In an earlier part of this inquiry I have dwelt in strong language—hardly any language is strong enough to express the strength of my conviction—on the importance of that portion of the operation of free institutions which may be called the public education of the citizens.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

Both had risen, Philip as if to go, and Laura in suppressed excitement.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

The major was about to speak, when Andrea continued, in a low voice: “Nonsense, I am going to set you an example of confidence, they give me 50,000 francs a year to be your son; consequently, you can understand that it is not at all likely I shall ever deny my parent.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

This view of the crystals as en rapport was the supposition that occurred to Mr. Wace, and to me at least it seems extremely plausible…
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Woe to the adversities of the world, once and again, and the third time, from the longing for prosperity, and because adversity itself is a hard thing, and lest it shatter endurance.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Interest, however, still runs on in both cases;—the periodical or accidental payments of it, just serving to keep the memory of the affair alive; till, at length, in some evil hour, pop comes the creditor upon each, and by demanding principal upon the spot, together with full interest to the very day, makes them both feel the full extent of their obligations.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

At last it struck eleven and he made up his mind, once for all, that if that “damned” Agafya did not come back within ten minutes he should go out without waiting for her, making “the kids” promise, of course, to be brave when he was away, not to be naughty, not to cry from fright.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

y el canto triste y monótono del gallo, que a largos intervalos sonaba en una lejana choza y era contestado en otra, como el ¡alerta!
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Again, if we take any two points on a line, it seems evident that there must be other points between them however small the distance between them may be: every distance can be halved, and the halves can be halved again, and so on ad infinitum .
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

As a lesson in social education, Cambridge House gave much subject for thought.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

And I console myself with the persuasion that for this day at least I shall escape an indigestion.
— from Gouverneur Morris by Theodore Roosevelt

What need was there of all that prelude of mysterious doctrines, if we are only to be landed at last in such elementary and obvious moralities?
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. Paul to the Colossians and Philemon by Alexander Maclaren

He had not been a laggard in study, either.
— from Camp and Trail: A Story of the Maine Woods by Isabel Hornibrook

Hancock's well at Luckington is so extremely cold that in summer one cannot long endure one's hand in it.
— from The Natural History of Wiltshire by John Aubrey

Mollie sat and looked in speechless expectation.
— from The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week by May Agnes Fleming

There the poor little lonely frightened girl wept and wailed and cried out for her father and Hector, until at last, in sheer exhaustion, she lapsed into a sort of stupor and knew no more.
— from Ti-Ti-Pu: A Boy of Red River by J. Macdonald (James Macdonald) Oxley