Texts in Mermaid Series, Temple Dramatists, Morley's Universal Library, etc.; Masques and Entertainments of Ben Jonson, edited by Morley, in Carisbrooke Library; Timber, edited by Schelling, in Athenæum Press Series.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

"—If; later, and under less exacting masters, and in the general laxity of the eighteenth century, this discipline is relaxed, the institution nevertheless subsists; 2132 in default of obedience, tradition, interest and amour-propre suffice for the people of the court.
— from The Ancient Regime by Hippolyte Taine

Launched upon Lake Erie, Marin and his men held their way past the point where Celeron had landed; and, instead of taking the portage to Chautauqua, disembarked further along the southern shore of the lake at Presque Île, where the town of Erie now stands.
— from A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, Vol. V Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood, Sir

Let us leave every man at liberty to seek into himself and to lose himself in his ideas.
— from A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 09 by Voltaire

1. Just as unusually large imports of commodities mean a sharp demand for exchange with which to pay for them, unusually large exports mean a big supply of bills.
— from Elements of Foreign Exchange: A Foreign Exchange Primer by Franklin Escher

In the days to come let us look ever more and more to the Lord Himself.
— from For the Faith: A Story of the Young Pioneers of Reformation in Oxford by Evelyn Everett-Green

Just one drop too much to fill my bucket, but I say, ‘Little One,’ I wish you’d get up late every morning, and have just such a superfine breakfast as this saved for you, and not be hungry at all yourself, but save it for a poor starved little boy who hasn’t had a mouthful in an hour—” Monty was running on in this absurd way, yet holding his own in a three cornered scramble for possession of a dish of berries he had pre-empted from Dorothy’s table; till, without saying anything, Helena calmly walked up, took the disputed dish from the contestants and, shoving Dolly aside to give up half her chair, sat down and began to eat them herself.
— from Dorothy on a Ranch by Evelyn Raymond

A former trick of his of biting his nails is quite in abeyance at present; instead, he catches hold of his under lip every moment and abrades its mucous membrane with his nails, so much so that the lip is swollen and cracked like those of children with nibbling tics.
— from Tics and Their Treatment by Henry Meige