I left Paris in my carriage, drawn by four hired horses, which took me as far as the second post, and I did not stop till I got to Strasburg, where I found Desarmoises and my Spaniard.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

And I knew not God to be a Spirit, not one who hath parts extended in length and breadth, or whose being was bulk; for every bulk is less in a part than in the whole: and if it be infinite, it must be less in such part as is defined by a certain space, than in its infinitude; and so is not wholly every where, as Spirit, as God.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Mr and Mrs Garland, and Mr Abel, went out as usual (except that there was a change in their household, as will be seen presently), and in due time the latter went into partnership with his friend the notary, on which occasion there was a dinner, and a ball, and great extent of dissipation.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

For sentiment, passion, and interesting description, the episode of Dido is a master-piece in poetry.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

He boards same place as I do, and he’s a sport.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

I have seen oakum stuff placed about in different parts of the ship, so that the sailors might not be idle in the snatches between the frequent squalls upon crossing the equator.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

I wish time went as quick sewing patches as it does when I’m playing with Diana, though.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

But Pleasure drives out Pain; not only such Pleasure as is directly contrary to Pain but even any Pleasure provided it be strong: and this is how men come to be utterly destitute of Self-Mastery, i.e. low and bad.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

It was fortunate, indeed, that Washington was called to preside over the historic convention of '87, and that his spirit—a yearning for an indissoluble union of the States— permeated all its deliberations.
— from Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective by Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing) Stevenson

Probably Miss Osborne did not expect she would, for she presently added: "I don't know, however, but that on the whole you had better summon him, because then he can give us his opinion on the proposal that I am charged to make, being nothing less than that you should all come and dine at the Castle this evening."
— from The Younger Sister: A Novel, Vol. I. by Mrs. (Catherine-Anne Austen) Hubback

Many of them, of all ranks, some poor and illiterate, did in no wise shrink from the abuse heaped on them by Gardiner and Bonner especially.
— from The Golden Grasshopper: A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham by William Henry Giles Kingston

my dear Beder, cried the queen, are you then already tired, I will not say with the pleasures of so superfine a palace as mine is, but with the company of a queen who loves you so passionately as I do?
— from The Arabian Nights, Volume 3 (of 4) by Anonymous

I've been up to see the editors, and they want me to stay properly, and I don't think I shall ever git so good a chance to take up this literary way of gitting a living, as they call it, if I don't snap at this offer tu once.
— from High Life in New York A series of letters to Mr. Zephariah Slick, Justice of the Peace, and Deacon of the church over to Weathersfield in the state of Connecticut by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

It bears the mark of his printing-press—three acorns with the motto, "Cuique sua præmia," and is dedicated to Madame Loyse de Perez.
— from History of Lace by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.