Paying the jail fee, and writing him a pass, underneath which was a note to Epps, requesting him not to whip him on his return, Wiley was sent back to Bayou Bœuf.
— from Twelve Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana by Solomon Northup

He half feared to displease him; but he trusted that his generous kindness would be administered so delicately, as not to excite repulse.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

This was a note that effectually roused him from the lethargy of his sorrow; and the desire of taking vengeance on the oppressor, who had ruined his fortune, and made his nearest relations miserable, so entirely engrossed his thoughts, as to leave no room for other considerations.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Suffolk and Norfolk thus each received a separate bishopric.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

The wind continuing light, but with frequent squalls, from north-northeast, the French, running before it, kept the puffs longer and neared the English rapidly, Suffren's intention to attack the rear being aided by Hughes's course.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

By that time we were so anxious and nervous that even Richard confessed, as we rattled over the stones of the old street, to feeling an irrational desire to drive back again.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Comme le disait Patrick Altman dans Libération (du 6 avril 2000, ndlr), ce système de mise au net totalement exclusive représenterait "la première fois depuis la tradition orale, [qu']un vecteur de transmission de la culture permet[trait] de donner sans être dessaisi de son don".
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

For they do not satisfy all the aims which are natural to every rational being, and which are determined a priori by pure reason itself, and necessary.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

Despatch from the above named to Ercole, Rome, June 13, 1493, in the state archives of Modena.
— from Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Ferdinand Gregorovius

305 The territory which they inhabit extends from Big Sioux River, between the Missouri and the Mississippi, down the latter to Rock River, and northwards to Elk River; then westwards, in a line which includes the sources of St. Peter's River, and reaches the Missouri below the Mandan villages, stretches down it, crosses it near Heart River, and includes the whole country on the western bank, to the Black Hills about Teton River, as far as Shannon River.
— from Maximilian, Prince of Wied's, Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, part 1 by Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von

Science is of such a nature, that every rural physic-man laments because there are no means of curing working-men, because he is so poor that he has not the means to place the sick man in the proper hygienic conditions; and at the same time this physician complains that there are no hospitals, and that he cannot get through with his work, that he needs assistants, more doctors and practitioners.
— from On the Significance of Science and Art by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Olivier had an intuitive perception of the souls of men, and a mind of a wide, subtle curiosity that was open to everything, denied nothing, hated nothing, and contemplated the world and things with generous sympathy: that freshness of outlook, which is a priceless gift, granting the power to taste with a heart that is always new the eternal renewal and re-birth.
— from Jean-Christophe in Paris: The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House by Romain Rolland

In the Hitler Youth, the young German should learn by experience that there are no theoretical equal rights of the individual but only a natural and unconditional subordination to leadership.
— from Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado by Various

Let none of these their dreary accents sing; Ne let the woods them answer, nor their echo ring.
— from The Flower of the Mind by Alice Meynell

Let none of these their dreary accents sing; Nor let the woods them answer, nor their echo ring.
— from The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson

Other faculties and powers, as the reason and the judgment, for instance, come to maturity nearer the age of manhood, and the normal period for their cultivation is accordingly near the end, rather than near the beginning, of an educational course.
— from In the School-Room: Chapters in the Philosophy of Education by John S. (John Seely) Hart

Another suggestion for Angelina, should she be asked to write down a list of things she is most anxious to receive as presents—a good plan, by the way, for birthdays and Christmas, and one we always follow, as then one is sure of receiving something one requires, and not the endless rubbish that accumulates when well-meaning friends send gifts quâ gifts to rid themselves of an obligation; and who crack their brains pondering what you would like, and at last send you something you not only don’t want but think hideous, albeit it may have cost pounds.
— from From Kitchen to Garret: Hints for young householders by J. E. (Jane Ellen) Panton