Besides, had his jewels been missing at the gate of the Celestial City, he had (and that he knew well enough) been excluded from an inheritance there; and that would have been worse to him than the appearance and villainy of ten thousand thieves.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan by John Bunyan

] I shall conclude this subject of extension with a paradox, which will easily be explained from the foregoing reasoning.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

There will, evidently, be every facility, for I read those hints, which have puzzled you, as intimating anything but reserve once you are admitted into the inner arcana of their lives, or I am much mistaken.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

A number of Spaniards had been claiming for their own countrymen such safeguards of personal liberty as were enjoyed by Englishmen, for no other government in Europe then paid any attention to the rights of the individual.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig

When he whom every body else flatters, flatters me, I then am truly happy.'
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

Then while Eurynome the mandate bears, From heaven Minerva shoots with guardian cares; O'er all her senses, as the couch she press'd, She pours, a pleasing, deep and death-like rest, With every beauty every feature arms, Bids her cheeks glow, and lights up all her charms; In her love-darting eyes awakes the fires (Immortal gifts!
— from The Odyssey by Homer

Such institutions were established, buildings erected, faculties gathered, lecture and class rooms crowded with eager pupils, as {212} by the magic wand of some scholastic magician.
— from Two Centuries of New Milford Connecticut An Account of the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the Town Held June 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1907, With a Number of Historical Articles and Reminiscences by Various

Glances only between Leo and Rosie were exchanged, but each formed the resolution sometime, if possible, to know the other.
— from The Harris-Ingram Experiment by Charles E. (Charles Edward) Bolton

Huge rookeries and tenements, whose every brick exudes filth, teem with miserable folk.
— from The Investment of Influence: A Study of Social Sympathy and Service by Newell Dwight Hillis

This language is a little of the strongest in your books and from your pulpits, though there it may well enough be excused from religious zeal and the native warmth of nonconformity.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 1 Miscellaneous Prose by Charles Lamb

The "Pelican," or "Golden Hind," which belonged to Drake himself, was but 120 tons, at best no larger than a modern racing yawl, though perhaps no racing yawl was ever better equipped for the work which she had to do.
— from School Reading by Grades: Sixth Year by James Baldwin

Besides, had his jewels been missing at the gate of the Celestial City, he had (and that he knew well enough) been excluded from an inheritance there; and that would have been worse to him than the appearance and villany of 10,000 thieves.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan

James Northcote , R.A., THE CONVERSATIONS OF, AND JAMES WARD. Edited by Ernest Fletcher .
— from A Catalogue of Books and Announcements of Methuen and Company, October 1902 by Methuen & Co.

Considering the great opportunity for white men in callings where blacks are not admitted it does not seem likely that they will ever be excluded from skilled trades, though subject to more competition than in the past.
— from The Southern South by Albert Bushnell Hart

When you talk with this Limitation, you behave your self so as that you may expect others in Conversation may second your Raillery; but when you do it in a Stile which every body else forbears in Respect to their Quality, they have an easy Remedy in forbearing to read you, and hearing no more of their Faults.
— from The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 With Translations and Index for the Series by Steele, Richard, Sir