Is it not the glory of the people of America, that, whilst they have paid a decent regard to the opinions of former times and other nations, they have not suffered a blind veneration for antiquity, for custom, or for names, to overrule the suggestions of their own good sense, the knowledge of their own situation, and the lessons of their own experience?
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

I beseech you, therefore, for the one God's sake, that you rebuke him of this and pray him leave these his fashions.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

Of the twenty-four tribes of Guhilot, several issued from the founder, Bappa.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

Then the old gentleman saluted all the pilgrims with a holy kiss of love, and asked them their [302] names, and how they had fared since they had set out on their pilgrimage.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

“Why, ay,” replied the old gentleman, “so I would have them; but then I would have them chuse wisely.—Indeed, Jack, you must and shall leave the girl.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

The only great surprise to be cited is the case of Taroutin, in 1812, where Murat was attacked and beaten by Benningsen.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

This will easily be accounted for, if we consider the second and fourth limitations, proposed to our general system.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

It is interesting as containing a ceremony unknown to other Gṛihya Sūtras, the worship [ 251 ] of the Vināyakas.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

Coolly, Charles Keene zoomed over two low-lying mountain ranges, then banked his plane toward a wide space where a trace of green showed deep beneath the gathering mist.
— from Mystery of the Ambush in India: A Biff Brewster Mystery Adventure by Andy Adams

Washington had grown tired of giving sittings to all these painters, some of whom were really great artists, but others second-rate craftsmen, who wished to build their reputations upon a Washington portrait painted from life.
— from Adventures in American Bookshops, Antique Stores and Auction Rooms by Guido Bruno

The old gentleman said Williams went out after receiving the receipt and talked to O'Sullivan.
— from The Crime of the Century; Or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin by Henry M. Hunt

Floods that occasioned great suffering occurred in 1829, when severe rains caused the Spey and Findhorn to rise fifty feet above their ordinary level.
— from History of the Johnstown Flood Including all the Fearful Record; the Breaking of the South Fork Dam; the Sweeping Out of the Conemaugh Valley; the Over-Throw of Johnstown; the Massing of the Wreck at the Railroad Bridge; Escapes, Rescues, Searches for Survivors and the Dead; Relief Organizations, Stupendous Charities, etc., etc., With Full Accounts also of the Destruction on the Susquehanna and Juniata Rivers, and the Bald Eagle Creek. by Willis Fletcher Johnson

The type of girl she had seen in the tumultuous moment beside the rail was puzzling.
— from Latter-Day Sweethearts by Harrison, Burton, Mrs.

So for the hour she put aside the one great sorrow that haunted her life, and rode cheerfully through the woods, enjoying each ferny knoll or grassy hollow, with a brook whispering along the bottom, as if she had nothing but sunshine in her heart.
— from Silent Struggles by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

At times they would experiment upon the tin pails, but, being unable to obtain good standing-ground, they did not follow it up.
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 2 of 3 by Robert Ridgway