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— from Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare

The whole story is told in the single title of Counts of the Holy Roman Empire, which merely means officers in the European army against the contemporary Yellow Peril.
— from What's Wrong with the World by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

Meas. for Meas. , ii. 2. Man reconciles himself to almost every event, 30 however trying, if it happens in the ordinary course of nature.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in their concerns, as I often see done.”
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

They are the sowers, their sons shall be the reapers, and their sons, in the ordinary course of things, must yield the possession of the harvest, to new competitors with keener eyes and stronger frames.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"For," said he, "it is now clear that we all have but one course to take; and that is to rise, all as one man, against King Harald, for we have strength enough, and fate must decide the victory; for as to the other condition of becoming his servants, that is no condition for us, who are not less noble than Harald.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Rahadi, the twentieth of the Abbassides, and the thirty-ninth of the successors of Mahomet, was the last who deserved the title of commander of the faithful; the last (says Abulfeda) who spoke to the people, or conversed with the learned; the last who, in the expense of his household, represented the wealth and magnificence of the ancient caliphs.
— 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

But it is by the attention it pays to Public Education that the original character of American civilization is at once placed in the clearest light.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

The other continued: “Oh! that's nothing.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

The old cannibal observes the change of base, feels insulted at the implied distrust, and resolves to have satisfaction.
— from Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 29, October 15, 1870 by Various

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— from By Conduct and Courage: A Story of the Days of Nelson by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

'My friend, the Lord Mayor, has paid a well and much deserved compliment to our country, our country's institutions, and our country's great minds.
— from The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth by Timothy Templeton

keel (kēl), the timber or combination of timbers supporting a vessel’s framework.
— from Junior High School Literature, Book 1 by William H. (William Harris) Elson

"That would be a rum start, now, wouldn't it?" was the only comment of Parsons.
— from Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Brander Matthews

[522] our most fervent prayers that he will speedily put an end to the calamities which afflict so profoundly the paternal heart of Your Blessedness, … praying Your Blessedness to be pleased to bestow your holy benediction upon him who has at this moment the exceeding happiness of kneeling at your feet, and also upon all the other children of the venerable De la Salle.”
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 21, April, 1875, to September, 1875 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

There was, however, one class of cases tacitly excluded from the operation of those acts, in which the coercive jurisdiction of this high tribunal had great convenience; namely, where the ordinary course of justice was so much obstructed by the defending party, through riots, combinations of maintenance, or overawing influence, that no inferior court would find its process obeyed.
— from View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam

The steamer, whether of peace or war, is a melancholy substitute for the splendid though sinister galley, with her ranks of oars and towers of canvas, or for the dainty lateen-sailed vessels, skimming the waters like flying fish, and the Frank garb ill replaces the graceful Arab dress.
— from A Modern Telemachus by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge