"This is not certainly a locus docendi," began the man; "still I must beg you to continue the conversation.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

There is no competent, and lasting, and real reform for him but to take away his whiskey entirely, and fill up his jug with Pitman's wholesome and undiseased alphabet.
— from What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain

He tells me about L350,000 sterling was coined out of the French money, the proceeds of Dunkirke; so that, with what was coined of the Crosse money, there is new coined about L1,000,000 besides the gold, which is guessed at L500,000.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

The essential business of philosophy, indeed, is to mark out the limits of the science; and even the mathematician, unless his talent is naturally circumscribed and limited to this particular department of knowledge, cannot turn a deaf ear to the warnings of philosophy, or set himself above its direction.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

The character of the pictures and suggestions of dreams, though in new combinations, are largely dependent on our daily experiences.
— from Why Worry? by George Lincoln Walton

When it came to its normal condition at last, it struggled furiously to get to its feet, but each time it got up Ted jerked it to its side, standing close to it so that it could see him.
— from Ted Strong's Motor Car Or, Fast and Furious by Edward C. Taylor

There is nothing," continued Albert, "like a uniform to impress people who live in the tropics, and Travis, it so happens, has two in his trunk.
— from Cinderella, and Other Stories by Richard Harding Davis

That original expence will, in most countries, be found far cheaper than a flimsy beginning attended with constant demands for repair, cannot be doubted; but, where there is no capital, at least a very small one, it is absurd to act upon the former scale; since it must, of necessity, counteract the whole intention.
— from The East India Vade-Mecum, Volume 1 (of 2) or, complete guide to gentlemen intended for the civil, military, or naval service of the East India Company. by Thomas Williamson

[88] It is now, we think, if not certain, at least highly probable, that the Fairy-land and the Fairies of Spenser are those of romance, to which the term Fairy properly belongs, and that it is without just reason that the title of his poem has been styled a misnomer .
— from The Fairy Mythology Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries by Thomas Keightley

If you don’t do this and she ever goes down with her ballast tank full of water and there is no compressed air left to blow it out with, you can send a censored report to the daily papers that another U-boat has been sunk and that there was no time to save the crew.
— from The Boys' Book of Submarines by Virgil D. (Virgil Dewey) Collins

The immense aggregate numbers resident elsewhere in the United States cannot be transfered thither to meet an emergency, nor contribute effectively to remedy this insufficiency; neither can a land force on the defensive protect, if the way of the sea is open.
— from The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Some strongly partisan members believed that they could unearth thereby, if not crookedness, at least large compensation for services performed.
— from A Century in the Comptroller's Office, State of New York, 1797 to 1897 by James A. (James Arthur) Roberts