But I failed to see what I myself had to do with it, so far.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

I had never seen any young people falling in love before, but I found them out quite soon.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

the Second lodge is Small & appears to be intended for the Sick women who always retire to a Seperate lodge when they have the ____
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

In an age when every prophet, seeing what was needful politically, could cry, "So saith the Lord," it could hardly be illegitimate for the priests, seeing what was expedient legally, to declare, "So said Moses."
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

Inured to Syria's glowing breath, I feel the north breeze chill as death; Let grateful love quell maiden shame, And grant him bliss who br
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

The Quakers took up the burthen of Epiphanius who wrote against the flute-players, ‘After the pattern of the serpent’s form has the flute been invented for the deceiving of mankind.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

But I forbid thee one most heinous crime, O carve not with thy hours my love’s fair brow, Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen, Him in thy course untainted do allow, For beauty’s pattern to succeeding men.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

He tried to build a lofty storey himself, but it fell to pieces, and he fell with it and broke his neck.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

the Heb. ἵλεως σοι (ὁ Θεός), 88 God have mercy on thee, God forbid, far be it from thee, Mat. 16.22.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

It was not long after this, when he had another violent Return of Love upon him; Mariamne was therefore sent for to him, whom he endeavoured to soften and reconcile with all possible conjugal Caresses and Endearments; but she declined his Embraces, and answered all his Fondness with bitter Invectives for the Death of her Father and her Brother.
— from The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 With Translations and Index for the Series by Steele, Richard, Sir

If thou wert weak, and imperfect in thy work—for unfaithful, I will warrant thee, thou wert never—He put thee there, because thou wert imperfect, that so that which has come to pass might come to pass; and thou bearest thine own burden only-and yet not thou, but He who bore it for thee.’
— from Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face by Charles Kingsley

"It would have to be a very large diamond to bring in fifty thousand pounds," said Striver, seriously.
— from The Disappearing Eye by Fergus Hume

The edifice is built on ground by no means level, hence the necessity for the handsome flight of steps that lead to the Puerta de las Platerias which constitutes the southern façade of the cathedral, and is thus named because it faces the Street of the Silversmiths.
— from Galicia, the Switzerland of Spain by Annette M. B. Meakin

I thought I was in good luck, but we hadn’t been to sea many days before I found that I had fallen out of the frying-pan into the fire.
— from Dick Cheveley: His Adventures and Misadventures by William Henry Giles Kingston

I was not unhappy at the school; but I found the life rather irksome after the freedom I had been accustomed to enjoy, and I studied as hard as I was able, to emancipate myself from it.
— from Mark Seaworth by William Henry Giles Kingston

119 “Gregory,” she began, “I feel that we have come near making what might prove to be a horrible mistake.”
— from Masters of the Wheat-Lands by Harold Bindloss

, if they are living—Bahá’í marriages should be referred to assemblies to officiate; where there is no Assembly to officiate your body is free to decide what procedure should be followed.
— from Messages to Canada by Effendi Shoghi

She is a fat, infirm, splendidly-fresh-faced country dame, rising sixty and recovering from an attack 'on the nerves'—I thought they never went off the stones, but I find they try country air with the best of us.
— from The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by John Forster