but I see here neither apples nor pears, nor any other sort of fruit, everywhere nothing but cabbages," but at length he thought, "At a pinch I can eat some of the leaves, they do not taste particularly good, but they will refresh me."
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

I could have remained in England, or have gone to some other country; and perhaps I could even have lived unobserved in this.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

Divination, as practised in civilised Europe at the present day, is chiefly from cards, the tea-cup, and the lines on the palm of the hand.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

Governments and Parties in Continental Europe.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

At the end of the text, on the last page of the book, a poem is conspicuous, entitled, ‘Antonius Mota to the Public,’ consisting of four neat distichs, followed by another composition, containing five distichs by Joannes Salandus.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

It must be admitted that these collective beings, which are called combinations, are stronger and more formidable than a private individual can ever be, and that they have less of the responsibility of their own actions; whence it seems reasonable that they should not be allowed to retain so great an independence of the supreme government as might be conceded to a private individual.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

He appeared to have a pleasure in contradiction, especially when any opinion whatever was delivered with an air of confidence; so that there was hardly any topick, if not one of the great truths of Religion and Morality, that he might not have been incited to argue, either for or against.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

qualis in Eurotae ripis, aut per iuga Cynthi exercet Diana choros?”
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

First, All those manufactures of which any part is commonly exported to other European countries without a bounty, could be very little affected by the freest importation of foreign goods.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Also unmusical children have been successfully helped to play the piano by quoting a parallel in colour (e.g., of flowers).
— from Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Wassily Kandinsky

The pictures are like those everywhere else: A Christ, mingled fresh butter and pale rose in hue, a passion in colored engravings at six sous each.
— from A Tour Through the Pyrenees by Hippolyte Taine

Deppe showed me the list of compositions that she has already played in concerts elsewhere, and I was astonished at the variety and compass of it.
— from Music-Study in Germany, from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Amy Fay

I submit that Keitel’s vital part, again, in the preparation for the aggression against Poland is clearly established beyond possibility of dispute.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 5 by Various

Fine effects of light are produced in consequence, especially when the street dives beneath houses through dark arches.
— from The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson

A religious feeling, strong though misdirected, evidently existed both in king and people, involving considerable expenditure on objects and places of worship.
— from The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by William Heaford Daubney

Generally whenever two conductors in different electrical conditions are put in contact, electricity will flow from one to the other.
— from Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare Containing a Complete and Concise Account of the Rise and Progress of Submarine Warfare by Charles William Sleeman

But we must, of course, wait and see Lady Dunstable—though how you will explain your coming, and get yourself—and me—out of this absurd predicament, I cannot even pretend to imagine!"
— from A Great Success by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.