42. Suffice it to say that he received an offer of the high and responsible station of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts.—Webster.
43. That one purpose of malice faithfully pursued has quartered some people upon our national funds of homage as by a perpetual annuity.—De Quincey.
44. Though not more than twice as large as New England, it presented every variety of climate.—Prescott.
45. Although it was slipping down more than half a mile of undisturbed depth it appeared to be creeping at its own will and leisure.—King.
46. He did not seem so much desirous of provoking discussion by the questions which he asked, as of obtaining information at any rate.—Lamb.
47. Would to Heaven I could persuade you of this world-old fact, than which Fate is not surer, that Truth and Justice alone are capable of being conserved.—Carlyle.
48. But death was then scarcely intelligible to me, and I could not so properly be said to suffer sorrow as a sad perplexity.—De Quincey.
49. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.—Webster.
50. Their frequent overflow when forced back upon their currents by the strong sea, rendered the country almost uninhabitable.—Motley.
51. What if this man Odin should have felt that perhaps he was divine?—Carlyle.