Now, were not I a little pot and soon hot, my very lips might freeze to my teeth, my tongue to the roof of my mouth, my heart in my belly, ere I should come by a fire to thaw me.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

[34] The "Romance of Modern Mechanism," p. 243
— from How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams

It was in his friend’s hand-writing, and these were its contents:— ‘MY DEAR PICKWICK,— You , my dear friend, are placed far beyond the reach of many mortal frailties and weaknesses which ordinary people cannot overcome.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Of the Rights of Master Masons.
— from The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey

Can I get a mouthful of your toddy to rinse out my mouth?
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

"The records of many more such cases lie before me [Mr. Swift goes on]; an encyclopedia might easily be filled with their kind.
— from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James

The rights of mankind might derive some protection from religion and philosophy; and the name of freedom, which could no longer alarm, might sometimes admonish, the successors of Augustus, that they did not reign over a nation of Slaves or Barbarians.
— 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

When I found in La Plata the tooth of a horse embedded with the remains of Mastodon, Megatherium, Toxodon and other extinct monsters, which all co-existed with still living shells at a very late geological period, I was filled with astonishment; for, seeing that the horse, since its introduction by the Spaniards into South America, has run wild over the whole country and has increased in numbers at an unparalleled rate, I asked myself what could so recen
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

What is the use of time, rewards of merit, medals, crosses, Monthyon prizes, if they do not lead society towards more complete perfection?
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

When I enquired as to the recreations of moneyed men I was told "travelling, go and poem writing."
— from The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by J. W. (John William) Robertson Scott

Though I feel their impression as the remains of a series of thoughts retained on my memory, I am not certain that they may not have been produced by subsequent reflection on the principal fact, combining with it the probable motives of it.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

But I should be an even greater fiend and weakling than you think me if, in cold blood, I could let your sister run the risk of marrying me.
— from Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

The remarks of Miss Martineau on American literature are, as all her other remarks, to be received with great caution.
— from Diary in America, Series Two by Frederick Marryat

It does not follow that the island of Atlantis, at any time while inhabited by civilized people, actually reached these coasts; there is a strong probability that races of men may have found their way there from the three continents of Europe, America, and Africa; or the great continent which once filled the whole bed of the present Atlantic Ocean, and from whose débris geology tells us the Old and New Worlds were constructed, may have been the scene of the development, during immense periods of time, of diverse races of men, occupying different zones of climate.
— from Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World by Ignatius Donnelly

Now whether the reading of many manuscripts has dulled Miss Monroe's creative power or not, who can say?
— from The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century by William Lyon Phelps

A volume could be filled with similar experiences, but in summing up the result of modern medical opinion, we are contented to rest our case on what has been said on this point by the two great authorities we have before quoted, viz., Sir James Paget and Dr. Bernays; the former writes: “As for the opinions of the medical profession, they are, by a vast majority, in favour of moderation.
— from The Curiosities of Ale & Beer: An Entertaining History (Illustrated with over Fifty Quaint Cuts) by John Bickerdyke

He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God."
— from The Ordinance of Covenanting by John Cunningham