"Nature looketh upon all things in reference to herself; striveth and argueth for self; but Grace bringeth back all things to God from whom they came at the beginning; ascribeth no good to herself nor arrogantly presumeth; is not contentious, nor preferreth her own opinion to others, but in every sense and understanding submitteth herself to the Eternal wisdom and the Divine judgment.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas

His boyhood had been exactly like that of all the other boys in Edgewood, save that he hated school a trifle more,
— from The Village Watch-Tower by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

The three others were those of Barking in Essex, St. Mary in Winchester, and Wilton."
— from The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by W. H. Hamilton (William Henry Hamilton) Rogers

And then a child beneath a silver sallow— A child who loved the swans, the moorhen’s ‘cheep’— Angled for bream where river holes were deep— For gudgeon where the water glittered shallow, Or ate the ‘fairy cheeses’ of the mallow, And wild fruits gathered where the wavelets creep Round that loved church whose shadow seems to sleep In love upon the stream and bless and hallow; And then a child to whom the water-fairies Sent fish to ‘bite’ from Avon’s holes and shelves, A child to whom, from richest honey-dairies, The flower-sprites sent the bees and ‘sunshine elves’; Then, in the shifting vision’s sweet vagaries, He saw two lovers walking by themselves— Walking beneath the trees, where drops of rain Wove crowns of sunlit opal to decoy Young love from home; and one, the happy boy, Knew all the thoughts of birds in every strain— Knew why the cushat breaks his fond refrain
— from Theodore Watts-Dunton: Poet, Novelist, Critic by James Douglas

A tin of bully is extracted, sounding like a gramophone.
— from The Nurserymatograph by G. A. T. (George A. T.) Allan

Yes, the oldest blood in England seemed a mere puddle compared with hers.
— from Katerfelto: A Story of Exmoor by G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville

It was more than three weeks after the occurrence before I ever shed a tear.
— from Diary in America, Series Two by Frederick Marryat

Gertrude, from her grated window, followed her with anxious looks, and when she saw her about to cross the threshold, overcome by irresistible emotion, she cried, “Stop, Lucy.”
— from The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni

Price $3.00 WHAT IS SAID OF THIS BOOK: “‘Automobile Repairing Made Easy’ is the best book on the subject I have ever seen and the only book I ever saw that is of any value in a garage.
— from Aviation Engines: Design—Construction—Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pagé

175).—Antiochus next turns his attention (" sets his face ") to strengthen the fortresses of his own land in the east and west; but making an attempt to recruit his dissipated wealth by the plunder of the Temple of Belus in Elymais, " stumbles and falls, and is not found ."
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Daniel by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar

There is every reason to believe that the same laws of distribution prevail not only throughout the ocean, but in every sea.
— from On Molecular and Microscopic Science, Volume 1 (of 2) by Mary Somerville