2 I would mock thy chaunt anew; But I cannot mimick it; Not a whit of thy tuwhoo, Thee to woo to thy tuwhit, Thee to woo to thy tuwhit, With a lengthen'd loud halloo, Tuwhoo, tuwhit, tuwhit, tuwhoo-o-o. Contents Recollections of the Arabian Nights First printed in 1830.
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

For fear of that I still will stay with thee, And never from this palace of dim night Depart again.
— from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Hope, anger must be cast aside, To penance every thought applied: No fear must be of things to fear: Hence is the wood for ever drear.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

I shall say but little at present of their learning, which, for many ages, has flourished in all its branches among them: but their manner of writing is very peculiar, being neither from the left to the right, like the Europeans, nor from the right to the left, like the Arabians, nor from up to down, like the Chinese, but aslant, from one corner of the paper to the other, like ladies in England.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift

His stockings are of two parishes; i.e. they are not fellows.
— from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

The tropics are not, for all the sentiment that is wasted on them.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

I own I was much pleased with Jery’s behaviour on this occasion: he said, that rather than Mr Wilson should be treated in such an ignominious manner, he would give his word and honour to prosecute the affair no further while they remained at Gloucester—Wilson thanked him for his generous manner of proceeding, and was discharged.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Adorning Fashion, unadorn'd by dress, Simple from taste, and not from carelessness; Discreet in gesture, in deportment mild, Not stiff with prudence, nor uncouthly wild: No state has AMORET!
— from The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Colonel Audenried was one of the most polished gentlemen in the army, noted for his personal bearing and deportment, and I had some trouble to impress on him the patience necessary for the occasion, but I promised on future occasions to send some other or go myself.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

But as you only demand disagreeable things of them, and as it is always disagreeable to do another’s will, they hide themselves so that they may do as they please, persuaded that they are doing no wrong so long as they are not found out, but ready, if found out, to own themselves in the wrong for fear of worse evils.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Consequently, the measurement of the segments of the limbs is important, and it is made with a special form of calipers; when the index of the segments deviates from the accepted normal figure, this constitutes a serious anomaly , frequently found in degenerates, and it often happens that an excessive development of the remoter [Pg 311] segments, the bones of the extremities, explains the excess of the total spread of the arms over the stature, unassociated with the macroscelous type.
— from Pedagogical Anthropology by Maria Montessori

Their natural and original use is to be joined to a noun following or in close connection.
— from An English Grammar by James Witt Sewell

After receiving several messages from the President , notifying the signing of various bills, there appearing no further business before the House, on motion of Mr. C. Goodrich a resolution for the appointment of a joint committee to wait on the President , and inform him of the proposed recess, was adopted, and was concurred in by the Senate.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 2 (of 16) by United States. Congress

Prove to them, by the consideration with which you surround them, that they are not footmen, and that they ought not to have the souls of footmen.
— from The Roman Question by Edmond About

Being wounded, I was carried to a neighbouring farm, attended by my brother and son, and there put upon a cart and sent home to Quharist, as it was thought I would be best attended there.
— from Ringan Gilhaize, or, The Covenanters by John Galt

I suppose it is because I know so little about the many details that are necessary for the full organization of a regiment.
— from Diary of an Enlisted Man by Lawrence Van Alstyne

They are now forwarded four times a-month, or forty-eight times a-year.
— from Rambles on Railways by Roney, Cusack P., Sir