Perhaps the best pun which exists is to be found in the motto of the Barnard family, who, with arms "Argent, a bear rampant sable, muzzled or," and crest "A demi-bear as in the arms," use for the motto, "Bear and Forbear," or in Latin, as it is sometimes used, "Fer et perfer."
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

The cholera was at its height, and the fear of infection, which increased the nearer we approached its shores, cast a gloom over the scene, and prevented us from exploring its infected streets.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

And behold what sort of personages from that court Kulhwch has pledged to him, so that by their supernatural assistance he may obtain Olwen, herself perhaps a fairy held under fairy enchantment [292] : the sons of Gwawrddur Kyrvach,
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

My covenant in the Woman's seed renewed; So send them forth, though sorrowing, yet in peace: And on the east side of the garden place, Where entrance up from Eden easiest climbs, Cherubick watch; and of a sword the flame Wide-waving; all approach far off to fright, And guard all passage to the tree of life: Lest Paradise a receptacle prove To Spirits foul, and all my trees their prey; With whose stolen fruit Man once more to delude.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

There's no pleasure i' living if you're to be corked up for ever, and only dribble your mind out by the sly, like a leaky barrel.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

The proprietor would get into a discussion with some one in the lobby, and as the conversation grew animated, others would gather about to listen, until finally every one in the place would be crowded into a group, and a regular debate would be under way.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

You will be intercepted in your flight; Your reasons for being at this late hour in the Sepulchre will be examined; Antonia will be found, and then you are undone for ever!' 'Lorenzo de Medina?
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

The moment drew near when the coup d'état would storm us from every side, and when we should have to sustain the onslaught of an entire army.
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo

The Græco-Jewish system of theology constructed by the Fathers had its liturgical counterpart in the sacraments and in a devout eloquence which may be represented to us fairly enough by the Roman missal and breviary.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

Of the many books of unseen translation in general use few exhibit continuity of plan as regards the subject-matter, or give any help beyond a short heading.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

In the case of a Public or Private Bill, the respective phrases, "Le Roi le veult" or "Soit fait comme il est désiré" are substituted, though, as a matter of practice, the latter phrase is only used for Estate, Naturalisation and Divorce Bills.
— from The Mother of Parliaments by Harry Graham

Let us first examine the arguments and afterwards the motives.
— from Good Sense by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

She's done me up for every other woman living.
— from Rhoda Fleming — Volume 2 by George Meredith

In all he bought twenty couples, and that must have helped to make his Burton pack, as, although he had been building it up for eight years from hounds he got from Lord Ducie, the latter were not so good as Mr. Drake’s.
— from Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Volume 85 January to June, 1906 by Various

Of course I'm a contortionist and of course there's a hateful side, but don't you see how that very fact puts a price on every compensation, on the help of those who are ready to insist on the other side, the grand one, and especially on the sympathy of the person who's ready to insist most and to keep before us the great thing, the element that makes up for everything?"
— from The Tragic Muse by Henry James

It would seem, from the next entry in the log, that the penalties usually exacted by Neptune of those crossing the Line for the first time, then became his due somewhat earlier in the voyage; or upon first entering what sailors call the "Horse latitudes."
— from Life Aboard a British Privateer in the Time of Queen Anne Being the Journal of Captain Woodes Rogers, Master Mariner by Woodes Rogers

" It is obviously very useful for every adult to be able to read, write and reckon.
— from The Modern Regime, Volume 2 by Hippolyte Taine

The conversation had been semi-political,—political to the usual feminine extent, and had consisted chiefly of sarcasms from Lady Cantrip against Sir Timothy Beeswax.
— from The Duke's Children by Anthony Trollope