art 'bove alarm, Quaffing thus the cup of gall— Canst thou face the grave with calm?— "Yes, the Christians smile at all.
— from Poems by Victor Hugo

The Cape of Good Hope was inhabited by a race of people almost as barbarous, and quite as incapable of defending themselves, as the natives of America.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

While our train stood in a station that night, and I was half asleep, Amar was awakened by another questioning official.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

And the first thing I have got to say is, that for my own part I hold my master Don Quixote to be stark mad, though sometimes he says things that, to my mind, and indeed everybody's that listens to him, are so wise, and run in such a straight furrow, that Satan himself could not have said them better; but for all that, really, and beyond all question, it's my firm belief he is cracked.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

When all hands were called it was nearly sunrise, and between that time and breakfast, although quite busy on board in getting up water-casks, etc., I had a good view of the objects about me.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

I knew it was silly, but they flattered me and said I was a beauty, and quantities of nonsense, so I let them make a fool of me.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Yet Shirley had been away all winter except for week-ends, and had always been a quiet fellow even when home.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

v [B6; a2] become a queen.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Then, he would relate to them how needy he used to be, and how she had taught him what he was otherwise too poor to learn, and how the old man had been used to say ‘she always laughs at Kit;’ at which they would brush away their tears, and laugh themselves to think that she had done so, and be again quite merry.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

This is especially necessary where the relation of the normal to the abnormal becomes a question.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

You have forgotten that behind these fortifications there is a garrison commanded by a man whose energy and bravery are beyond all question—the Duke de Sairmeuse.”
— from Monsieur Lecoq, v. 2 by Emile Gaboriau

Then indeed it is made apparent, beyond all question, who is the workman.
— from The Great Commission. Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, vol. IV by Charles Henry Mackintosh

Brass and copper are made in this manner as other metals be, of brimstone and quicksilver, and that happeneth when there is more of brimstone than of quicksilver, and the brimstone is earthy and not pure, with red colour and burning, and quicksilver is mean and not subtle.
— from Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century

It has by some authors truly been called the whale of the saurian race, for it is as big and quick in its motions as our king of the seas.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

To this political creed Cuthbert would give assent; but a quick memory whispered to his inner man, “Why then do my servants fight?”
— from The Broken Font: A Story of the Civil War, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Moyle Sherer

I speak now of colored jurors; and I submit, as beyond all question, that every reason or argument
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 19 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

Throughout the length of the tables old-fashioned gravy boats sailed from cover to cover—but I spared myself further contemplation of the scene, further shadowy participation in a feast which cost the affluent but a quarter, and a bell ringer nothing at all.
— from Faery Lands of the South Seas by James Norman Hall

Required the capacities in feet between a biped, a quadruped, and a centipede, and say whether the foot of Mr. Joseph Hume, being just as broad as it is long, may not be considered as a square foot.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete by Various

Sour milk and buttermilk are quite as good as cream of tartar, because the lactic acid which they contain combines with the soda and liberates carbon dioxide, and forms a harmless residue in the dough.
— from General Science by Bertha May Clark