He then seized on a ship which lay in the haven, and leaped into it, with two of his guards, and fled away into the midst of the lake.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

She fetched a napkin and laid in it the magic fruits from the enchanted garden, which sparkled and shone like the most beautiful jewels.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

Prayer looks abroad and asks for some foreign addition to come through some foreign virtue, and loses itself in endless mazes of natural and supernatural, and mediatorial and miraculous.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

As I went on thus, methought my chaise, the wreck of which look’d stately 29 enough at the first, insensibly grew less and less in its size; the freshness of the painting was no more—the gilding lost its lustre—and the whole affair appeared so poor in my eyes—so sorry!—so contemptible!
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

This time, at last, it is the real, the unmistakable thing, simple—passionate—perfect——’ ‘Well, let’s have it, then,’ said the Mole, after he had waited patiently for a few minutes, half-dozing in the hot sun.
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

A man is an idiot who can’t earn a living in India.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

To stay in this house any longer is impossible.
— from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde

Andrew Lang also contends for another derivation of exogamy (see below) and leaves it in doubt how these two explanations are related to each other.
— from Totem and Taboo Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics by Sigmund Freud

[The Member for Arcis.] LUPEAULX (Clement Chardin des), officer and politician, born about 1785; left in good circumstances by his father; who was ennobled by Louis XV., his coat-of-arms showing "a ferocious wolf of sable bearing a lamb in its jaws," with this motto: "En lupus in historia."
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

Cut the remainder of the pork in narrow strips, and lay it in gashes cut across the back of the fish about two inches apart.
— from The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes by Helen Campbell

Educated Jews who read this vicious paragraph, who think of mother, wife, and daughter, feel the degradation of it, and loathe its interpretation.
— from The Jews of Barnow: Stories by Karl Emil Franzos

A large increase in beer, any large increase is here, some large increase is clear, no large increase is dear.
— from Geography and Plays by Gertrude Stein

The idea, as it comes to an artist, is not a law imposing itself from without; it is a seed of life and energy springing from within.
— from English literary criticism by Charles Edwyn Vaughan

The pony is a loss, it is true; but I'm heartily glad you got through with so little damage, Guy.
— from The Gold Kloof by H. A. (Henry Anderson) Bryden

Thou art my brother and love is in thy bowels and in my heart.
— from Archæology and the Bible by George A. (George Aaron) Barton

At least it is a duty.
— from Danira by E. Werner

He knew perfectly that he was in love, and when a man of his age loves, it is for the remainder of his life.
— from The Heart of Denise, and Other Tales by S. (Sidney) Levett Yeats

The Italian version of the song has a national character both in rhythm and language; it is of little consequence whether Don Giovanni is supposed to be singing a well-known song, or improvising one.
— from Life of Mozart, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Otto Jahn

Before the restraints of government are lessened, it is fit that we should lessen the necessity for them.
— from The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume 1 (of 2) by Marshall, Julian, Mrs.