In Massachusetts the percentage of white illiteracy is eight-tenths of one per cent, while in South Carolina it is thirteen and six-tenths per cent; also in South Carolina there is a property qualification for voters—and for these and other reasons child labor is the rule, and so the cotton mills were driving those of Massachusetts out of the business.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

I feel I should kill her again if she came to life!
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“But as I shall certainly be that mad woman,” cries Sophia, “I hope his visits shall not be intruded upon me.”
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

Athanasius is servilely copied by Socrates, (l. ii. c. 26;) but Sozomen, who discovers a more liberal temper.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

The wallpaper, as I said before, is torn off in spots, and it sticketh closer than a brother—they must have had perseverance as well as hatred.
— from The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

I saw the disorder that prevailed, trembled at it, sometimes complained, but was never attended to.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Much as I desire to spare your master's feelings, much as I am puzzled by this note which seems to prove him to be still alive, I shall consider it my duty to break in that door."
— from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Dimly illumined by the lamp, she sat motionless, save that at intervals she chafed her hands, for the night air was beginning to grow chilly.
— from Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have made thee ruler over Israel, thou wilt be glad to remember that thou hast shed no blood without a cause, or in revenge.”
— from The Garden of Eden: Stories from the first nine books of the Old Testament by George Hodges

In the eldest daughter I beheld the image of Laura; for that I felt attached to her for the present; and I sometimes conceived it probable that hereafter I might learn to love her for her own sake.—Alas, it was thus that I amused myself with the visions of distant years, while I stood in reality on the brink of the precipice!
— from Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are by William Godwin

And I still can't picture the two.
— from Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

Her dark, dilated eyes rested on Birkin, as if she could conjure the truth of the future out of him, as out of some instrument of divination.
— from Women in Love by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

‘I have already heard that—it requires proof, however—give it me,’ said Tiberius, with an incredulous smile curling his lip.
— from Neæra: A Tale of Ancient Rome by Graham, John W. (John William), active 1886-1887

Expansion of the American graphite industry during the war, and its subsequent collapse, have resulted in agitation for a duty on imports of foreign graphite.
— from The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

She smiles when they come to her and in strict confidence unfold their plans for future greatness; but is such a patient listener, and so ready a sympathizer, that she is rapidly winning their admiration and love.
— from Wakulla: a story of adventure in Florida by Kirk Munroe

"So you've found out all about it," Sir Clement said.
— from The Cardinal Moth by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White