Richard III, too, is delightful as the whimsical comedian who stops a funeral to make love to the corpse's widow; but when, in the next act, he is replaced by a stage villain who smothers babies and offs with people's heads, we are revolted at the imposture and repudiate the changeling.
— from Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by Bernard Shaw

I know not whether or not her ardor would have been more satisfied with this visit, her pride at least would have been flattered by it, and I already rejoiced at the idea of my convincing her, in every respect, that I knew how to repair the wrongs I had done.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The conferencing software automatically records all that is said.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

"Then come to me," said he of the Grove, "and rest assured that it is to woe itself and affliction itself you come."
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

He keeps a suit-case always ready, and the instant he is at liberty, he bolts with it to the station, and changes in the train.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Too little, if he could not invent a cause of quarrel which would give him the sympathy of the jury; too much, if he evolved from his own inner consciousness anything so outré as a dying reference to a rat, and the incident of the vanishing cloth.
— from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated by Arthur Conan Doyle

In some remarkable sculptures, where the sun's rays are represented as terminating in hands, the offerings which these bring are many a crux ansata , emblematic of the truth that a fruitful union is a gift from the deity.
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, on the Assyrian Sacred "Grove," and Other Allied Symbols by Thomas Inman

Accordingly it cannot be said that the love of solitude is an original characteristic of human nature; it is rather the result of experience and reflection, and these in their turn depend upon the development of intellectual power, and increase with the years.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Counsels and Maxims by Arthur Schopenhauer

That is the Lady of the lake, said Merlin; and within that lake is a rock, and therein is as fair a place as any on earth, and richly beseen, and this damsel will come to you anon, and then speak ye fair to her that she will give you that sword.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

“I don't know about ruin,” answered Tom; “I know that you and I would have had the sack long ago if it hadn't been for him.
— from Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

Yieldinge and payeinge therefore yearly for ever unto his Maj tie his heires and successors a full growne Bore at or upon y e Feast and Birth of our Lord Christ if lawfully demanded which payment shall be accepted reputed and taken in full satisfaction and discharge of all other rents services duties taxes or Impositions layed or to be layed by any Law authortie Custome or Usage Whatsoever.
— from Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume 2 (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Mrs. Lanaghan

As may be supposed, we went first of all on that morning to the church in the dim daybreak, and there heard mass and sought for blessing on our going and returning, and then I went and saw all ready for the ride.
— from A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler

The first visceral process is different in shape from the others, for it sends forward, parallel with the head and at right angles to its downward portion, an upper portion in which later the upper jaw is formed.
— from Form and Function: A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

One quaint title presents a very odd association: Newes from Hell and Rome and the Innes of Court .
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

We can easily understand this if we suppose a grating through which a strip of tin is passed; but the strip will be stopped by bars at right angles to it.
— from Popular Scientific Recreations in Natural Philosphy, Astronomy, Geology, Chemistry, etc., etc., etc. by Gaston Tissandier

I care not to be carried with the tide, that smoothly bears human life to eternity; and reluct at the inevitable course of destiny.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays by Charles Lamb

On the day before the money was to be repaid I went to the bank, and drew it out in hard coin, and received, also, the interest--with which interest I purchased, as I had previously determined, the handsome lever-watch I have ever since worn, and the handsome gold chain you see round my neck.
— from Self-Doomed: A Novel by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

Should I write again, I shall still adopt the same popular style, for no other can be adapted to a newspaper communication, and the subject-matter is as interesting to the public, and every head of a family, as it can be to the professional reader; and, in thus making use of your columns, as I can have no motive but that of ardent research after truth, I know that I may always rely upon your assistance and co-operation.
— from Letters on the Cholera Morbus. Containing ample evidence that this disease, under whatever name known, cannot be transmitted from the persons of those labouring under it to other individuals, by contact—through the medium of inanimate substances—or through the medium of the atmosphere; and that all restrictions, by cordons and quarantine regulations, are, as far as regards this disease, not merely useless, but highly injurious to the community. by J. (James) Gillkrest