O flours, That never will in other Climate grow, My early visitation, and my last At Eev'n, which I bred up with tender hand From the first op'ning bud, and gave ye Names, Who now shall reare ye to the Sun, or ranke Your Tribes, and water from th' ambrosial Fount? Thee lastly nuptial Bowre, by mee adornd 280 With what to sight or smell was sweet; from thee How shall I part, and whither wander down Into a lower World, to this obscure And wilde, how shall we breath in other Aire Less pure, accustomd to immortal Fruits? Whom thus the Angel interrupted milde.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

So he swore by God that he would not answer him, unless it were on account of Jehoshaphat, who was a holy and righteous man; and when, at his desire, they brought him a man that could play on the psaltery, the Divine Spirit came upon him as the music played, and he commanded them to dig many trenches in the valley; for, said he, "though there appear neither cloud, nor wind, nor storm of rain, ye shall see this river full of water, till the army and the cattle be saved for you by drinking of it.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

The older I get the more I feel the destructive effects of old age; and I regret bitterly that I could not discover the secret of remaining young and happy for ever.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

He had waited for his dream seven years, subsisting on roots (yams, etc.), and milk—no rice.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

I think it's "ecstatic", unless that's the sort of rash you get on your face and have to use ointment for.
— from Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

NAP, or NAB , to take, steal, or receive; “you’ll NAP it,” i.e. , you will catch a beating!—
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

There is something in it for every sort of reader, young or old, sage or simple, high or low.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Unseen the magic arrow came, Amidst the laughter and the scorn Of royal youths,—like lightning flame Sudden and sharp.
— from Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan by Toru Dutt

No marvel though you bite so sharp of reasons, You are so empty of them.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

O flowers, That never will in other climate grow, 111 My early visitation and my last At even, which I bred up with tender hand From the first opening bud, and gave ye names, Who now shall rear ye to the sun, or rank Your tribes, and water from th’ ambrosial fount?
— from The Collected Works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 01 (of 12) by William Hazlitt

We take the liberty, Sir, of requesting you to accept our sincere wishes for your health, happiness, and prosperity, being the only tribute within our humble power.
— from Two Voyages to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land by Thomas Reid

It takes various shades of red, yellow, brown, and green, and is occasionally banded, spotted, or variegated.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume II by Richard Vine Tuson

It was, perhaps, a strange sort of remark, yet fro
— from Teresa of Watling Street: A Fantasia on Modern Themes by Arnold Bennett

But transport in those days was more difficult even than now; and before the musters could reach the Trent, Darcy, after a show of reluctance, yielded Pomfret Castle to the rebels and swore to maintain their cause.
— from Henry VIII. by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard

Old gentlemen then visited the sights in the morning, and quoted Horace to each other, and in the evening endeavoured by associating with Romans to understand something of Rome; young gentlemen now spend one or two mornings in finding fault with the architecture of Bramante, and "in the evening," like David's enemies, "they grin like a dog and run about the city:" young women were content to find much beauty in the galleries and in the museums, and were simple enough to admire what they liked; young ladies of the present day can find nothing to admire except their own perspicacity in detecting faults in Raphael's drawing or Michael Angelo's colouring.
— from Saracinesca by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

"Oh, Peter!" said she, with a sigh of resignation, "you possess absolutely no idea of proportion.
— from The Broad Highway by Jeffery Farnol

Indeed, they are recorded upon a different Roll, which is kept in the Chapter House, at West-Minster; and you may see their contents in the printed copies of the ‘ Hundred Rolls ’ to which I have so often referred you, volume i. pages 425-432.”
— from Chronicles of London Bridge by Richard Thompson

He left the church, and Magdalen and Roland remained alone in that great vaulted space, whose style of rich, yet chaste architecture, referred its origin to the early part of the fourteenth century, the best period of Gothic building.
— from The Abbot by Walter Scott