“See, ladies,” cried the officious Morrice, “I told you there was room; and I am sure this gentleman will be very happy to make way for you, if it's only out of good-nature to the waiters, as he is neither eating nor drinking, nor doing any thing at all.
— from Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 2 by Fanny Burney

It may well be questioned whether the whole history of warfare can record a parallel example of forgetfulness, utter forgetfulness, of all propriety to this loot-hunting game which Admiral Hope is now engaged in.
— from Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh: The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume II) by Augustus F. Lindley

Because my life has nothing to look forward to — in this world — and heaven is not enough; I want something in this world.
— from Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner

But that is why an hour is not enough; when I go to sleep, it must be an eternal sleep."
— from Through Night to Light: A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen

William Lang, Wig-Maker and Hair-Dreſſer, Hereby informs the Public, that he has hired a Perſon from EUROPE, by whoſe Aſſiſtance he is now enabled, in the ſeveral Branches of his Buſineſs, to ſerve his good Cuſtomers, and all others, in the moſt genteel and polite Taſtes that are at preſent in Faſhion in England and America.——In particular, WIGS made in any Mode whatever, ſuch as may grace and become the moſt important Heads, whether thoſe of Judges, Divines, Lawyers or Phyſicians; together with all thoſe of an inferior Kind, ſo as exactly to ſuit their reſpective Occupations and Inclinations.——HAIR-DRESSING, for Ladies and Gentlemen, performed in the moſt elegant and neweſt Taſte.——Ladies, in a particular Manner, ſhall be attended to, in the nice, eaſy, genteel and polite Conſtruction of ROLLS, ſuch as may tend to raiſe their Heads to any Pitch they deſire,——alſo French Curls, made in the neateſt Manner.
— from The Olden Time Series, Vol. 4: Quaint and Curious Advertisements Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts by Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks

I have not the statistics before me, but I should not be surprised to learn that that singular race of beings that live in the sewers of Paris were as healthy, if not even more so, than the operatives of some of those exquisitely beautiful, clean, air-tight factories of New England.
— from Lectures on Ventilation Being a Course Delivered in the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia by Lewis W. Leeds

The Italian, though by no means great as a dramatic author, was, as he is now, exceedingly good as an actor.
— from The Heritage of Dress: Being Notes on the History and Evolution of Clothes by Wilfred Mark Webb

We are all of us innocent of any witchcraft, and he is not even old enough to practise such things, being but an unmarried boy.
— from Marie: An Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard