Defender of the Faith , the title first given to Henry VIII, by Pope Leo X., for a volume against Luther, in defence of pardons, the papacy, and the seven sacraments.
— from Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

And to such a degree will the inherent unity of all prevail, that the traditions, rules, customs and distinctions in the fanciful life of these populations will be effaced and vanish away like isolated drops, once the great sea of oneness doth leap and surge and roll.
— from Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá by `Abdu'l-Bahá

It is not surprising therefore that the author asserts that the record of the Negro during the last fifty years shows that they are chiefly valuable as laborers in drudgery, or weak in foresight and thrift, and unfit for city life.
— from The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various

"What is it, lad?" he said, closing the volume, and laying it down on my entrance.
— from The Story of Francis Cludde by Stanley John Weyman