The criminal is minced—his sons lashed—his nephews reduced to cutlets—his cousins to joints—and so on—none of the family quite escapes; and seeing the bitter reprisals provoked by this kind of uncharity, fiercer and more enduring by much than any begotten of more tangible wrongs, Christian people who pray, 'lead us not into temptation,' and repeat 'blessed are the peace-makers,' will, on the whole, do wisely to forbear practising it.
— from The House by the Church-Yard by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Rousseau's letter remained unanswered, nor is there any reason to suppose that Voltaire ever got through it, though Rousseau chose to think that Candide (1759) was meant for a reply to him.
— from Rousseau (Volume 1 and 2) by John Morley

Share and chère , feel and viel —among these unconnected notions is there any reason why we should wed our speech to one rather than another?
— from The Dawn of History: An Introduction to Pre-Historic Study by C. F. (Charles Francis) Keary

The other institution, almost universal nowadays, is the annual retreat which the priests in the diocese pass in the large seminary of the principal town.
— from The Modern Regime, Volume 2 by Hippolyte Taine

Captain John Smith died unmarried, nor is there any record that he ever had wife or children.
— from The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 3 by Charles Dudley Warner