For now by our too much facility in this kind, in giving way for all to marry that will, too much liberty and indulgence in tolerating all sorts, there is a vast confusion of hereditary diseases, no family secure, no man almost free from some grievous infirmity or other, when no choice is had, but still the eldest must marry, as so many stallions of the race; or if rich, be they fools or dizzards, lame or maimed, unable, intemperate, dissolute, exhaust through riot, as he said,
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

"I let my father do as he pleases; he daily seeks to enmesh me more and more in the affairs of the town, and I submit."
— from The Youth of Goethe by Peter Hume Brown

It may seem strange that such thoughts entered my mind at that time; but the truth is, I was less anxious about myself than I was about him.
— from Afar in the Forest by William Henry Giles Kingston

For example, in wheeling concrete to forms from a hopper fed by a bucket hoist, arrange the runways so that each man makes a circuit, passing by the form at one end and by the hopper at the other end, and goes and comes by a different route.
— from Concrete Construction: Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette

So they each made me a little farthing compliment, and I was led away.
— from The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 11 by Robert Louis Stevenson

In her heart of hearts she was sure that every man must admire her, and as her companion's manner and words gave her hope, she chattered away in the highest spirits till the homestead was reached.
— from Elder Conklin by Frank Harris

“The Bishop of Nantes (De Voisins), said the Emperor, made me a real Catholic by the efficacy of his arguments, by the excellence of his morals, and by his enlightened toleration.
— from Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon. (Vol. III) by Las Cases, Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné, comte de

Mother and I are so much to each other, Uncle Paul, more, I am sure, than even most mothers and daughters.
— from Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

“If you are inclined sometimes to earn more money at once than a year’s plying as waterman on the river could produce you, it is possible I may throw a job in your way.”
— from Ada, the Betrayed; Or, The Murder at the Old Smithy. A Romance of Passion by James Malcolm Rymer

“Well—you shall be my companion for a short time,” exclaimed Mrs. Mortimer, affecting to laugh in good humour; and, taking his arm, she proceeded with him along the Strand.
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds