Thomas Johnson lived to the good old age of ninety-three, dying July twelfth, 1807, in the United States Naval Hospital in Philadelphia.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

We may reverently say, politeness "suffereth long, and is kind; envieth not, vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up; doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, taketh not account of evil."
— from Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe

We're neither of us such new hands that a little plain speaking is going to hurt us.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

The three owls of the Cherokee country are known, respectively, as tskĭlĭ′ (i. e., “witch,” Bubo virginianus saturatus , great, dusky-horned owl), waʻhuhu′ ( Megascops asio , screech owl), and uguku′ ( Syrnium nebulosum , hooting or barred owl).
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Ang íyang kalampúsan mauy ikanúnay níya ug sulti námù, His success is all he ever tells us about.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Accordingly, quitting the path, he went peeping this way and that through the underbrush, spying now here and now there, with all the wiles of a master of woodcraft, and of one who had more than once donned a doublet of Lincoln green.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

Heroes of the Army in America Charles Morris Lippincott Heroes of Discovery in America Charles Morris Lippincott Heroes of the Navy in America Charles Morris Lippincott Heroes of Progress in America Charles Morris Lippincott Heroes of the United States Navy Hartwell Jones Henry Altemus Co. Hero Tales from American History Lodge and Roosevelt History of New York City Chas.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

We followed their cab until it pulled up somewhere near here.”
— from The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

Let us see now how he explains the civil theology itself.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

“Strange how this thing has worked out ... and Bessie won’t understand....” Smoke, nuzzling his hand, recalled him to his surroundings.
— from Lost Farm Camp by Henry Herbert Knibbs

If our souls are filled with hatred against the people of any section of our common country, let us ask from the Great Giver the grace of charity, which suffereth long and is kind, which envieth not, which vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, does not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things, and which never faileth; then shall we be in a suitable frame for an amicable adjustment of every difficulty; oil will soon be thrown upon the troubled waters, and peace, harmony, and prosperity would ever attend us; and our children, and our children’s children will rejo
— from The Iron Furnace; or, Slavery and Secession by John H. (John Hill) Aughey

He stooped, and dipped his beak in the pond; he thought it was his beak, but, of course, it was only his nose, and, therefore, very little water came up, and that not so refreshing as usual, so next he tried a puddle, and he fell flop into it.
— from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

This I'Aria was a dried-up-looking being of over sixty, but he proved a useful servant, notwithstanding his age.
— from Across Patagonia by Dixie, Florence, Lady

He played little tunes on his chin, asked conundrums, showed Job a great many tricks at cards, and two French puzzles (saying, "Those French beggars are awfully sharp at that kind of thing, you know"); he played "God Save the Queen" with one finger on the piano, held skeins of wool for the ladies, shut doors, got shawls, and really need have done none of these arduous duties, for in looking so handsome and so jolly from Monday morning until Saturday night he contributed his quota toward the carrying on of society, and all beside were works of supererogation.
— from Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 by Various

He walked with her, in consequence, mile after mile, and when she wearied of that amusement, he got her comfortably seated and, until she needed him again, passed the time in the smoking-room.
— from The Truth About Tristrem Varick: A Novel by Edgar Saltus

Charity vaunteth not itself', is not puffed up', doth not behave itself unseemly', seeketh not her own', is not easily provoked', thinketh no evil'; beareth' all things, believeth' all things, hopeth' all things, endureth' all things.
— from McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey

I have mentioned how passionately she needed to feel that her unhappiness should not have come to her through her own fault.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by Henry James

Some of the New York Protectionists declare that their object is merely the fostering of American manufactures until they are able to stand alone, the United States not having at present reached the point which had been attained by other nations when they threw Protection to the winds.
— from Greater Britain: A Record of Travel in English-Speaking Countries During 1866-7 by Dilke, Charles Wentworth, Sir

This positive assertion of an unrepentant spirit nonplussed his elders.
— from Coelebs: The Love Story of a Bachelor by F. E. Mills (Florence Ethel Mills) Young