"Never mind, show him all the same; I engage not to faint."
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

You will say that that was in the comparatively barbarous times; that these are barbarous times too, because also, comparatively speaking, pins are stuck in even now; that though man has now learned to see more clearly than in barbarous ages, he is still far from having learnt to act as reason and science would dictate.
— from Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

There is more serfdom in England now than at any time since the Conquest.
— 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.

To suffer, as to doe, Our strength is equal, nor the Law unjust 200 That so ordains: this was at first resolv'd, If we were wise, against so great a foe Contending, and so doubtful what might fall.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

To suffer, as to doe, Our strength is equal, nor the Law unjust That so ordains: this was at first resolv’d, If we were wise, against so great a foe Contending, and so doubtful what might fall.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

Go, go, poor soul; I envy not thy glory.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

“When I have gone voluntarily thus far, Mr Jones,” said she, “I expect not to be pressed.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

‘Is it not a pleasure, gentlemen,’ said he, ‘for me, as I am drawing near the goal, to find my home such a happy one; my wife so fond of me, that she is even now thinking of appointing a successor?
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

The avowed profits, in the management of justice and police in the year 1809–10, are said, in even numbers, to have been 15,000 rupees.
— from An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha by Francis Hamilton

"I have come to you on business," she said in embarrassment, noticing that the hostess was regarding her.
— from Mother by Maksim Gorky

Then, to my surprise, I experienced not the slightest sensation of height.
— from With the French Flying Corps by Carroll Dana Winslow

Sometimes it even necessitated the wretched animals being destroyed.
— from The History of the 7th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders by Norman MacLeod

Back of this the surface is elevated nearly to high-water mark, but descends gradually towards the lakes and swamps, which occur along both sides of the valley of the river.
— from James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition, 1819-1820, part 4 by Thomas Say

[123] Replying to a Northern member in Congress, in 1826, he said: "Sir, I envy neither the head nor the heart of the man from the North who arises here to defend slavery upon principle."
— from Virginia's Attitude Toward Slavery and Secession by Beverley B. (Beverley Bland) Munford

Well, she must learn to be strong in earnest now; the thews and sinews of the soul, the moral muscles, grow with practice, no less than those of the body.
— from The Romance of a Shop by Amy Levy