"Certainly not; you are not to conclude, from the conversation of this evening, that he yet sees the truth with perfect clearness.
— from The Sheepfold and the Common; Or, Within and Without. Vol. 1 (of 2) by Timothy East

They may have been links in the chain of those men who, ages ago, planted themselves on the coast of Malabar, rejoicing in the name of “Christians of St. Thomas,” and struggling curiously with Nestorians, Franciscans, Dominicans, and Jesuits; they may have constituted a remnant of the good people whom Cosmas Indicopleustes saw in the East twelve hundred years since; they may have only had a Preston connection, knowing nothing of the Apostle of India—St. Thomas—beyond what anybody knows, and caring more for his creed than his title.
— from Our Churches and Chapels: Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston by Atticus

Though Ctesias tells us that he first placed his brother over the Bactrians, Chorasmians, Parthians, and Carmanians, Cyrus, when he entrusted the kingdom of Babylonia to Cambyses, may have given the viceroyalty over the regions of the East to his younger son.
— from The History of Antiquity, Vol. 6 (of 6) by Max Duncker

It is the college tradition that the audience rose in enthusiasm with the last words of the orator: "Welcome, thrice welcome, to our shores, and whithersoever throughout the limits of the continent your course shall take you, the ear that hears you shall bless you, the eye that sees you shall bear witness to you, and every tongue exclaim with heart-felt joy, Welcome, welcome, Lafayette!"
— from From the Easy Chair, Volume 1 by George William Curtis

My poor Harry's child shall not ask twice for a shelter, while I have one to offer her.” “Have you thought, sir, how long you may be able to extend the hospitality you speak of?
— from The O'Donoghue: Tale of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Charles James Lever

It took more than an hour for Dr. McAlister to explain to his young son the difference between independence and anarchy.
— from Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book by Anna Chapin Ray

Argenson remained Keeper of the Seals, and skilfully turned to account the sacrifice he had made by obtaining through it the permission to surrender his appointment of Chancellor of the Order of Saint-Louis to his eldest son, and the title, effectively, to his younger son.
— from Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete by Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de

It was his intention, even then, to leave this estate to his younger son; but, as will be shown later, it was not meant to be the magnificent place it afterwards became.
— from The Great Lord Burghley: A study in Elizabethan statecraft by Martin A. S. (Martin Andrew Sharp) Hume