He could not always warm up, now, with the old Hawkeye fervor.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

" Quoth Robin, "I understand not why those of thy kind live in such a manner that all their wealth passeth from them like snow beneath the springtide sun.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

So he went from us, not without tears of tenderness in his eyes; and left us also confused with joy and kindness, saying amongst ourselves; "That we were come into a land of angels, which did appear to us daily, and prevent us with comforts, which we thought not of, much less expected.
— from New Atlantis by Francis Bacon

If we compare the wealth of the United Netherlands with that of Russia or Germany, or even of France, and if we at the same time compare the total value of the lands and the aggregate population of that contracted district with the total value of the lands and the aggregate population of the immense regions of either of the three last-mentioned countries, we shall at once discover that there is no comparison between the proportion of either of these two objects and that of the relative wealth of those nations.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

Und noch weiter —to Ostend, where for three weeks I took lessons in Flemish or Dutch from a young professor, reading “Vondel” and “Bilderdijk,” who, if not in the world of letters known, deserves to be.
— from Memoirs by Charles Godfrey Leland

To send for a doctor was evidently useless, nor was there one within several miles, but it was necessary that some one should be called.
— from Greene Ferne Farm by Richard Jefferies

And there will be no school to-morrow," she continued, growing more and more communicative, "for he has ordered all the royal children to be shut up in their homes until noon, when the old devil shall have been driven out by the priests of Brahma; and the priests of Buddha will then purify the city with burning incense and sprinkling the houses, walls, and all its inhabitants with holy water."
— from The Romance of the Harem by Anna Harriette Leonowens

[Pg 20] Blandishments will not fascinate us, nor will threats of a “halter” intimidate.
— from Through the Year with Famous Authors by Mabel Patterson

They worked at it until noon with the old man’s wrath growing hotter every minute.
— from God's Green Country: A Novel of Canadian Rural Life by Ethel M. Chapman

He was leaning over Cassandra's uneasy neck watching the one window intently, when a voice addressed him out of the darkness.
— from The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete by George Meredith

Said that distinguished son of genius and patriotism, "Blandishments will not fascinate us, nor will threats of a halter intimidate; for, under God, we are determined that, wheresoever, whensoever, and howsoever we shall be called to make our exit, we will die free men."
— from Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier by John Algernon Owens

But be advised: tax us not with threats; our patience is likely to be short.
— from Beatrix of Clare by John Reed Scott