To expect, indeed, that the freedom of trade should ever be entirely restored in Great Britain, is as absurd as to expect that an Oceana or Utopia should ever be established in it.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

ānes hwæt some single thing, a part , B: a, an : alone, sole, only ; in this sense it is used also in the weak form (sē āna; hē āna, AO, CP) and with a pl.: singular, unique : single, each, every one,
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Also there came thither King Uriens, Sir Ewaine's father, and Morgan le Fay his wife that was King Arthur's sister.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

Chosen by universal suffrage, each in its Section, they are a kind of elixir of Jacobinism; some Forty-four Thousand of them awake and alive over France!
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

By and by the pusher is changed for a small piece of bread, which is held in his left hand and between thumb and first two fingers, and against which the fork shovels up such elusive articles as corn, peas, poached egg, etc.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

If they ever fancy they would, it is only in cases of unhappiness so extreme, that to escape from it they would exchange their lot for almost any other, however undesirable in their own eyes.
— from Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill

As has been indicated under simple enumeration, a perfect induction is one in which the premises enumerate all the instances denoted by the conclusion .
— from A Class Room Logic Deductive and Inductive, with Special Application to the Science and Art of Teaching by George Hastings McNair

Some authorities question the “Delgado effect”; still, scientists in both the U.S. and Europe are undertaking similar experiments.
— from The Silicon Jungle by David H. Rothman

Yet I do not believe the change of our system of taxation will be forced on us so early as you expect, if war be avoided.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 5 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

: 'defent tort et force, ou et quant il devera et dit qil fuist le vilein Labbe, per qi il ne deveroit estre resceve.' Devom. : 'il covient qe vous disez plus qe vous estes seisi, ut supra,' etc. Migg. : 'il est nostre vileyn, et nous seisi de luy come de nostre vileyn.' Ber. : 'Coment seisi come,' etc.?
— from Villainage in England: Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff

What’s a clock, That you are up so early?
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone

The first three in the United States, established about 1884, were in Chicago.
— from Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

The clatter of the wooden shoes is at first an unpleasant sound, especially when several persons are walking together, but the ear soon becomes accustomed to it, as to all other odd noises.
— from Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera by Charles M. (Charles Maus) Taylor

His sudden lapses into thought, however, created the impression in the minds of some of his listeners that he was laboring under suppressed excitement.
— from A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories by F. Clifford (Frank Clifford) Smith

No useless stogas encased his feet; And we saw, as we carefully bound him, That he stood like a coward, dreading to meet The shades of the victims around him.
— from Hands Up; or, Thirty-Five Years of Detective Life in the Mountains and on the Plains Reminiscences by General D. J. Cook, Chief of the Rocky Mountains Detective Association by D. J.‏ ‎(David J.) Cook

He then came to Walla Walla and took the United States examination for veterinarian at Fort Walla Walla.
— from Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 Embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties by William Denison Lyman