Why dost thou not grieve thou art a mortal man, and not governor of the world?
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

H2 anchor VII Presently the soldiers came to learn what was in course of agitation, and Neon gave out that Xenophon had persuaded the other generals to adopt his views, and had a plan to cheat the soldiers and take them back to the Phasis.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

He learned then a lesson that stood by him better than any university teaching ever did--the meaning of a November gale on the mid-Atlantic--which, for mere physical misery, passed endurance.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

He never offered to take Winnie to theatres, as such a nice gentleman ought to have done.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

In this they told an untruth, as it is very well known there are neither goldmines on the Punta de Cotoche nor even in whole Yucatan.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

They hang us now in Shrewsbury jail: The whistles blow forlorn, And trains all night groan on the rail To men that die at morn.
— from A Shropshire Lad by A. E. (Alfred Edward) Housman

The Huron chief, therefore, stepped eagerly out a little from the throng, to a spot whence he might catch a nearer glimpse of the features of the man, whose decision was likely to produce so deep an influence on his own fortunes.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

We staid at this great convent all night, guests of the hospitable priests.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

“But I am not guilty of this blood; I did not know of this.”
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz

The purport of the second part, upon which we are now entering, is giving a fuller statement of the nature and normal growth of thinking, preparatory to considering in the concluding part the special problems that arise in connection with its education.
— from How We Think by John Dewey

"And now, gentlemen of the jury, I am not going to detain you too long.
— from The Debs Decision by Scott Nearing

The conscious effort which at first he had to make seemed to give him an impetus, to send him onward with a rush so that he outdistanced his companions. Had any one observed him closely during that ride to the fair he might well have thought that here was a nature given over to happiness, a nature that was utterly sunny in the sun.
— from The Call of the Blood by Robert Hichens

[11] Moranti, a negro boy from the Danish colony existing at that day on the Gold Coast, who, with another lad and Chamberlain Brandt, had to dress and undress the king, and a negro girl of ten years of age, formed the daily society of the autocrat Christian VII., who, according to the anonymous correspondent just quoted, was so inexpressibly beloved by the whole nation.
— from Life and Times of Her Majesty Caroline Matilda, Vol. 2 (of 3) Queen of Denmark and Norway, and Sister of H. M. George III. of England by Wraxall, Lascelles, Sir

And I'd just as lief as not go over the other side of the city if it will be any more agreeable to a sick person.
— from Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Brander Matthews

He was found guilty on the first and last charges and not guilty on the second count, being sentenced to six months' hard labour and to pay a fine of £500, or to suffer a further term of twelve months' hard labour in lieu of the fine.
— from Cecil Rhodes, Man and Empire-Maker by Radziwill, Catherine, Princess

A small garden, on the other hand, which admits not grandeur, ought to be strictly regular.
— from Elements of Criticism, Volume III. by Kames, Henry Home, Lord

Atheistic theory stated, does not satisfy human longing, 646-u. Athom, Amun, Phtha, Osiris of the Egyptians, are personifications of the Sun, 594-u. Athom-Re was superior to all Nature Gods, was symbolized by Light, 584-l. Athom, the Being that was, is and is to come, the Great God, 584-l. Athom, the Supreme God of the Egyptians, above Amun, 597-l. Athom, the Supreme God of Upper Egypt, same as Om and Brehm, 584-l. Atik Yomin, the Ancient of Days of the Kabala, 727-m. Atika Kadischa, the name for the three heads of Adam Kadmon in the Sohar, 758-u. Atomic school made variety proceed from combinations of atoms, 676-m. Attributes do not exist without substance, 572-l. Attributes, God only revealed by his, 267-l. Attributes of Deity personified, 271-m. Attributes of Deity symbolized in order to give an idea of God, 513-l. Attributes of God are man's virtues, 704-u. Attributes of God are the Adjectives of One Great Substantive, 574-l. Attributes of God presents the whole Divine Essence under one aspect, 555-m. Attributes of God presents the whole Divine Essence of one aspect, 555-m. Attributes of One God become separate divinities, 672-l. Attributes of the Soul, or God, are not God or the Soul, 573-u. Attributes, the title of God may be applied to each,
— from Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike

[50] The report was in the following words:— "1. Resolved , That it is the opinion of this committee that a national government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme legislative, executive, and judiciary.
— from History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, Vol. 2 With Notices of Its Principle Framers by George Ticknor Curtis

In this chiefly consists the Art of making a Nation glorious, or the Crime of debasing them into Servitude or Slavery.
— from The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada Which are dependent on the Province of New-York, and are a barrier between the English and the French in that part of the world by Cadwallader Colden