In the iron the qualities are, in the main, inherent; but in ourselves they are largely matters of growth, culture, and development, and all are subject to the dominating will.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

And then they shall dig and mine so strongly, till that they find the gates that King Alexander let make of great stones, and passing huge, well cemented and made p. 177 strong for the mastery.
— from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

In a longing mind of going to see Brampton, but cannot get three days time, do what I can.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

"Go you to England, Lionel; return to sweet Idris and dearest Adrian; return, and let my orphan girl be as a child of your own in your house.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

The world still thinks of Poe as a "luckless man of genius."
— from The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

On the opposite side of the couch sat a little man of grave and dignified bearing, dressed in a white robe.
— from Pictures of Hellas: Five Tales of Ancient Greece by Peder Mariager

But Titian, impelled by Nature to greater excellence and perfection in his art, could not endure following the dry and laboured manner of Gentile, but designed with boldness and expedition.
— from Giorgione by Herbert Frederick Cook

The view was a layered mélange of golden crème and whisked effervescent void that was as succulent as taffy.
— from An Apostate: Nawin of Thais by Steven David Justin Sills

On investigation we found a large map of Gallipoli and the Dardanelles marked out in the soil, with hills and trenches and guns and battleships shown on it.
— from Eastern Nights - and Flights: A Record of Oriental Adventure. by Alan Bott

The late proceeding I will not say is contrary to law; it must be so; for the power which is claimed cannot, by any possibility, be a legal power in any limited member of government.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

I craved her forgiveness and lifted my offending gaze to the leaves above her head and maintained a dignified silence; whereupon she questioned me breathlessly, "Now what are ye thinking?"
— from Peregrine's Progress by Jeffery Farnol

A laboratory manual of general chemistry.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1955 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

As cultures cannot contravene psychological principles so they cannot, except in a limited measure, override geographical factors.
— from Culture & Ethnology by Robert Harry Lowie