As he that is bitten by a mad dog, is afraid of everything almost that he seeth: so unto him, whom the dogmata have once bitten, or in whom true knowledge hath made an impression, everything almost that he sees or reads be it never so short or ordinary, doth afford a good memento; to put him out of all grief and fear, as that of the poet, 'The winds blow upon the trees, and their leaves fall upon the ground.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

Meanwhile in the mother country the Post-Office continued to be a source of revenue; but its natural capacities were impaired by a defective system, without an animating soul.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 18 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

Cold roast duck, either wild or tame, sliced thinly and placed between buttered slices of raisin bread is nice.
— from Civic League Cook Book by North Dakota) Civic League (Williston

The masculine genius of the English queen stands out relieved beyond its natural dimensions by its separation from the softer qualities of her sex; while her rival, like some vast and symmetrical edifice, loses, in appearance, somewhat of its actual grandeur, from the perfect harmony of its proportions.
— from Lives of Celebrated Women by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich

I've seen tourists in railway stations or restaurants, but I never talked to any Americans before."
— from Patty in Paris by Carolyn Wells

Burnplatts and see that misguided youth, Ephraim, and impress it upon him that he must pretermit the October Fair, or if that be not practicable, must return home by some other route, be it never so ungain; indeed, the ungainer the better.
— from Miriam: A Tale of Pole Moor and the Greenfield Hills by D. F. E. Sykes

This man was one of the leading officers of a sect of reformed Buddhists in Ningpo.
— from A Retrospect by James Hudson Taylor

In our colonies the State does much for the support of religion; but in no colony, I believe, do we give exclusive support to the religion of the minority.
— from Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

The library, and the set of rooms beneath it, now used as vestry and practice-room for the choir, are perhaps the latest additions to the buildings.
— from Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph) Massé

It is a commercial source of rubber but is not yet profitable, as the plants are of slow growth.
— from Texas Flowers in Natural Colors by Eula Whitehouse

—And I loved the little beauty, &c. On the trunk of an aged tree I carved them, And our names on the sturdy oak remain, But I now repair in sorrow to its shelter, And murmur to the wild winds my pain.
— from Beadle's Dime Song Book No. 1 A Collection of New and Popular Comic and Sentimental Songs. by Various