Ah, never could it be that thou Beneath Sugríva's power shouldst bow, Thy conqueror is none but Fate Whose mandates all who breathe await.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

She courted Jip, though Jip never responded; listened, day after day, to the guitar, though I am afraid she had no taste for music; never attacked the Incapables, though the temptation must have been severe; went wonderful distances on foot to purchase, as surprises, any trifles that she found out Dora wanted; and never came in by the garden, and missed her from the room, but she would call out, at the foot of the stairs, in a voice that sounded cheerfully all over the house: ‘Where’s Little Blossom?’ H2 anchor CHAPTER 45.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

The prisoner, on the contrary, was at that time at a lonely spot called Marston’s Spinney, where he had been summoned by an anonymous note, couched in blackmailing terms, and threatening to reveal certain matters to his wife unless he complied with its demands.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

Philosophy and religion, instead of keeping it in check, are generally suborned to defend it; and nothing controls it but that
— from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

Whenever he closed his eyes in short and interrupted slumbers, his mind was agitated with painful anxiety; nor can it be thought surprising, that the Genius of the empire should once more appear before him, covering with a funeral veil his head, and his horn of abundance, and slowly retiring from the Imperial tent.
— 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

By means of the rivers it is open to navigation and capable of cultivation, when otherwise it would not be accessible, nor could it be occupied by inhabitants.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

A niece, Cynthia, is being treated for the dropsy by "drinking copiously of a decoction made by charring wormwood in a close vessel and putting the ashes into brandy, and every night being subjected to a heavy sweat."
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

This is certain, that if the world neglected Miss Sharp, she never was known to have done a good action in behalf of anybody; nor can it be expected that twenty-four young ladies should all be as amiable as the heroine of this work, Miss Sedley (whom we have selected for the very reason that she was the best-natured of all, otherwise what on earth was to have prevented us from putting up Miss Swartz, or Miss Crump, or Miss Hopkins, as heroine in her place!)
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

It is performed only when a new canoe is built and not when an old one is renovated.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

And now could it be that I was actually going to Europe?
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington

There existed, at the back of Mrs. Gray's house, a narrow court, inhabited by the poorest of the poor.
— from Rachel Gray: A Tale Founded on Fact by Julia Kavanagh

[131b] nor the infallibility of popes and councils; these are natural consequences indeed, but the distinctive character of the Romish church is tangibility .
— from Christian Sects in the Nineteenth Century by Caroline Frances Cornwallis

5. "Tell me," said Gangler, "what was the state of things ere the races mingled, and nations came into being."
— from The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Snorri Sturluson

Faithfully Translated from the French, with variorum Notes, and numerous characteristic Illustrations by Gustave Doré .
— from A List of Books Published by Chatto & Windus, November 1887 by Chatto & Windus (Firm)

On the same principle of reasoning, we think that the Gods are happy and immortal; for that nature which hath assured us that there are Gods has likewise imprinted in our minds the knowledge of their immortality and felicity; and if so, what Epicurus hath declared in these words is true: “That which is eternally happy cannot be burdened with any labor itself, nor can it impose any labor on another; nor can it be influenced by resentment or favor: because things which are liable to such feelings must be weak and frail.”
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Your Majesty’s kindness overpowers me; but my father’s state of health claims all my attention, nor could I be long absent from him; therefore, if your Majesty will permit me, I must decline your goodness with the deepest respect,” said Don Luis.
— from The Prime Minister by William Henry Giles Kingston

[277] Mind cannot be explained by being explained away, nor can it be explained as a development out of an original source in which the potentiality, or direction of change towards mind, was lacking.
— from John Dewey's logical theory by Delton Thomas Howard

( This title and Preface are not contained in Buchanan's editions. )
— from The Works of John Knox, Volume 1 (of 6) by John Knox

I inquire not what has brought you to this unhappy country; I am sure it can be nothing which lies not within the eye of honour, so I ask not concerning it; but on the contrary, I will tell you of myself what may surprise you—what will, at least, show that I am ready to trust you freely.
— from The Cock and Anchor by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Apparently no Church in Bohemia-Moravia publicly protested.
— from The Grey Book A collection of protests against anti-semitism and the persecution of Jews issued by non-Roman Catholic churches and church leaders during Hitlers rule by Johan M. Snoek