The Americans of the South have consequently taken measures to prevent slave-owners from emancipating their slaves in most cases; not indeed by a positive prohibition, but by subjecting that step to various forms which it is difficult to comply with.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Having fastened this securely to one of his ankles, Peters now made his fourth descent into the cabin, and this time succeeded in making his way to the door of the steward’s room.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

In the case of line work the result is practically identical, but where much tone and playing about with the chalk is indulged in, the stone is much better.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

But, before leaving this branch of the subject, I must explain a little matter of which I have seen an account in print, complimentary or otherwise of the firm of Sherman, Ewing & McCook, more especially of the senior partner.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

well I took this shield in my hands by your leave for to behold it, not to that intent; but go wheresomever thou wilt, for I will not go with you.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

“Would not even you, sir, do the same, in my place?”
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

butsáka term used in playing pool for a certain agreed-to score, where part of the score is made by drawing a numbered marble.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

After that, about 9 or 10 o’clock, to supper in my wife’s chamber, and then about 12 to bed. 14th.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Bad local government is certainly a great evil, which ought to be prevented; but to violate the freedom and sanctities of the suffrage is more than an evil.
— from U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses by United States. Presidents

"Let me deal with this situation in my own way, your excellency," Peter Gross pleaded.
— from The Argus Pheasant by John Charles Beecham

I was delighted, and managed before long to be surprised by my husband, with the viscount on the sofa in my boudoir, holding my hands in his, while I listened in a sort of external ecstasy.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

“I want you boys to see the city; I want to see it myself.
— from Reube Dare's Shad Boat: A Tale of the Tide Country by Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir

I have lived To see inherited my very wishes And the buildings of my fancy: only [2861]
— from The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 6 of 9] by William Shakespeare

There was something peremptory in the slightly ironic murmur.
— from Victory: An Island Tale by Joseph Conrad

The white man may do as his fathers have told him; but the 'Young Eagle' has the blood of a Delaware chief in his veins; it is red, and the stain it makes can only be washed out with the blood of a Mingo.”
— from The Pioneers; Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna by James Fenimore Cooper

"If you begin to bustle round the house too soon, it may undo all the good of this enforced rest.
— from The Youngest Girl in the Fifth: A School Story by Angela Brazil