The chickadee ( Parus carolinensis ), tsĭkĭlilĭ′ , and the tufted titmouse, ( Parus bicolor ), utsu′ʻgĭ , or u′stûtĭ , are both regarded as news [ 286 ] bringers, but the one is venerated as a truth teller while the other is scoffed at as a lying messenger, for reasons which appear in the story of Nûñyunu′wĭ (q. v.).
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

In setting forth these Morse lectures, I have purposely robbed my pages of all appearance of erudition, by using as few uncouth words as possible, by breaking up the matter into paragraphs of moderate length, by liberally introducing subject-headings in italics, and by relegating all notes to the appendix.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

And only those historical subjects are to be chosen the chief point of which can actually be represented, and not merely arrived at by thought, otherwise the nominal significance is too remote from the real; what is merely thought in connection with the picture becomes of most importance, and interferes with what is perceived.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

To Thee, whose temple is all space, Whose altar earth, sea, skies, One chorus let all being raise, All Nature’s incense rise!
— from An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires by Alexander Pope

She couldn’t be left at Bright River anyhow, no matter what mistake had been made, so all questions and explanations might as well be deferred until he was safely back at Green Gables.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

By giving up the one, we degrade our being; by giving up the other, we do our best to annul it; and, as no temporal good can indemnify us for the loss of either, it would be an offence against both reason and nature to renounce them at any price whatsoever.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Ang bungbung ray amang nga saksi sa ílang gibúhat, The walls were the mute witnesses to their deeds.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Any mention of her 'works' always had a bad effect upon Jo, who either grew rigid and looked offended, or changed the subject with a brusque remark, as now.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

To separate things so closely bound together as are mind and body, reason and nature, is consequently a violent and artificial divorce, and a man of judgment will instinctively discredit any philosophy in which it is decreed.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

They are becoming rather a nuisance, aren't they?"
— from Virginia by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

Therefore, at the first fatal opening of this contest, the wisest course seemed to be to put an end as soon as possible to the immediate causes of the dispute, and to quiet a discussion, not easily settled upon clear principles, and arising from claims which pride would permit neither party to abandon, by resorting as nearly as possible to the old, successful course.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

When they came up it was found that not one of them had been injured by the shower of bullets which had whistled about their ears thicker than any hailstones they ever saw, but they were all pale and nervous, and begged Rodney and Ned to take them out of the woods by the shortest and easiest route.
— from Sailor Jack, the Trader by Harry Castlemon

The sentiment of opposition to the Slave Power, to the extension of Slavery, and to its longer continuance, wherever under the Constitution the National Government is responsible for it, though recognized by individuals, and adopted by a small and faithful party, is now for the first time the leading principle of a broad, resolute, and national organization.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 02 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

His face at first wore the melancholy expression, almost despondency, of one who travels a wild and bleak road, at nightfall and alone, but soon brightened up when he saw the kindly warmth of his reception.
— from Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

When Brother Wharton was compelled to leave us to meet an engagement in another church, the Pastor continued the meetings for another week, assisted by Rev. A. N. Wyckoff, of the Canal St. Presb.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 35, No. 2, February, 1881 by Various

[269] The Haidahs, compared with other North American Indians, may be called an intelligent, honest, and brave race, although not slow under European treatment to become drunkards, gamblers, and thieves.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 1, Wild Tribes The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

We shall compel it to respect the brotherly greeting of such a man as Bertrand Russell, a new apostle Paul, "ad Americanos"; we shall compel the world to respect these men whose souls have remained free, these men who from their prisons in Europe and their prisons in America, clasp hands across the sea, and across the ocean that is yet wider than the Atlantic, the ocean of human folly.
— from The Forerunners by Romain Rolland

"—And why not now, while every artery beats rapidly, and nature is alive?
— from The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire