said in a voice more plaintive and pleading than any voice I ever heard before, "Then you know him?" I was mystified.
— from The Doctor's Daughter by Vera

"Humph," said he, evidently disappointed at seeing half the stalls empty, "no great show this morning—pity—gentleman come from a distance—should like to have shown him some good nags.—What sort of a devil's this?"
— from Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities by Robert Smith Surtees