Suppose thou beheldest her in a [5713] frosty morning, in cold weather, in some passion or perturbation of mind, weeping, chafing, &c., rivelled and ill-favoured to behold.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Yet it quickly becometh better when it so pleaseth Thee, and Thou puttest forth Thy hand to help me; because Thou alone canst aid without help of man, and canst so strengthen me that my countenance shall be no more changed, but my heart shall be turned to Thee, and rest in Thee alone.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas

Indeed her stately ritual, with its shaven and tonsured priests, its matins and vespers, its tinkling music, its baptism and aspersions of holy water, its solemn processions, its jewelled images of the Mother of God, presented many points of similarity to the pomps and ceremonies of Catholicism.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

surely the meeting for which I shall prepare to-morrow cannot so greatly affect me!
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

How little did the King or Holmes himself foresee the effects of the capture,—B.] so that we have been doing them mischief for a great while in several parts of the world; without publique knowledge or reason.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

It was in some parts pronounced Kirtha, and Cartha.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

At the end of the sitting he told me that he was obliged to remand me, and that during my remand I must not leave Paris or get married, as all my civil rights were in suspense pending the decision.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Sayis ang adlaw ang minimu karun, The minimum wage is six pesos a day.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Also in the procession, as a special guard of honour through the city, was the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company—an organisation already three hundred years old at that time, and the only military body in England possessing the privilege (which it still possesses in our day) of holding itself independent of the commands of Parliament.
— from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

I only know that nothing broke, that somehow I kept my hold, and that in the end the wire ran red-hot through my palms so that both were torn and bleeding when I stood panting beside Raffles in the flower-beds.
— from A Thief in the Night: Further adventures of A. J. Raffles, Cricketer and Cracksman by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

So far is worth from making glory sure, It often hinders what it should procure.
— from The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 by Edward Young

Is that to say that there was a 45-degree angle of declination from the point of origin to the point of impact, from the point of origin of the bullet where the bullet came from a gun until the point where it struck President Kennedy?
— from Warren Commission (02 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

"Well, it was mighty thoughtful in God," insisted Cousin Bill J., but Clytie said, however that was, it served Pharaoh right for getting his heart hardened so often.
— from The Seeker by Harry Leon Wilson

Hence, while others are slowly slaughtered, Williamson is still permitted to live, struggle, and endure.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 391, May, 1848 by Various

Its use on the present sad, solemn occasion were itself sufficient proof that the term implies no disrespect.
— from The Gospel of St. John by Joseph MacRory

Much of what I said passed him entirely by.
— from Children of the Tenements by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

I think that you will understand the text, and indeed the whole of St. Peter’s first Epistle, better, if I explain to you somewhat the state of the Eastern countries of the world in St. Peter’s time.
— from Discipline and Other Sermons by Charles Kingsley

In this stage, therefore, is the main trial of strength between its friends and opponents, 174 and it behooves every one to make up his mind decisively for this question, or he loses the main battle; and accident and management may, and often do, prevent a successful rallying on the next and last question, whether it shall pass.
— from The Legislative Manual, of the State of Colorado Comprising the History of Colorado, Annals of the Legislature, Manual of Customs, Precedents and Forms, Rules of Parliamentary Parliamentary Practice, and the Constitutions of the United States and the History of Colorado, Annals of the Legislature, Manual of Customs, Precedents and Forms, Rules of Parliamentary Practice, and the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Colorado. Also, Chronological Table of American History, Lists and Tables for Reference, Biographies, Etc. by Thomas B. Corbett