Powder and ball were precious in those early days, and though strong men ever love the sports of weapons, waste could not be tolerated even in sport.
— from The Way to the West, and the Lives of Three Early Americans: Boone—Crockett—Carson by Emerson Hough

I cannot, though I shut mine eyes, Lose the sweet look of that delightful face; The very soul within me droops and dies, To think that I may fail to gain her grace.
— from Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Leigh Hunt

There have been those in tens of thousands, there may be those again who will have a right to cry to God, ‘Of thy goodness slay mine enemies, lest they slay, or worse than slay, both me and mine.’
— from David: Five Sermons by Charles Kingsley

That Prince von Buelow should move every lever to save this precious pledge was [51] natural, and that Italian statesmen with their germanophile leanings should readily fall in with his scheme is not to be wondered at.
— from England and Germany by Emile Joseph Dillon

She might even leave the second ticket at the box-office with the phantom's name on it--though no, that would mean too much talking, and she distrusted her voice.
— from Infatuation by Lloyd Osbourne

It is used over most parts of the Eastern world as a remedy for sickness and fatigue, and is generally preferred to Takbis or Dugmo, the common style of shampooing, which, say many Easterns, loosens the skin.
— from First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir