When we contract the chest and expel the air, there is a retardation of the blood in the veins of the neck and head; and in the more powerful acts of expulsion, the blood not only distends the vessels, but is even regurgitated into the minute branches.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

In order that a human being may delight in deifying an object to be loved, be it taken from the Ardennes forest or picked up at a Bal de Coulon, that it seems to [Pg 41] him perfect is the first necessity—perfect by no means in every relation, but in every relation in which it is seen at the time.
— from On Love by Stendhal

But if education remains in the established form, there will be no danger.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

They’ve been in every room in the house—turning things inside out, and upside down.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

A sergeant of the English Guards, the foremost boxer in England, reputed invulnerable by his companions, had been killed there by a little French drummer-boy.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

He ought likewise to remember that Cortes took every opportunity of speaking in his praise; indeed Cortes, as well as all his men, never pronounced the name of Narvaez but with profound respect, and it would be a small piece of heroism to seize upon the person of a priest; and the other man, who had come with him, was brother to the artilleryman Usagre; it would be therefore better in every respect if they received polite treatment; and he would advise him to ask the father to dinner, when he could himself fish out from him what the views of Cortes were.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

The low caste man being in every respect inferior to the Brāhman, the matter or subtle substance proceeding from his eye, and mixing with the objects seen by him, must of necessity be inferior and bad.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

Before I explain, recall, if you please, my notice, clearly given, that if I helped you, it must be as the blind man would help the lame.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

"The pianist before the public, or the player who hopes to master the instrument in the {204} future, never thinks of omitting the daily task of scales and exercises; he knows that his chances for success would soon be impaired, even ruined, if he should neglect this important and necessary branch of study.
— from Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers, Comprising Interviews with Caruso, Farrar, Maurel, Lehmann, and Others by Harriette Brower

The brood consists of from four to six eggs, and as each pair breeds twice in the course of the year, the increase of these birds is extremely rapid; indeed, if this were not the case, their extermination would be speedily accomplished, for their enemies are terribly numerous, those inhabiting southern countries being particularly unfortunate in this respect, as snakes and lizards are there added to the already large number of destroyers, from whose teeth and claws so many of their northern congeners are unable to escape.
— from Cassell's Book of Birds, Volume 1 (of 4) by Alfred Edmund Brehm

I do not think a beggar is ever refused in Kerry.
— from In Wicklow and West Kerry by J. M. (John Millington) Synge

[103] When the hum of the forest I hear, I hear, When the hum of the forest I hear,— 'Tis solitude's prayer, pure devotion is there, And its breathings I ever revere.— I kneel myself down on the sod, the sod, I kneel myself down on the sod, 'Mong the flowers and wild heath, and an orison breathe In lowliness up to my God.
— from Poems by William Anderson

Such little incidents happened many times, and these, coupled with the amazing reports that had been circulated by the Western Press about me since that inflammatory article on "Roads," etc., in the Kansas City Star , had generally managed to achieve for me quite a notorious reputation in most towns long before I ever rattled into their midst.
— from Across America by Motor-cycle by C. K. Shepherd

I have been in every room in the house, boy.
— from The Inn at the Red Oak by Latta Griswold

St. Paul, living under the new dispensation, became its exponent, reduced it to a system, and must be considered authority regarding its meaning and design.
— from A New Atmosphere by Gail Hamilton