This remark did not strike Swann as ridiculous; rather, it puzzled him.
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

Willoughby, he, whom only half an hour ago she had abhorred as the most worthless of men, Willoughby, in spite of all his faults, excited a degree of commiseration for the sufferings produced by them, which made her think of him as now separated for ever from her family, with a tenderness, a regret, rather in proportion, as she soon acknowledged within herself—to his wishes than to his merits.
— from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Occasionally, a rare regiment, in perfect order, with its officers (some gaps, dead, the true braves,) marching in silence, with lowering faces, stern, weary to sinking, all black and dirty, but every man with his musket, and stepping alive; but these are the exceptions.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

Here Filipino students gathered, and were entertained by the charming daughter of the home, Consuelo, who was the person to whom were dedicated the verses of Rizal usually entitled “á la Senorita C. O. y R.” In Rizal’s later days he found a regular relaxation in Page 124 playing chess, in which he was skilled, with the venerable ex-president of the short-lived Spanish republic, Pi y Margal.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig

The tremendous interest in all times manifested in war, the amazing energies and resources released in peoples organized for military aggression or defense, the colossal losses and sacrifices endured for the glory, the honor, or the security of the fatherland have made wars memorable.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

“'Doctor Manette, formerly of Beauvais,' said the other; 'the young physician, originally an expert surgeon, who within the last year or two has made a rising reputation in Paris?' “'Gentlemen,' I returned, 'I am that Doctor Manette of whom you speak so graciously.'
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

J. ADAMS PUFFER Director of Beacon Vocation Bureau, Boston ILLUSTRATED BOSTON NEW YORK CHIGAGO HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY J. ADAMS PUFFER ALL RIGHTS RESERVED iii PREFACE
— from The Boy and His Gang by Joseph Adams Puffer

I won't ask a rack rent, I promise you, and I suppose I could distrain on these tea things and the kettle if it were not paid up.
— from Bosom Friends: A Seaside Story by Angela Brazil

As will be seen from the above diagram, every height from considerably under five feet to considerably over six feet can be found in the army, but extreme deviations are relatively rare in proportion to the amount of deviation.
— from Applied Eugenics by Roswell H. (Roswell Hill) Johnson

In early 2000, 2 million Afghan refugees remained in Pakistan and about 1.4 million in Iran.
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The jus in re , right in rem , right "availing against all the world," or Proprietary Right, is sharply distinguished by the analyst of mature jurisprudence from the jus ad rem , right in personam , right "availing a single individual or group," or obligation.
— from Ancient Law: Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir

There first before the eyes of men the gifts to come they lay Amid the course; as hallowed bowls, and garlands of green bay, 110 And palms, the prize of victory, weapons, and raiment rolled In purple, and a talent's weight of silver and of gold; Then blast of horn from midst the mound the great games halloweth in: Four ships from all the fleet picked out will first the race begin With heavy oars; well matched are they for speed and rowers' tale: Hereof did Mnestheus' eager oars drive on the speedy Whale, Mnestheus to be of Italy, whence cometh Memmius' name.
— from The Æneids of Virgil, Done into English Verse by Virgil

Fortunately she has no imputation against her but her rank and fortune, for she is utterly guiltless of all political opinions; so that I hope she will be suffered to knit stockings, tend her birds and dogs, and read romances in peace.—Yours, &c. &c. H2 anchor August 1, 1793.
— from A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Complete Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners by Charlotte Biggs

Suppose that, through making better laws, men arrive gradually at the condition of the Norwegian peasantry, or at an organization similar to that existing in the agricultural cantons of Switzerland; that is to say, that each family living in the country has a plot of ground to cultivate and a house to live in: in this case every one is allowed to enjoy the full fruit of his labor, and receives reward in proportion to his activity and industry, which is certainly the very ideal of justice— cuique suum .
— from Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, June 1885 by Various

The facts, negatively stated, are briefly and plainly these: There is not a religious revival in progress among the wretched dwellers in Water street dance-halls, and sailors' boarding-houses, nor has there been of late, as represented to the public.
— from The Secrets of the Great City A Work Descriptive of the Virtues and the Vices, the Mysteries, Miseries and Crimes of New York City by James Dabney McCabe

It has been noticed, by competent judges, that there is “a remarkable resemblance in points of detail, in the churches built or enlarged by Ralph, Lord Cromwell, at Colly Weston, Northants; Lambley, Notts.; and Tattershall,” as is the case with other groups of edifices erected by the same parties.
— from Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by James Conway Walter