“That, perhaps, might not be considered a large sum, in Paris especially,” said the count; “but everything does not depend on wealth, and it is a fine thing to have a good name, and to occupy a high station in society.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

I was saying that to do is worse than to suffer injustice? POLUS: Exactly so. SOCRATES:
— from Gorgias by Plato

When our repast was ended, we got up again to dance, and, now that I found myself refreshed I behaved to the admiration of everybody; I was loaded with a thousand compliments and professions of friendship: the men commended my person and agility, and the women were loud in the praise of my bonne grace; the sergeant in particular expressed so much regard for me, and described the pleasures of a soldier's life to me with so much art, that I began to listen to his proposal of enlisting me in the service; and the more I considered my own condition, the more I was convinced of the necessity I was under to come to a speedy determination.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

“Two hours at most,” I answered, “if I succeed in procuring English saffron, which Paracelsus prefers to the Oriental saffron.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Ionas , I pitty thee, and curse those men, Who when the storm rag'd most, did wake thee then; 35 Sleepe is paines easiest salue, and doth fullfill All offices of death, except to kill.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

Sollicitiores de capitis sui decore quam de salute, inter pectinem et speculum diem perdunt, concinniores esse malunt quam honestiores, et rempub.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Few strangers in Paris ever see such miserable quarters as are the damp, dreary, and ill-ventilated cellars of the Quartier Mouffetard, in the neighborhood of the old Barrière des Deux Moulins, in which the chiffonniers reside.
— from The Underground World: A mirror of life below the surface by Thomas Wallace Knox

The king's restoration having drawn a great number of foreigners from all countries to the court, the French were rather in disgrace; for, instead of any persons of distinction having appeared among the first who came over, they had only seen some insignificant puppies, each striving to outdo the other in folly and extravagance, despising everything which was not like themselves, and thinking they introduced the 'bel air', by treating the English as strangers in their own country.
— from The Memoirs of Count Grammont — Volume 03 by Hamilton, Anthony, Count

"Then I should like to know why he could not tell me so in plain English," said Miss Terry, retiring discomfited amidst shouts of laughter from the whole party, including the supposed thief.
— from Dawn by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

These latter modes of action are slow in producing effects sufficiently important to be noticed in general geography, or even to be visible in the representations of coast-line laid down in ordinary maps; but they nevertheless form conspicuous features in local topography, and they are attended with consequences of great moment to the material and the moral interests of men.
— from The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh

—Plan for folding net-ring: c , halves of ring detached; b , upper joint of the halves; a , ring set; d , cap of ferrule; f , cap of ferrule, showing screw in place; e , screw (Riley).
— from The Butterfly Book A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of North America by W. J. (William Jacob) Holland

Marcelline listened to them as they talked, at first with the same intent, peculiar expression she had worn in the sick room, but gradually her features relaxed as she heard their harmless chatter, subdued so as not to disturb the sufferer near by, but full of little childish gossip and kindly details of daily life.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 22, November, 1878 by Various

Durand himself, for as much as he hath written in the defence of ceremonies, in his unreasonable Rationale , yet he maketh this plain confession: 992 Sane in primitiva ecclesia, sacrificium fiebat in vasis ligneis et vestibus communibus: tunc enim erant lignei calices et aurei sacerdotes: nunc vero è contra est.
— from The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie

Now if, her weak nature being overcome by those impulses towards mischief and malice with which she is peculiarly endowed, she is tempted to commit trivial derelictions of conduct—derelictions which, after all, are but faults of discernment—is there any reason why we should make such a fuss about it?
— from French and Oriental Love in a Harem by Mario Uchard

I showed you already how I could appreciate Paris; I mean now to prove how charmed I can be with the solitudes of Marlia.” “Which says, in plain English,” said the young man, “that you don't care for either.” “Will you condescend to be a little more gallant than my cousin, sir,” said she, turning to Sir William, “and at least give me credit for having a mind and knowing it?” There was a pettish half-seriousness in her tone that made it almost impossible to say whether she was amused or angry, and to this also the changeful expression of her beautiful features contributed; for, though she smiled, her dark gray eyes sparkled like one who invited a contradiction.
— from One Of Them by Charles James Lever