but abandon all hope of me, for an obstacle to our union, now exists, that cannot be removed.
— from Single Life: A Comedy, in Three Acts by John Baldwin Buckstone

Two or three of us, near each other, expressed dissatisfaction that the commander of an army in battle should expose himself, as General Grant was doing at that moment.
— from With Fire and Sword by S. H. M. (Samuel Hawkins Marshall) Byers

2. All such apprentices, not exceeding eight to every master or owner of any fishing vessel of fifty tons or upward; not exceeding seven to every vessel or boat of thirty-five tons, and under fifty; not exceeding six to every vessel of thirty tons, or under thirty-five; and not exceeding four to every boat under thirty tons burden, during the time of their apprenticeship, and till the age of twenty years; they continuing, for the time, in the business of fishing only.
— from The White Slaves of England by John C. Cobden

The question of truth or untruth never entered the little mind.
— from Your Child: Today and Tomorrow Some Problems for Parents Concerning Punishment, Reasoning, Lies, Ideals and Ambitions, Fear, Work and Play, Imagination, Social Activities, Obedience, Adolescence, Will, Heredity by Sidonie Matsner Gruenberg

During this period they did much to open up northeastern Europe to the forces of civilization and progress.
— from Early European History by Hutton Webster

Today she looks like all elderly Spaniards, who to our unpractised northern eyes resemble each other almost as much as elderly negresses.
— from Felix Lanzberg's Expiation by Ossip Schubin

The reason for this sudden growth of Haverhill was found in its position with regard to the neighboring country; the topography of upper New England made it a proper and natural travel centre.
— from Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle

It happens that in many people opium produces nausea, and this one thing alone has saved some from the habit; for this type of user never experiences any of the temporarily soothing sensations commonly attributed to the drug.
— from Habits that Handicap: The Menace of Opium, Alcohol, and Tobacco, and the Remedy by Charles Barnes Towns