But now, men being ignorant of the blessedness of Paradise, suppose that children could not have been begotten there in any other way than they know them to be begotten now, i.e. by lust, at which even honourable marriage blushes; some not simply rejecting, but sceptically deriding the divine Scriptures, in which we read that our first parents, after they sinned, were ashamed of their nakedness, and covered it; while others, though they accept and honour Scripture, yet conceive that this expression, "Increase and multiply," refers not to carnal fecundity, because a similar expression is used of the soul in the words, "Thou wilt multiply me with strength in my soul;" [114] and so, too, in the words which follow in Genesis, "And replenish the earth, and subdue it," they understand by the earth the body which the soul fills with its presence, and which it rules over when it is multiplied in strength.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

The expression of a button is not usually deemed human, but there was something in Miss Stackpole’s gaze that made him, as a very modest man, feel vaguely embarrassed—less inviolate, more dishonoured, than he liked.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James

As a matter of fact, a modern society is many societies more or less loosely connected.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

She, as a veil, down to the slender waist Her unadorned golden tresses wore Dishevelled, but in wanton ringlets waved As the vine curls her tendrils, which implied Subjection, but required with gentle sway, And by her yielded, by him best received, Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, And sweet, reluctant, amorous delay. Nor those mysterious parts were then concealed; Then was not guilty shame, dishonest shame Of nature's works, honour dishonourable, Sin-bred, how have ye troubled all mankind With shows instead, mere shows of seeming pure, And banished from man's life his happiest life, Simplicity and spotless innocence!
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

That one man sometimes is more shrewd Than a stupendous multitude, To after-times I shall rehearse In my concise familiar verse.
— from The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Phaedrus

Still, I must say, to the credit of these people, that they behaved with the greatest propriety towards me, although not only women, but a great number of men of the poorest and lowest class, were coming backwards and forwards continually; even the women here left me in quiet.
— from A Woman's Journey Round the World From Vienna to Brazil, Chili, Tahiti, China, Hindostan, Persia and Asia Minor by Ida Pfeiffer

Listen, Rhoda; the lady whom you have been in the habit (here he slightly averted his eyes) of calling Mademoiselle de Barras, is no longer so; she is married; she is my wife, and consequently you will treat her with the respect due to"—he would have said "a mother," but could not, and supplied the phrase by adding, "to that relation."
— from The Evil Guest by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Not so, my liege; this lodging likes me better, Since I may say 'Now lie I like a king.'
— from King Henry V by William Shakespeare

say, in mercy say, it shall be to part no more!"
— from Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Effie Afton

“I knew not that you knew one another,” said she, ignoring my speech.
— from Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess by Talbot Baines Reed

"I do not assert, sir; I merely stated my opinion based upon observations."
— from The Rival Submarines by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman