However, any estimate, if clearly understood to be merely conjectural, is better than none at all, so I may say that in Mexico 108 there are probably, out of fifteen millions of people, about eight millions of Indians, with at least six millions of mixed blood, and the rest Spaniards; while in Peru and Bolivia, out of a total of about six millions, three and a half millions are Indians, one and a half millions mestizos, 459 and the rest more or less pure Spaniards.
— from South America: Observations and Impressions New edition corrected and revised by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

Down in the valley, down on my knees, Sunshine in my soul , There I met that heavenly breeze, Sunshine in my soul .
— from Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes by Howard Washington Odum

As soon I might say that I must not love a subject of Alexander.
— from Moscow: A Story of the French Invasion of 1812 by Frederick Whishaw

‘I hae a notion,’ replied Charles, ‘that we need be no cess on him: we’re content to live in a sma’ way; only I would like my wife to be countenanced as becomes her ain family, and mair especially because she is mine, so that, if my father will be pleased to tak her, and regard her as his gude-dochter, I’ll ask nothing for the present, but do my part, as an honest and honourable man, to the very uttermost o’ my ability.’
— from The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy by John Galt

The stove is made so that it may be taken apart and packed easily and the weight is trifling, but a lamp of any kind, or even a lantern, is a nuisance to carry.
— from The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter Beard

[38] "Your conduct since the quarrel is entirely satisfactory; I may say that it merits my admiration."
— from Breaking Away; or, The Fortunes of a Student by Oliver Optic