It might be born even here, but it often ascends the Pulpit it self; and the Declaimer, in that sacred Place, is frequently so impertinently witty, speaks of the last Day it self with so many quaint Phrases, that there is no Man who understands Raillery, but must resolve to sin no more: Nay, you may behold him sometimes in Prayer for a proper Delivery of the great Truths he is to utter, humble him
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

“So much the better,” said Porthos; “I feel some need of it.”
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

One curious commentary on the text is that Elizabeth should be so fond of investigating into the authorship of the exhalation in question, when she was inordinately fond of strong and sweet perfumes; in fact, she was responsible for the tremendous increase in importations of scents into England during her reign.
— from 1601: Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors by Mark Twain

Early Sir G. Carteret, both Sir Williams and I by coach to Deptford, it being very windy and rainy weather, taking a codd and some prawnes in Fish Street with us.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

The daughter of Ceres, too, will be a virgin, if we shall permit it, for she inclines to similar hopes.
— from The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid

pay one's way, pay one's shot, pay one's footing; pay the piper, pay sauce for all, pay costs; do the needful; shell out, fork out; cough up [coll.], fork over; come down with, come down with the dust; tickle the palm, grease the palm; expend &c. 809; put down, lay down. discharge, settle, quit, acquit oneself of; foot the bill; account with, reckon with, settle with, be even with, be quits with; strike a balance; settle accounts with, balance accounts with, square accounts with; quit scores; wipe off old scores, clear off old scores; satisfy; pay in full; satisfy all demands, pay in full of all demands; clear, liquidate; pay up, pay old debts.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Heat a pint of salmon, picked into flakes, season with salt and pepper and turn in a tablespoonful of melted butter.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

Best luck for her if she's never started, and next best if she's put in for shelter on the way.
— from Double Harness by Anthony Hope

he is expressing himself and saying, (paradise is for such) as are restraining their anger and forgiving their fellow-creatures; and God will befriend the benevolent ."
— from The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 by Sadi

She was not unwilling, however, to show, as between Ensign and man, reasonable satisfaction; presently, in fact, she went so far as to say, still vaguely remarking upon his appearance there, that she often thought there ought to be more sociability between the different religious bodies; it would be better for the cause.
— from Hilda: A Story of Calcutta by Sara Jeannette Duncan

I consider the "Baucher" snaffle the best, as the bars on either side prevent it from slipping into the horse's mouth under a strong lateral pressure.
— from Hand-book for Horsewomen by H. L. de (Henry L. de) Bussigny

"A large sum, but I shall produce it from somewhere."
— from Debts of Honor by Mór Jókai

Linda felt embarrassed at so much of the past; a certain hesitation, which did not accord with her indiscreet, egotistical, pushing nature, paralyzed her hands, while she, prying into Felix's secret, opened old chests and pulled out drawers.
— from Felix Lanzberg's Expiation by Ossip Schubin