He feels an imperious craving to be allowed to construct synthetically the successive mental states which he describes.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

The oars divided the pliant water like the fins of a fish—that water which, with all its yielding softness, is so strong to bear and to carry, so mild and smiling when at rest, and yet so terrible in its destroying power.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

They wanted even to fly with it up to heaven to see the angels, but the higher they flew the more slippery the glass became, and they could scarcely hold it, till at last it slipped from their hands, fell to the earth, and was broken into millions of pieces.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

But after that came silence.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

“They will go back as they come,” said Don Domingo, “and that is empty-handed.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Prudence might not safely trust either the oaths or hostages of the Barbarians, and the conscious superiority of the Roman chief was expressed in the distribution of his troops.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Advocate Bang allows that Count Struensee's declaration in itself is of no weight against the queen, and hence he tries to confirm it, partly by the acknowledgment which her Majesty made on March 9, as to the correctness of Struensee's declaration, partly through her answer that she had broken her marriage vows and, hence, lost her marriage rights, which he wishes to be regarded as perfect proof after the law 1—15—1.
— from Life and Times of Her Majesty Caroline Matilda, Vol. 2 (of 3) Queen of Denmark and Norway, and Sister of H. M. George III. of England by Wraxall, Lascelles, Sir

Mackay and Jack now busied themselves unscrewing the movable bottom, and the crowd surged round in breathless expectation.
— from The Lost Explorers: A Story of the Trackless Desert by Alexander MacDonald

The footmen stood with their backs against the carriages, so as to turn their faces from the wind.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

They were greeted with joyful cheers, repeated again and again; and Mr. Blair led Michael to his father, saying, "Let me congratulate you, Mr. Hennessy, on being able to claim such a son.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 11, April, 1870 to September, 1870 by Various

These applications should be made as follows, any time in the menstrual interval being appropriate: The cervix should be exposed through the Sims or the bivalve speculum, and should be steadied by seizing it with a tenaculum.
— from A Text-book of Diseases of Women by Charles B. (Charles Bingham) Penrose

For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
— from Jesus, The Messiah; or, the Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled in the New Testament Scriptures, by a Lady by Anonymous

But, as the chairman says, the consensus is against you.
— from My New Curate by Patrick Augustine Sheehan

"But I assure you, my dear Countess—" A step sounded near by, and the curtains swung back, disclosing the entrance to one of the adjoining parlors of the hotel.
— from The Purchase Price; Or, The Cause of Compromise by Emerson Hough