So Esther Dudley dwelt year after year in the province-house, still reverencing all that others had flung aside, still faithful to her king, who, so long as the venerable dame yet held her post, might be said to retain one true subject in New England and one spot of the empire that had been wrested from him.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The best son is not enough a son.
— 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.

The degree of similarity is not expressed and the auditor has no standard for the degree of similarity in the mind of the speaker.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

The word "appellate," therefore, will not be understood in the same sense in New England as in New York, which shows the impropriety of a technical interpretation derived from the jurisprudence of any particular State.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

THE SOUTH'S POSITION Henry W. Grady in his well-remembered speeches in New England and New York pictured the Afro-American as incapable of self-government.
— from Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases by Ida B. Wells-Barnett

This is why it is so difficult to make a drama interesting if it possesses no love motive; on the other hand, the subject is never exhausted, although it is constantly being utilised.
— from Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer

Dr. Stauffer, in New England and the Bavarian Illuminati (p. 172), points out further that Goethe's connexion with the Illuminati is fully established by both Engel ( Geschichte des Illuminatenordens , pp. 355 and following) and by Le Forestier ( Les Illuminés de Baviére , pp. 396 and following).
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

The shortcomings of the earthly shadows of God's rule force us to turn away to the only perfect King and Kingdom, Jesus Christ and His realm, and to the city "into which shall in nowise enter anything that defileth."
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 3 Psalms XC.-CL. by Alexander Maclaren

Not only do we find that much of what we call science is not exact, and that some of it, as physiology, can never become exact; but we find further, that many of the previsions constituting the common stock alike of wise and ignorant, are exact.
— from Illustrations of Universal Progress: A Series of Discussions by Herbert Spencer

Jamestown, despite its inauspicious beginning, was soon followed by the settlements in New England and elsewhere.
— from Castillo de San Marcos A Guide to Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Florida by United States. National Park Service

“Mademoiselle might make application for aliment pending her suit; she is not eating anything.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

“But shaving is not easy aboard ship or in the mines.”
— from Kennedy Square by Francis Hopkinson Smith

Sir, I never expected aid from our enemies.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 4 (of 16) by United States. Congress

A workingman enrolling in a syndicat is not entering a party, not subscribing to a platform, nor accepting a creed.
— from Syndicalism in France by Lewis L. (Lewis Levitzki) Lorwin

Mr. Baudoin, a French refugee, made the first great purchases, and your General Dearborne, born under a fortunate star, is now enjoying a large portion of the aristocratical sweets of them.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 6 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

He found a very pleasant family school in New England; and having made suitable arrangements, he left Louis in the care of the matron, whose kindness and attentions soon won the child's heart; and before he left the North, Louis seemed perfectly contented with his new home.
— from Minnie's Sacrifice by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper