But there are Lovers' Oaths, which, had they been true as love itself, cannot be kept; not to speak of Dicers' Oaths, also a known sort.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

And when she did finally put one leg over with a sort of stamp of despair—then the feeling was awful.
— from The Garden Party, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

Yes, and as true a wine, as the wines of France , Or Spaine , or Italy , Looke of what grape 100
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson

Ceres, most bounteous lady, thy rich leas Of wheat, rye, barley, vetches, oats, and pease; Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep, And flat meads thatch’d with stover, them to keep; Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims, 65 Which spongy April at thy best betrims, To make cold nymphs chaste crowns; and thy broom-groves , Whose shadow the dismissed bachelor loves, Being lass-lorn; thy pole-clipt vineyard; And thy sea-marge, sterile and rocky-hard, 70 Where thou thyself dost air;—the queen o’ the sky, Whose watery arch and messenger am I, Bids thee leave these; and with her sovereign grace , Here on this grass-plot, in this very place, To come and sport:— her peacocks fly amain: IV.
— from The Tempest The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by William Shakespeare

Angelique Madou at first dealt harshly with Cesar Birotteau, when he was unable to pay his debts; but she congratulated him, later on, when, as a result of his revived fortunes, the perfumer settled every obligation.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

When a man had married into a family where there was a whole litter of women, he might have plenty to put up with if he chose.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

Occasionally, when we stop to change, some two or three half-drunken loafers will come loitering out with their hands in their pockets, or will be seen kicking their heels in rocking-chairs, or lounging on the window-sill, or sitting on a rail within the colonnade: they have not often anything to say though, either to us or to each other, but sit there idly staring at the coach and horses.
— from American Notes by Charles Dickens

I see you frowning and getting up to read me a long lecture on what love is, and what sort of woman one can love, and what sort one cannot, and so on, and so on.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

To be sure, after all that had passed, it was very ridiculous to suppose it even probable that Lord Orville would again honour me with his choice; yet I am compelled to confess my absurdity, by way of explaining what follows.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

[Exeunt Duke, Senators, Officers. &c.] OTHELLO My life upon her faith!—Honest Iago, My Desdemona must I leave to thee: I pr'ythee, let thy wife attend on her; And bring them after in the best advantage.— Come, Desdemona, I have but an hour Of love, of worldly matters and direction, To spend with thee: we must obey the time.
— from Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare

"Infidelity to marriage vows is a fruitful source of divorce, with its long train of attendant evils, not the least of which are the shame and dishonor inflicted on unfortunate though innocent children.
— from The Vitality of Mormonism: Brief Essays on Distinctive Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by James E. (James Edward) Talmage

Then he went on to enlarge upon the terrible mental punishment this boy—this mere child—had already undergone, a consciousness which would last far into his after and maturer life, of what one act of carelessness had involved; and having expatiated thus and at some length, concluded by pathetically urging his worship to discharge the accused, and not to add further to his own sufferings and to those of his sorrowing relatives.
— from A Veldt Vendetta by Bertram Mitford

Special thanks are peculiarly due to those who have been its active, wise and unwavering friends, who have planned its course so truly, and set forth its purposes so clearly, that it will hereafter be misunderstood only by those who are unwilling to learn, or who are actively hostile to its beneficent aims.
— from The Red Cross in Peace and War by Clara Barton

We were kept waking by carts and roulage waggons arriving late and starting early, aided by the poor patient oxen, labouring on with their meek heads bound to the yoke, and the lantern tied between them.
— from A Ride on Horseback to Florence Through France and Switzerland. Vol. 2 of 2 Described in a Series of Letters by a Lady by Augusta Macgregor Holmes

As a matter of fact, it has been found more advantageous to use but one absorber and have it refilled as soon as it has gained 400 grams, thus allowing a liberal factor of safety and no danger of loss of water.
— from Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man by Thorne M. (Thorne Martin) Carpenter

Nigel Merriton fired a shot that night when Dacre Wynne disappeared, Mr. Headland; fired it after he had gone up to his room, a little over-excited with too much champagne, a little over-wrought by the scene through which he had just passed with the man who had always exercised such a sinister influence over his life."
— from The Riddle of the Frozen Flame by Mary E. Hanshew

I never heard of a ship called by it, but I once knew a poor lady on whom it had been inflicted at her baptism.
— from A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury

Also, in the very highest degree, inculcating that chivalrous love of woman—not women—which barbaric nations never knew.
— from An Unsentimental Journey through Cornwall by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik