But they are modifiable to a certain extent by experience, and on later occasions of meeting the exciting object, the instincts especially have less of the blind impulsive character which they had at first.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Moreover,” Isabel added, “my cousin gives me rather a sad account of Lord Warburton.”
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James

Some parts of Juan's history, which Rumour, That live gazette, had scatter'd to disfigure, She had heard; but women hear with more good humour Such aberrations than we men of rigour: Besides, his conduct, since in England, grew more Strict, and his mind assumed a manlier vigour; Because he had, like Alcibiades, The art of living in all climes with ease.
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

“It is not that I am afraid of learning by heart,” said Fanny, shocked to find herself at that moment the only speaker in the room, and to feel that almost every eye was upon her; “but I really cannot act.”
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

All my misfortunes are of little consequence, since thou, O God of gods, hast deigned to favour me with thy divine presence.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

So in a smaller way it must be first made clear that this female economic ideal is a part of that female variety of outlook and all-round art of life which we have already attributed to the sex: thrift is not a small or timid or provincial thing; it is part of that great idea of the woman watching on all sides out of all the windows of the soul and being answerable for everything.
— from What's Wrong with the World by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

There were poets abroad, of early date and of late, from the friend and eulogist of Shakespeare down to him who has recently passed into silence, and that musical one of the tribe who is still among us.
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

The only criticism of it will be that which Sam Weller passed on his own love letter, that the reader ‘will wish there was more of it’—which is the great art of letter-writing and of book-writing.”
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

Oh, Bessy, God is just, and our lots are well portioned out by Him, although none but He knows the bitterness of our souls.'
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

'We are only losing time here,' said he, 'for the thick boughs of the woods will shelter us as well as this chesnut-tree.'
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

'I shall not invite you,' replied her ladyship; 'none but admirers of Lord Cadurcis enter this house.'
— from Venetia by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

It is more by following the order of nature and of light in the disposition of the whole, that Paolo attained that illusion, which approaches to deception, than by the attempt of making fac similes of the parts.
— from The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume 1 (of 3) by Henry Fuseli

Under Kempt came up the question of giving legal status to Jews and Methodists, the question regarding the former going back some twenty years, when, under the administration of “little king Craig,” there was endless trouble over Mr. Ezekiel Hart’s presence in the House.
— from Humours of '37, Grave, Gay and Grim: Rebellion Times in the Canadas by Kathleen Macfarlane Lizars

I never publish anything of less than four hundred pages.
— from Daisy's Necklace, and What Came of It by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

There was extra bed-clothing and some linen to get, too, for Inez was an observant little thing and knew just what the sick girl needed.
— from Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays; Or, Rescuing the Runaways by Annie Roe Carr

Lord Walwyn came up to visit his grandson, and explain to him with much pity and consideration that he considered such a step as vain, and only likely to lead to further insult.
— from The Chaplet of Pearls by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

Aleman's, {229} representing the Ascension of Christ, Mary Magdalen, and the Awakening of Lazarus, the Entry into Jerusalem, the Descent of the Holy Ghost and the Apostles, all in the transept, together with those by his brother Arnao de Flanders, are the best,—better than most Flemish windows of the time in any European cathedral.
— from Cathedrals of Spain by John A. (John Allyne) Gade

Moreover the door was unlocked, having been simply pulled to by Sister Agnes on leaving, which explained why the streak of light showed larger than common.
— from Under Lock and Key: A Story. Volume 1 (of 3) by T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight

" Suddenly I saw approaching an open landau.
— from The Gates Between by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

He replied 'To my house, Sir: or to any other lock up house that you choose.'
— from The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Thomas Holcroft