I desire to speak somewhere without bounds; like a man in a waking moment, to men in their waking moments; for I am convinced that I cannot exaggerate enough even to lay the foundation of a true expression.
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

And therefore whoso will go right way, men go from Trebizond toward Armenia the Great unto a city that is clept Erzeroum, that was wont to be a good city and a plenteous; but the Turks have greatly wasted it.
— from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

La propaganda agrícola es allí casi tan intensa como en los Estados Unidos, y se realiza mediante escuelas de agricultura, estaciones experimentales y conferencias públicas dadas a los agricultores por peritos que,
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

It stood, silent and impassive, with forward-drooping, heavy shoulders, watching the approaching cutter through inscrutable chipmunk eyes.
— from Blazed Trail Stories, and Stories of the Wild Life by Stewart Edward White

They found a practical way to assemble capital and ability, and coordinate them in constructive enterprise.
— from The Three Charters of the Virginia Company of London With Seven Related Documents; 1606-1621 by Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation

Having heard a great deal about the intellectuality of the Athens, and its superiority in genius, in taste, and in literature, above every other city in the world, I made a point of examining, with all the care and candour that I could exercise.
— from The Modern Athens A dissection and demonstration of men and things in the Scotch Capital. by Robert Mudie

I can no more understand my delight in the sweet breath of a cow, than I can explain the process by which, that day in the garden—but I must not forestall, and will say rather—than I can account for the tears which, now I am an old woman, fill my eyes just as they used when I was a child, at sight of the year's first primrose.
— from The Flight of the Shadow by George MacDonald

He only who realises this fact and conforms to it can enter on married life with any certainty of happiness.
— from Youth and Sex: Dangers and Safeguards for Girls and Boys by Frederick Arthur Sibly

A contemporary writer has proved to us that Ireland has, at one time and another, contributed her full share of notable personages to our population; and Colonel Talbot is certainly entitled to rank among the most remarkable of them all.
— from The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volume 3 (of 4) by John Charles Dent

Papa is exactly like me, or, rather, I am exactly like him, only he is a hundred times [191] better looking and more fascinating and charming than I can ever hope to be.”
— from Molly Brown's Freshman Days by Nell Speed

Laying Bull-dog carefully down, he examined the obstruction, and found there was a small opening at the top, and that the mass was of such a character that it could easily be removed with pick and shovel, but he had nothing.
— from The Award of Justice; Or, Told in the Rockies: A Pen Picture of the West by A. Maynard (Anna Maynard) Barbour

At Glasgow they were entertained by the professors, and saw 'the elegant printing of the Scottish Stephani, the Messrs Foulis,' and no doubt their guide managed to remind their excellencies of a certain Tour in Corsica emanating thence.
— from James Boswell by W. Keith (William Keith) Leask