Every quality of matter is also the phenomenon of an Idea, and as such it may always be an object of æsthetic contemplation, i.e. , the Idea expressed in it may always be recognised.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

I put my cows and sheep into my coat-pockets, and got on board with all my little cargo of provisions.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World by Jonathan Swift

‘I am, sir,’ interposed Mr. Micawber.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

“Now then, go away and take your monstrosity with you,” said the mother, pushing away her daughter with pretended sternness, and turning to the visitor she added: “She is my youngest girl.”
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

This being done I went to chappell, and sat in Mr. Blagrave’s pew, and there did sing my part along with another before the King, and with much ease.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Totum hic pro vulnere corpus , body and soul is misaffected here, but the soul especially.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

surely ye are wise, But such a silence is more wise than kind.'
— from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

The pleasure which we experience from light is in fact only the pleasure which arises from the objective possibility of the purest and fullest perceptive knowledge, and as such it may be traced to the fact that pure knowledge, freed and delivered from all will, is in the highest degree pleasant, and of itself constitutes a large part of æsthetic enjoyment.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

On the other hand, with things which can be done in a day or two, a surprise is much more conceivable, and, therefore, also it is often not difficult thus to gain a march upon the enemy, and thereby a position, a point of country, a road, &c.
— from On War — Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz

I ain't a scholar in much, Rokesmith, but I'm a pretty fair scholar in dust.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

It is not correct when it states that I remained with Ruby until approximately 3 p.m. I believe that that was 3:30 p.m., as stated in my report.
— from Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

Whilst, however, the monarch of timid character and jealous of his baronage, looked with disrelish on the Tournament, the prince of an enterprising disposition and skilled in military exercises, naturally regarded with more complacency a pastime in which his own achievements were placed in the most brilliant light, and the respect and attachment of his nobles secured, by the exhibition of those qualities on which they themselves founded their chief claim to power and distinction.
— from Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth Century by John Hewitt

Apparently a place where the conversa [Pg 103] tion was a continual attempt at smartness; it must have been most fatiguing.
— from The Strand District by G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton

I want to go and see if my husband cares for me.”
— from Christine: A Fife Fisher Girl by Amelia E. Barr

Its frightful ravages and disgusting character impressed the minds of men with a belief that it was a new scourge, sent specially as a punishment for the debauchery and prostitution of the period, each party retorting on the other the charge of having introduced it, and styling it Morbo-Gallico or Mal de Naples , according to the nation to which they belonged.
— from The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects throughout the World by William W. Sanger

I should not like you to defer coming long, as, though I have no special cause for apprehension, still in Mother's critical state every day is precious.
— from The Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare

I managed to ask softly in memory of a like question he had put to me across that bread and jam with the rose a-listening from the dark.
— from The Melting of Molly by Maria Thompson Daviess

At their age and sex it must be so.
— from Alice Lorraine: A Tale of the South Downs by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

Some leaves and straw in my cabin served for my lodging, and a good fire kept me warm.
— from The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry, and Travels by Parley P. (Parley Parker) Pratt

The little horse tossed up its head and shook its mane, and then taking his master’s caress and words to mean a call upon him for fresh effort, he dashed off, and had to be checked.
— from Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure by George Manville Fenn