To save his groats; to come off handsomely: at the universities, nine groats are deposited in the hands of an academic officer, by every person standing for a degree; which if the depositor obtains with honour, the groats are returned to him.
— from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

I could no longer attend to my occupations; all my plans and devices were forgotten; I seemed about to begin life anew, and that under no good auspices.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

I suppose the truth is simply that the Universe never guarantees anything; life, or permanence, or that your best will be good enough.
— from The Lost Kafoozalum by Pauline Ashwell

In the same book (page 23 in the supplement entitled " Die NSDAP ") the following distinction is made between the usual Nazi greeting and the Storm Troopers' salute: While the German greeting consists merely in raising the right hand in any desired manner and represents rather a general comradely greeting, the SA salute is executed, in accordance with the specifications of the SA service regulations, by placing the left hand on the belt and raising the extended right arm.
— from Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado by Various

In addition to this (as we consider it) capital error, Major Mullaney, and other natural born subjects of his majesty, actually taken in arms as commissioned officers in the service of the United States, were released and allowed to return on parole to that country; and a partial armistice was agreed to, liable to be broken off at thirty hours notice, which could be productive of no real advantage to us, nor give any repose to our harassed and suffering militia, though it enabled the enemy to recruit his strength and organize at will the means of attacking us anew.
— from The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock, K.B. Interspersed with notices of the celebrated Indian chief, Tecumseh, and comprising brief memoirs of Daniel De Lisle Brock, Esq., Lieutenant E.W. Tupper, R.N., and Colonel W. De Vic Tupper by Brock, Isaac, Sir

Member nations of the United Nations generally apply this same three-step plan that ends in economic sanctions being applied by the United Nations as a whole.
— from Sequential Problem Solving A Student Handbook with Checklists for Successful Critical Thinking by Fredric B. Lozo

The French raid in March was followed by a strengthening of the French positions on Lake Ontario, and Coulon de Villiers, a well-known Canadian leader, took up new ground at Sandy Creek to eastward of, and at no great distance from, the English fort.
— from A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, Vol. V Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood, Sir

Travel, while teaching us numberless grand and beautiful truths, solving many mysteries and vastly enlarging our mental grasp, does not fail also to impress upon 282 the most conceited the important and priceless lesson of humility.
— from The New Eldorado: A Summer Journey to Alaska by Maturin Murray Ballou

—Of y e active and fertile minds at present turning up new ground and ferreting out old abuses.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XI.—April, 1851—Vol. II. by Various

None of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, including Serbia and Montenegro, have been permitted to participate solely on the basis of the membership of the former Yugoslavia in the United Nations General Assembly and Economic and Social Council and their subsidiary bodies and in various United Nations Specialized Agencies.
— from The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency