But these concessions would be such a barefaced violation of liberty, that they will probably be the last efforts of a despotic government.
— from Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume 1 (of 2) by John Hill Burton

It is quite possible, in taking what we believe to be a broad view of life, to overlook many of the things that go to make life.
— from The Threshold Grace: Meditations in the Psalms by Percy C. (Percy Clough) Ainsworth

There are, besides, various other little things which may require my attention.
— from For the Major: A Novelette by Constance Fenimore Woolson

Notwithstanding the invincible political obstacles which kept them apart, by virtue of language, they all gloried in the name of Hellas, and eagerly disputed who was best entitled to that name, and who had best illustrated its greatness.
— from The Anglo-Saxon Century and the Unification of the English-Speaking People by John R. (John Randolph) Dos Passos

A winter in London will open his eyes and give him a broader view of life; then he will behave in a more leisured manner.
— from Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Tom Bevan

For forty years had the Rev. Augustine been vicar of Lesser Thorpe, so by right of possession his wife had a title to her social throne.
— from A Woman's Burden: A Novel by Fergus Hume