So took coach and to Windsor, to the Garter, and thither sent for Dr. Childe; who come to us, and carried us to St. George’s Chappell; and there placed us among the Knights’ stalls (and pretty the observation, that no man, but a woman may sit in a Knight’s place, where any brass-plates are set); and hither come cushions to us, and a young singing-boy to bring us a copy of the anthem to be sung.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

When, to gratify a private appetite, it is once resolved upon that an innocent and a helpless creature shall be sacrificed, 'tis an easy matter to pick up sticks enough from any thicket where it has strayed to make a fire to offer it up with.
— 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.

That, the fortunes of his brother and comrade, and of himself were evidently made, inasmuch as they had but to put their price upon this document, and get that price from the minion of fortune and the worm of the hour: who now appeared to be less of a minion and more of a worm than had been previously supposed.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Feeling of the impression, attention to it, thought of the reaction, volition to react, would , undoubtedly, all be links of the process under other conditions , [111] and would lead to the same reaction—after an indefinitely longer time.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

The poet, with his eyes shut, said; "My lady, have you taken pity upon your servant at last and come to see him?"
— from The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore

Screw , “to put on the SCREW ,” to limit one’s credit, to be more exact and precise; “to put under the SCREW ;” to compel, to coerce, to influence by strong pressure.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

The landlady therefore would by no means have admitted any conversation of a disreputable kind to pass under her roof.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

I was accordingly that very night admitted to his house, and had an apartment assigned to me in the garret, which I was fain to put up with, notwithstanding the mortification my pride suffered in this change of circumstances.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

The prince, who generally kept very strictly to social distinctions and rarely admitted even important government officials to his table, had unexpectedly selected Michael Ivánovich (who always went into a corner to blow his nose on his checked handkerchief) to illustrate the theory that all men are equals, and had more than once impressed on his daughter that Michael Ivánovich was “not a whit worse than you or I.” At dinner the prince usually spoke to the taciturn Michael Ivánovich more often than to anyone else.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

But even if we could frame any synthetical proposition concerning things in themselves by means of the pure understanding (which is impossible), it could not apply to phenomena, which do not represent things in themselves.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

Here they paraded up and down, to the great entertainment of a throng of savage rebels, by whom they were applauded and encouraged with shouts of "Bis! bis!"
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various

“Well, well,” said Dickson, “perhaps it is best thus, but I doubt not that the poor unhappy fellow has thrown himself over a cliff, and by this time all his sorrows are ended for ay.”
— from Annie o' the Banks o' Dee by Gordon Stables

It is a serious operation, often attended with grave mental and physical disturbances, not the least of which is the partial unsexing of those subjected to it.
— from The Fertility of the Unfit by W. A. (William Allan) Chapple

The citizens required repose to examine, to feel, to estimate the blessings of his laws—that repose they possessed under Pisistratus.
— from Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book II by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

We of the élite occupied the “palcos,” or boxes—several rows of chairs shaded by a faded strip of canvas, up on the roof of the ancient colegio, the aged red tiles of which were trodden to powder underfoot.
— from Vagabonding down the Andes Being the Narrative of a Journey, Chiefly Afoot, from Panama to Buenos Aires by Harry Alverson Franck

They dealt solely with the political events of the hour, and, though feebly [Pg 102] drawn and ineffective as works of art, the designer managed to produce unmistakable likenesses of Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, et hoc genus , with remarkable certainty, and always without a trace of caricature.
— from John Leech, His Life and Work, Vol. 2 [of 2] by William Powell Frith

In the City, to be sure, I had to put up with a certain amount of chaff; facetious inquiries as to whether I intended to present the leonine bridesmaids with bones or pieces of raw meat, and the precise locality in which my wife and I thought of spending our honeymoon.
— from Love Among the Lions: A Matrimonial Experience by F. Anstey

“Well, the lawyer, du Tillet, and Raoul will each have to put up a hundred thousand francs before they embark on the affair,” replied Blondet.
— from A Daughter of Eve by Honoré de Balzac