A far-off forest's darkling frown, Which makes the prudent start and tremble, Whilst rotten nuts are rattling down, And clouds in demon hordes assemble.
— from Poems by Victor Hugo

It was interesting and Rilla discovered a certain aptitude in herself for it that surprised her.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Perhaps the reason is, that thoughts truly great are like seeds cast into the human mind, and either lie there unnoticed, or are tossed about and played with, like toys, until, grown wise through suffering and experience, a race discovers and cultivates them.
— from The Story of My Life With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Helen Keller

To assume it to be the work of the devil (the dernier resort for all religious difficulties), and conversions among Christians the work of God, when both are so clearly and obviously alike, is to insult common sense.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

Mrs. Wilkins's quick eyes saw it all, and she said to herself, in the closet, as she cut bread and rattled down a cup and saucer: "That's what she wants, poor creeter; I'll let her have a right nice time, and warm and feed and chirk her up, and then I'll see what's to be done for her.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

The native takes his fundamental assumptions for granted, and if he reasons or inquires into matters of belief, it would be always only as regards details and concrete applications.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

His old ideas came thronging back, and sick at heart of the life he had been leading among the Paris lumières , he composed a violent and rhetorical diatribe against civilisation generally.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Yet both Greek and Roman divinities are constantly mentioned.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

Ad regni deinde administrationem cum accessisset, statim non de regendo, sed de augendo regno cogitavit.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

If such circumstances as are necessary to lead your minds to believe the guilt of the accused beyond a reasonable doubt are clearly proved, that is all that is necessary for you to be satisfied upon.
— from The Crime of the Century; Or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin by Henry M. Hunt

It declares protection of the folk more important than protection of a religious denomination, a class, the monarchy, or the republic; it sees in treason against the folk a greater crime than high treason against the state."
— from Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado by Various

At a respectable distance a crowd of natives were squatting, anxious for a sight of the great man and his guests.
— from Hector Graeme by Evelyn Brentwood

The autobiographical record discloses another characteristic incident, which was afterwards embodied in the eleventh chapter of “Copperfield.”
— from The Dickens Country by Frederic George Kitton

Accidents on stage-coaches are much more rare than one might expect when the occasional badness of the roads and the apparently reckless driving are considered.
— from How to Travel Hints, Advice, and Suggestions to Travelers by Land and Sea all over the Globe. by Thomas Wallace Knox

Thus, as early as the thirteenth century, the Arab religion, dress, and customs had been introduced into the Island of Borneo, into the north of Sumatra, and the south of the Malay Peninsula.
— from Pioneers in Australasia by Harry Johnston

Over against all religious dogmas and churches as well as over against the class conceptions of the bourgeoisie, it sets the unlimited right of free thought, the scientific conception of the universe, and a system of public education based exclusively on science and reason.
— from The Red Conspiracy by Joseph J. Mereto

He could send, indeed, to the forest; he could even make inquiries in person, if he liked--for his safe-conduct specified that he was free to come and go as he thought fit; but he had been especially warned, that the proofs against Richard de Ashby could not be produced for at least a week, and his own eagerness to meet the charge had led him to the court much sooner than the judgment of his forest friends warranted.
— from Forest Days: A Romance of Old Times by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

A RAINY DAY, a comedy in three acts by Fred Ballard.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1950 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office