Re-enter BUCKINGHAM and the rest Cousin of Buckingham, and sage grave men, Since you will buckle fortune on my back, To bear her burden, whe'er I will or no, I must have patience to endure the load; But if black scandal or foul-fac'd reproach Attend the sequel of your imposition, Your mere enforcement shall acquittance me From all the impure blots and stains thereof; For God doth know, and you may partly see, How far I am from the desire of this.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

My own theory, while fully accepting this, is that we are the most emotional, spiritualistic, and poetry-loving people also.)
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

In 1875 Mr. Evenson settled at Slater, Story County, Iowa.
— 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

Adj. fastidious, nice, delicate, delicat[obs3], finical, finicky, demanding, meticulous, exacting, strict, anal[vulg.], difficult, dainty, lickerish[obs3], squeamish, thin-skinned; squeasy[obs3], queasy; hard to please, difficult to please; querulous, particular, straitlaced, scrupulous; censorious &c. 932; hypercritical; overcritical.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

The example of fraud must excite suspicion: and the specious miracles by which the African Catholics have defended the truth and justice of their cause, may be ascribed, with more reason, to their own industry, than to the visible protection of Heaven.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

I had five rooms furnished in the most elegant style, and everything seemed to be calculated for love, pleasure, and good cheer.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

If there were descendants of any of the sisters, those descendants would have been entitled to quarter the arms, because the illegitimacy made each sister an heiress for heraldic purposes.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

The Law is what it is—a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us, each stone of which rests on another.
— from Justice by John Galsworthy

Prethee no more, and as thou art my best one, Ask something that may equal such a goodness.
— from Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 07 of 10 by John Fletcher

Second, we're continuing reconstruction efforts, and helping the Iraqi government to fight corruption and build a modern economy, so all Iraqis can experience the benefits of freedom.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

Of course there is much in both letters and journal of personal matters, even such as regarding an invitation to dine, or some other passing slight event; but there is no apparent reason why anything should have been omitted that has been inserted in this work.
— from The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886 by Various

19 A Gentleman applying for a Loan on the Insurance of his Life 46 A Gentleman applying to an Agent at a Watering-place for Lodgings 34 Reply 34 A Gentleman having visited a Property, making an Offer for it 48 Reply 49 A Gentleman in the Corn Trade to another 55 A Gentleman regretting he cannot Accept an Invitation 4 A Gentleman to a Friend relative to a Bill 59 A Gentleman ordering a Set of Harness from a Saddler 77 Saddler in reply 78 Gentleman in reply, objecting to Price 78 Saddler in reply 79 A Gentleman's Servant applying for a Situation 75 A Gentleman to a Friend, speaking of Kindness received at another Friend's House 36 Reply 37 A Letter from a Father to a Son at School, on the necessity of Attention to his Studies 22 A Letter from a Marine Engineer, seeking an eligible Partnership 47 A Letter of Condolence 30 A Letter to a Gentleman who has been making Enquiries about a Lady's Horse 40 An Application for a Donation to a Charitable Institution in the Country, such as Coal and Blanket Clubs, and Soup Kitchen 35 Reply, enclosing Donation 35 Reply, unfavourable 36 [v] An Application for an Appointment on a Railway 65 An Estate Agent, relative to a House of which his Client is anxious to dispose 71 Answer from a Landlord in reply to a Tenant, relative to Non-payment of Rent 63 An Application for a Situation in the Police 68 A Parent to his Daughter at Service 29 A Person desirous of entering into Partnership in a Lucrative Profession 70 Application for a Debt some time owing 74 Application for a House, Furnished, desiring Lowest Terms 43 Application for an outstanding Account 74 Application for Employment in an Auctioneer's and Estate Agent's Office 70 Application to Borrow Money 44 Reply granting the Loan 44 Applying for a Clerkship 66 Applying for an Account, and furnishing Particulars 75 Applying for a Situation as a Gardener 77 Applying to a Friend for a Recommendation, by a Young Man desirous of obtaining an Appointment
— from The Gentleman's Model Letter-writer A Complete Guide to Correspondence on All Subjects, with Commercial Forms by Anonymous

Tom Leslie, who might have been called by the more respectful and dignified name of "Thomas," but that no one had ever expended the additional amount of breath necessary to extend the name into two syllables, was a cadet of a leading family in a neighboring state, who at home had been reckoned the black sheep of the flock, because he would not settle quietly down like the rest to money-getting and the enjoyment of legislative offices; a man who at thirty had passed through much experience, seen a little dissipation, traveled over most States of the Union in the search for new scenery, or the fulfilment of his avocation as a newspaper correspondent and man of letters; been twice in Europe, alternately flying about like a madman, and sitting down to study life and manners in Paris, Vienna, and Rome, and gathering up all kinds of useful and useless information; taken a short turn at war in the Crimea, in 1853, as a private in the ranks of the French army; seen service for a few months in the Brazilian navy, from which he had brought a severe wound as a flattering testimonial.
— from Shoulder-Straps: A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Henry Morford

The iron or emergency ration, which is always carried on the soldier, and is only consumed under exceptional circumstances and at the direct order of an officer, consists of 1 lb. of preserved meat 1 lb. of biscuit, 5/8 oz. of tea, 2 oz. sugar, and two 1 oz. cubes of meat extract, such as Oxo.
— from The Motor-Bus in War Being the Impressions of an A.S.C. Officer during Two and a Half Years at the Front by A. M. Beatson

These children have lived with me ever since, and under my care have grown to womanhood."
— from The Duchess of Rosemary Lane: A Novel by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

His friends told him, with that candor which makes English society at once so refreshing and so amusing, that since Mrs. Lowell could not entertain, he was quite at liberty to accept all manner of invitations, and be under no obligation to return them.
— from James Russell Lowell, A Biography; vol 2/2 by Horace Elisha Scudder

It is mine, it is my own darling Rosalie, my pearl, my sunbeam, my flower, my every sweet and precious name in one.
— from Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz