But because it is impossible for one who lives in the World to diet himself always in so Philosophical a manner, I think every Man should have his Days of Abstinence, according as his Constitution will permit.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

Such poets as Milton, Pope, Tennyson, habitually show this conscience.
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

THEREAT was Sir Gawaine wroth, and in especial Sir Launcelot bade Sir Kay leave his mocking, for I dare lay my head he shall prove a man of great worship.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

" Then Thorgeir of Kviststad said, "You shall now have such peace as many formerly have received at your hands, and which you shall now pay for.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

A sign preserves a meaning ( b )
— from How We Think by John Dewey

Quís dē|sī́deri|ṓ # sít pudor | aút mo|dús
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

So, gentlemen, With all my love I do commend me to you; And what so poor a man as Hamlet is May do t’express his love and friending to you,
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

20 She was, however, clear in her own mind that she would not accept Sforza's protection any more than that of Charles.
— from Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 by Ruth Putnam

A selection from the metrical Sanskrit proverbs and maxims is here given.
— from Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva, Two books from "The Iliad Of India" (Mahábhárata), "Proverbial Wisdom" from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa, and other Oriental Poems. by Arnold, Edwin, Sir

A humour, according to Jonson, was a bias of disposition, a warp, so to speak, in character by which "Some one peculiar quality Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw All his affects, his spirits, and his powers, In their confluctions, all to run one way.
— from Every Man out of His Humour by Ben Jonson

who, leaving Saint-Cyr in cholera-time, has to go to hospital, and, convalescing pleasantly while shelling peas and making rose-gays for the Sisters, is naïvely surprised at one of them being at first very kind
— from A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury

"'THEY WANT YOU UP THERE,' SHE PANTED." Amelia made no answer, but presently the big bath-towels met us under the arms of a small boy.
— from The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 by Various