Lastly, as there is only one mean proportional between each relation, there is also only one good government possible for a State.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Most of the French names will be easily recognized, though it may be noted that “Etats Unis” is our own United States, “L’Angleterre” England , and “L’Espagne” Spain.
— from The Philippines a Century Hence by José Rizal

Let the rulers be effectually responsible to it, promptly removable by it, and it could afford to trust them with power of which it could itself dictate the use to be made.
— from On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

“MY WORTHY FRIEND,—I informed you in my last that I was forbidden the use of the waters, as they were found by experience rather to increase than lessen the symptoms of my distemper.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

The criticism which says, of sculpture or of portraiture, that “Nature is to be exalted rather than imitated,” is in error.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Heracles had now executed his ten tasks, which had been accomplished in the space of eight years; but Eurystheus refused to include the slaying of the Hydra and the cleansing of the stables of Augeas among the number, alleging as a reason that the one had been performed by the assistance of Iolaus, and that the other had been executed for hire.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

But Connecticut gave strong indications of dissatisfaction with that determination; nor did she appear to be entirely resigned to it, till, by negotiation and management, something like an equivalent was found for the loss she supposed herself to have sustained.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

While he was so employed, he explained that the tint was a fast color under ordinary circumstances, and in what manner it could be easily removed, though it would wear off in about a week.
— from Fighting for the Right by Oliver Optic

A desperate struggle broke out between the people and the guards, and the bullets even reached the interior of the palace.
— from Memoirs of the Duchesse De Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1841-1850 by Dino, Dorothée, duchesse de

mo -bile between Pinnacle and Lund, Casey never failed to trace the direct cause, which had always been external rather than internal, save that time when he had walked in and bought a new car without out probing into the vitals of the other.
— from Casey Ryan by B. M. Bower

The bullfrog evidently resented this inquiry into his most private affairs, and disappeared with an indignant "Glump!"
— from Hildegarde's Holiday: A Story for Girls by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

A man must be enormously rich to indulge in it, for love annihilates him—for instance, like our Brazilian friend over there.
— from Poor Relations by Honoré de Balzac

The persons and property of individuals shall be equally respected: the inhabitants, and all persons in general, who happen to be in the capital, shall continue to enjoy their rights and liberties, without being molested, or any inquiry being made into the functions they occupy or may have occupied, their conduct, or their political opinions .
— from Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II by Fleury de Chaboulon, Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron

Our bodies shuddered as we turned and left the scene of this tremendous tragedy; that was the more appalling to us because of the profound mystery in which was buried everything related to it save the fact that it had been.
— from The Aztec Treasure-House by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier

Having in the following pages endeavoured to lay before English readers the interesting scenery of the Moselle, I trust, that although in summer my countrymen do not mount her stream, fearful, perhaps, of discomfort; yet that by the fireside in winter the public will not object to glide down the river, in the boat now ready for them to embark in; and hoping that they will enjoy the reproduction of a tour that afforded me so much pleasure, I subscribe myself Their humble servant, THE AUTHOR.
— from The Life of the Moselle From its source in the Vosges Mountains to its junction with the Rhine at Coblence by Octavius Rooke