In such a night Did pretty Jessica, like a little shrew, Slander her love, and he forgave it her.
— from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

He shuddered, as no doubt the bravest cowers When he can't tell what 'tis that doth appal.
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

They also visit the house of the prince apparent, where they hear their first concert of Visayan music and see a native dance.
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

Vivitur parvo bene, cui paternum / Splendet in mensa tenui salinum; / Nec leves somnos timor aut cupido / Sordidus aufert —He lives well on little on whose frugal board the paternal salt-cellar shines, and whose soft slumbers are not disturbed by fear or the sordid passion for gain.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

I know there be some of opinion, that covetous men are happy, and worldly, wise, that there is more pleasure in getting of wealth than in spending, and no delight in the world like unto it.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

New trials upon new points still arose, new doubts, new matters to be cleared; in short, lawyers seldom part with so good a cause till they have got the oyster and their clients the shell.
— from The History of John Bull by John Arbuthnot

the cauline leaf as well as the stem of the last season are now dead, but in rispect to it's form &c. it is simple, crenate, & oblong, reather more obtuse at it's apex than at the base or insertion; it's margin armed with prickles while it's disks are hairy, it's insertion decurrent and position declining.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

An Arab of the Benou-Fazarat said one day to an Arab of the Benou-Azra: "You, Benou-Azra, you think it a sweet and noble death to die of love; but therein is a manifest weakness and stupidity; and those whom you take for men of great heart are only madmen and soft creatures."
— from On Love by Stendhal

An armed nation—whatever it may do or submit to—is essentially a free nation, and whatever such a nation determines upon, that it can do and have, in spite of any ruling class."
— from British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals by J. Ellis Barker

Now that the main principles necessary to success are coming to be recognized, the points of difference between the rival schemes are narrowing down, and, as mentioned in the last chapter, there is a family likeness between many of the newer projects.
— from International Language, Past, Present & Future With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark

No wonder she stood amazed, never doubting they were addressed to Harris, at the first words—Willett's words—to reach her ears!
— from Tonio, Son of the Sierras: A Story of the Apache War by Charles King

What to do, he knew not, an’ by coorse he was at a sad amplush, no doubt of it.
— from The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 50, June 12, 1841 by Various

Then, after a pause, she added, "Neither do blessings!
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

The letters S. P. Q. R. in a shield, are no doubt intended to denote the place, Rome, where she saw the vision, and where she died.
— from A Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical by Henry G. (Henry George) Bohn

“You are fortunate,” exclaimed C., as he kindly came to take his seat beside me, “in being a guest with some of our most remarkable illustrations of the ancient régime —men who remain, few in 15 number, to tell the generation of our day what is meant by the ‘wits’ and beaux esprits of a period which, although not distant, yet seems driven centuries back by the rapidity with which new eras, new societies, and new dynasties have succeeded each other.
— from Reminiscences of Prince Talleyrand, Volume 1 (of 2) by Colmache, M., active 19th century

"You look as if you haven't slept all night, dearie," I said.
— from Further Chronicles of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

The address concluded with thanks to them for their despatch in carrying out the recent "unnecessary" poll in connection with the [pg 475] election of new sheriffs, and not delaying the matter by troublesome adjournments.
— from London and the Kingdom - Volume 2 A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London. by Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson) Sharpe

Trade unionism, I cannot emphasize it too much—was and is still a necessary step in the development and education of the workingman; but it is only a step, and nothing demonstrates the inadequacy of trade unionism better than the conditions of unemployment that have existed during the last two years not only in the United States of America, but almost throughout the entire civilized world.
— from Twentieth Century Socialism: What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come by Edmond Kelly