But to require in all cases the certificate of a medical practitioner, would make it sometimes impossible, always expensive, to obtain the article for legitimate uses.
— from On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

G.-V. rursum in calidam ; Tac. rursus in aquam calidam ; Tor.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

He said, “a fancy would sometimes take a Yahoo to retire into a corner, to lie down, and howl, and groan, and spurn away all that came near him, although he were young and fat, wanted neither food nor water, nor did the servant imagine what could possibly ail him.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift

Behind rotten laws and preventing sound laws, stands the corrupt boss; behind the corrupt boss stands the robber interest; and commanding these powers of pillage stands bloated human greed.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

From these reasons I am compelled to believe that the Deacons, although originally appointed by the Master and Senior Warden, are not removable by either, but retain their offices until the expiration of the year.
— from The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey

Mean while the south-wind rose, and, with black wings Wide-hovering, all the clouds together drove From under Heaven; the hills to their supply Vapour, and exhalation dusk and moist, Sent up amain; and now the thickened sky Like a dark ceiling stood; down rushed the rain Impetuous; and continued, till the earth No more was seen: the floating vessel swum Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow Rode tilting o'er the waves; all dwellings else Flood overwhelmed, and them with all their pomp Deep under water rolled; sea covered sea, Sea without shore; and in their palaces, Where luxury late reigned, sea-monsters whelped And stabled; of mankind, so numerous late, All left, in one small bottom swum imbarked.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

He stopped a few seconds, for breath, and then resumed in a calmer tone: “I can understand that it pains you to see a work of such importance entrusted to a carpenter from a neighboring parish.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

He then rang his bell, and ordered an elderly woman-servant to rise immediately, and come to him; and in the meantime was so eager in contemplating the beauty of innocence, appearing in those lively colours with which infancy and sleep always display it, that his thoughts were too much engaged to reflect that he was in his shirt when the matron came in.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

John had the curiosity to retire into a corner to peruse those billets doux* of Nic.'s, wherein he found that Nic. had used great freedoms both with his interest and reputation.
— from The History of John Bull by John Arbuthnot

Among the other necessary endowments which this intuition reveals, is that of immanent power commensurate with his dignity, and adequate to realize in actual creatures the necessary a priori ideas, which he also possesses as endowments.
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation Including Some Strictures Upon the Theories of Rev. Henry L. Mansel and Mr. Herbert Spencer by Jesse Henry Jones

For the record I am composing this account in this new port of San Francisco under the shelter of the Island of Los Angeles, today September 7, 1755.
— from The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California by Sherburne Friend Cook

With these remarks, I am content to leave the judgment in your hands, feeling assured that this statement will meet with your impartial consideration.
— from The Marylebone Penny Readings and Their Critics by Henry Taylor

“Amongst the many ingenious appliances exhibited at the recent South London meeting, none excited greater interest than the developing tray of Mr. Werge, in which he developed in the full gas-light of the room a gelatine plate which had been exposed in the morning, and exhibited to the meeting the result in a clean transparency, without fog, or any trace of the abnormal action of light....
— from The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, Etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by Werge, John, active 1854-1890

A little later Calvin carried out the principles of the Reformation in a comprehensive theological system, and by the power of his intellect and the fervency of his piety exerted an enormous influence throughout the world.
— from The Literature and History of New Testament Times by J. Gresham (John Gresham) Machen

Supposing it was some message just left for me by Tod, I went up to read it, and caught the full sense of the lines.
— from Johnny Ludlow, Fifth Series by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

From these reasons I am convinced, that we must not apply this passage in the above author to the magot, but to the pithecos; and the same remark may be made to a passage of Rubruquis, who, in his discourse of the apes of Cathay, says, “that they nearly resemble the human form in every particular; that their height is not above a foot and a half, and their body covered all over with hair; that they live in holes; that the natives take them, by putting strong and inebriating liquors in the places they inhabit; that a number of them come together to drink liquors, at the same time making a cry which sounds like chinchin , whence they have obtained the appellation of chinchins ; and that having intoxicated themselves they fall asleep, when the hunters easily surprise and carry them away.”
— from Buffon's Natural History. Volume 09 (of 10) Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c by Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de

It is the sober, honest judgment of the thinking, reading, investigating American citizen that the Republican party is relying upon for its support.
— from Emerson on Sound Money A Speech, 1896 by Willis George Emerson

277 “Die, indeed!” ejaculated the ruffian, in a contemptuous tone.
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds