One branch of the new government is to be appointed by these legislatures; and under the Confederation, the delegates to Congress MAY ALL be appointed immediately by the people, and in two States(1) are actually so appointed.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

CYRANO (taking off his hat, and bowing as if the viscount had introduced himself): Ah?. . .and
— from Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

Miyoho Yoshiu, {420} in two volumes, is designed to prove that Shint[=o] and Buddhism are identical in their essence.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

So at noon home to dinner with my clerks, who have of late dined frequently with me, and I do purpose to have them so still, by that means I having opportunity to talk with them about business, and I love their company very well.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

This is situated in a deep and broad lake by the side of the temple at Buto, and it is said by the Egyptians that this island is a floating island.
— from An Account of Egypt by Herodotus

He was a brave and intrepid warrior, always the first in the battle-field; terrible in his anger, and intolerant of opposition: his countenance inspired awe in those who approached him, friends and foes alike.
— from The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole

Not a blow, as I learned, was struck any one of them.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

And, further, the indulgence of a bodily appetite is manifestly imprudent, if it involves the loss of any greater gratification of whatever kind: and otherwise wrong if it interferes with the performance of duties; though it is perhaps doubtful how far this latter indulgence would commonly be condemned as ‘intemperance.’
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

The substitution of scientific for superstitious habits of inference has not been brought about by any improvement in the acuteness of the senses or in the natural workings of the function of suggestion.
— from How We Think by John Dewey

Right, you say true: as Hereford's love, so his; As theirs, so mine; and all be as it is.
— from King Richard the Second by William Shakespeare

Brilliance and vigour is achieved when sopranos and altos progress in thirds doubled in octaves by tenors and basses also in thirds: 8 [ Sopr.
— from Principles of Orchestration, with Musical Examples Drawn from His Own Works by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

No sound of woe disturbs the air; but all is light and song, and wine and gorgeousness.
— from The Abominations of Modern Society by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage

The campaign of 1828, indeed, had already begun: and it was to be a campaign of personal vindication as well as of popular rights.
— from Union and Democracy by Allen Johnson

"There is only one man who can have such a book; and I know he would never part with it."
— from The League of the Leopard by Harold Bindloss

One day Julian sent for a barber, and in answer to the summons an official in a gorgeous uniform made his appearance.
— from Constantinople, painted by Warwick Goble, described by Alexander Van Millingen by Alexander Van Millingen

It was not more than half a mile from the great house, so that it was very convenient; and Bessy and I would often go with the children and indulge in reminiscences of the former scenes which had there occurred.
— from Poor Jack by Frederick Marryat

"Yes," roared out Sor Beppe, "my daughter is right—and you—you are pigs and beasts, and it is I who say it!
— from The Passport by Richard Bagot