In the houses of persons of quality likewise, there are pages, called Itchoglans , who receive the coffee from the stewards, and present it to the company with surprising dexterity and address, as soon as the master of the family makes a sign for that purpose, which is all the language they ever speak to them....
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

In the European countries, on the contrary, where aristocracy is still struggling with the flood which overwhelms it, I have often seen men, constantly spurred on by their wants and desires, remain in idleness, in order not to lose the esteem of their equals; and I have known them submit to ennui and privations rather than to work.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

"Why, she's tumbled into some nasty mud," said Mrs. Tulliver, going up to Lucy to examine into the amount of damage to clothes for which she felt herself responsible to her sister Deane.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

No one is there in all the land Thine equal for the vigorous hand.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

She was particularly fond of pinching and smacking her sister's children, telling tales of their pilfering bread and sugar, and this led to endless and implacable strife with her elder sister.
— from Short Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The capture of forts Henry and Donelson had broken the line the enemy had taken from Columbus to Bowling Green, and it was known that he was falling back from the eastern point of this line and that Buell was following, or at least advancing.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

He had given orders to the outpost to let the enemy pass and merely to follow them at a distance if they marched toward the village, and to join me when they had gone well between the houses.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

They understood our thought, for they lowered their eyes for the first time.
— from Anthem by Ayn Rand

They held their ground, supposing the approaching vessels to be only supply-ships for Gibraltar, without a strong force of men-of-war,—an unfortunate error from which they did not awake until too late to escape, owing to the yet more unfortunate oversight of having no lookout frigates thrown out.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Whatever may be the fate of these letters, the editor is satisfied they will meet with justice; and commits them to the press, though hopeless of fame, yet not regardless of censure.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

Some of the liabilities to error are as follows:— 1.
— from An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus P. (Rufus Phillips) Williams

The love that existed between my brother, Dr. Hall, and myself was like the love of David and Jonathan.
— from Recollections of a Long Life: An Autobiography by Theodore L. (Theodore Ledyard) Cuyler

One of the latter took eleven years to graduate, keeping two girls in school and a large family at home at the same time.
— from Home Missions in Action by Edith H. (Edith Hedden) Allen

No doubt this might with equal truth be said of all the gifts that a beneficent Creator bestows upon mankind; but when, as in the case of this milk-tree, the provision for our wants comes in a singular and striking manner, it seems fitting and appropriate that we should specially acknowledge the gift as coming from the hand of Him who giveth us all things liberally to enjoy.
— from Martin Rattler by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

City missionaries and the like tell ’em about it, and write about it, but telling and writin’ don’t make people know some things.
— from Blue Lights: Hot Work in the Soudan by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

It will be observed that no mention is made of repentance or of restitution: without waiting for these, or even expecting them, they must be prepared to forgive and prepared to love their enemies, even while they are shamefully treating them.
— from Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St Luke by Henry Burton

He had only bowed to her, in taking leave that evening.
— from The Lost Lady of Lone by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth