The noble had neglected and flung from him the most precious jewel in his {17} coronet—the love and respect of the country-gentleman, the farmer, and the peasant, an advantage so natural to his condition in a well-constituted society, and founded upon principles so estimable, that he who contemns or destroys it, is guilty of little less than high treason, both to his own rank, and to the community in general.
— from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume I. by Walter Scott

He wrote many tracts upon political subjects, especially those connected with the revenue.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 10 by John Dryden

While feuds have been kindled, and lives have been lost—innocent lives—by the intrusion of the white man upon the domestic relations of Indian families; while decency and chastity have been outraged, and the Indian female, in some instances, stolen from her spouse and husband that she really [286] loved; let it be written, written if possible so as to be read when an inscrutable but unerring Providence shall exact “to the uttermost farthing” for every deed of cruelty and lust perpetrated by a superior race upon an inferior one; written to stand out before those whose duty and position it shall be, within a few years, in the American Council of State, to deliberate and legislate upon the best method to dispose of these fast waning tribes; that one of our own race, in tender years, committed wholly to their power, passed a five-years’ captivity among these savages without falling under those baser propensities which rave, and rage, and consume, with the fury and fatality of a pestilence, among themselves .
— from Captivity of the Oatman Girls Being an Interesting Narrative of Life Among the Apache and Mohave Indians by R. B. (Royal Byron) Stratton

When you have got the animal under perfect subjection, examine the foot carefully, and you will find the heels, at the back part of the frog, entirely free from that member, which is soft and spongy.
— from The Mule A Treatise on the Breeding, Training, and Uses to Which He May Be Put by Harvey Riley

[394] and deeming the unconscious energy of his author un peu sauvage engages to régler son ivresse .
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 15, Nos. 85-90, April 1872-September 1872 A Monthly Magazine by Various

And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
— from The Bible, King James version, Book 2: Exodus by Anonymous

Many anecdotes have been foisted upon Pugnani, some evidently the creation of rivals, and not worth repeating.
— from Great Violinists And Pianists by George T. (George Titus) Ferris

He commenced by observing that the United Provinces still entertained the hope that her Majesty would conclude, upon further thoughts, to accept the sovereignty over them, with reasonable conditions; but the most important passages of his address were those relating to the cost of the war.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley