31 We may observe with much more propriety, that, during that period, the disciples of the Messiah were indulged in a freer latitude, both of faith and practice, than has ever been allowed in succeeding ages.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

We may observe with much more propriety, that, during that period, the disciples of the Messiah were indulged in a freer latitude, both of faith and practice, than has ever been allowed in succeeding ages.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

“Perchance, though there no sorrow dims, The tears will mount to his eyes’ brims, And I shall live, his sweetest thought, For what my love hath wrought.
— from My Lattice, and Other Poems by Frederick George Scott

One—I mean, of course, Tabachetti’s Journey to Calvary, which contains about forty figures rather larger than life, and nine horses,—is of such superlative excellence as regards composition and dramatic power, to say nothing of the many admirable individual figures comprised in it, that it is not too much to call it the most astounding work that has ever been achieved in sculpture.
— from Ex Voto: An Account of the Sacro Monte or New Jerusalem at Varallo-Sesia With Some Notice of Tabachetti's Remaining Work at the Sanctuary of Crea by Samuel Butler

It gave me much satisfaction to hear every body at Inverness speak of him with uncommon regard.
— from Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) by James Boswell

The moment you fellows appeared every still was ripped off its furnace and buried somewhere, every mash tub was emptied and sent bowling down the mountain, and every scrap of evidence that there had ever been an illicit still there was completely destroyed.
— from Camp Venture: A Story of the Virginia Mountains by George Cary Eggleston

This has ever been and is still her great offence, her unpardonable sin, in the eyes of those outside her communion, viz.
— from The Celtic Christianity of Cornwall: Divers Sketches and Studies by Thomas Taylor

He could not—he would not believe that there had ever been an ignoble secret in his former employer’s life.
— from The Golden Key; Or, A Heart's Silent Worship by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.

Despite the pain that seemed to extend throughout his entire body, an inner sense of caution warned Dawson to keep his eyes closed, and to lie perfectly still.
— from Dave Dawson with the Eighth Air Force by Robert Sidney Bowen