The mental discipline which would now-a-days be chiefly aided by the study of mathematics, was supplied by literary exegesis and deontological discussions.
— from Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe

The wonder is how they, how you and I, can live this slimy, beastly life, eating and drinking.
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

When Cards Must Be Left Etiquette absolutely demands that one leave a card within a few days after taking a first meal in a lady's house; or if one has for the first time been invited to lunch or dine with strangers, it is inexcusably rude not to leave a card upon them, whether one accepted the invitation or not.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

Days will be spent to bid you know, What once you did at a single blow, Like eating and drinking, free and strong,— That one, two, three!
— from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Est quaedam pulchritudo justitiae quam videmus oculis cordis, amamus, et exardescimus, ut in martyribus, quum eorum membra bestiae lacerarent, etsi alias deformes, &c. 4560 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

that must be Lizzie— Even as Dale turned to face the assembled household, the house lights, extinguished since the storm, came on in full brilliance—revealing her to them, standing beside Fleming's body with Miss Cornelia's revolver between them.
— from The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart

His "Troilus and Cressid" has only a very distant connexion indeed with Homer, whose "Iliad," before it furnished materials for the mediaeval Troilus-legend, had been filtered through a brief Latin epitome, and diluted into a Latin novel, and a journal kept at the seat of war, of altogether apocryphal value.
— from Chaucer by Ward, Adolphus William, Sir

The Unconscious Humorists Cousin Pons Camusot A Distinguished Provincial at Paris A Bachelor’s Establishment Cousin Pons Cesar Birotteau At the Sign of the Cat and Racket Cardot (Parisian notary) A Man of Business Jealousies of a Country Town Pierre Grassou The Middle Classes Cousin Pons Chargeboeuf, Melchior-Rene, Vicomte de The Member for Arcis Falcon, Jean The Chouans Cousin Betty Grosstete (younger brother of F. Grosstete) The Country Parson Hulot (Marshal) The Chouans Cousin Betty La Baudraye, Madame Polydore Milaud de A Prince of Bohemia Cousin Betty Lebas Cousin Betty Listomere, Baronne de The Vicar of Tours Cesar Birotteau Lousteau, Etienne A Distinguished Provincial at Paris A Bachelor’s Establishment Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life A Daughter of Eve Beatrix Cousin Betty A Prince of Bohemia A Man of Business The Middle Classes The Unconscious Humorists Lupeaulx, Clement Chardin des Eugenie Grandet A Bachelor’s Establishment A Distinguished Provincial at Paris The Government Clerks Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Ursule Mirouet Maufrigneuse, Duchesse de The Secrets of a Princess Modeste Mignon Jealousies of a Country Town Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Letters of Two Brides Another Study of Woman The Gondreville Mystery The Member for Arcis Milaud Lost Illusions Nathan, Raoul Lost Illusions A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The Secrets of a Princess A Daughter of Eve Letters of Two Brides The Seamy Side of History A Prince of Bohemia A Man of Business The Unconscious Humorists Nathan, Madame Raoul Lost Illusions A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The Government Clerks A Bachelor’s Establishment Ursule Mirouet Eugenie Grandet The Imaginary Mistress A Prince of Bohemia A Daughter of Eve The Unconscious Humorists Navarreins, Duc de A Bachelor’s Establishment Colonel Chabert The Thirteen Jealousies of a Country Town The Peasantry Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The Country Parson The Magic Skin The Gondreville Mystery The Secrets of a Princess Cousin Betty Nucingen, Baron Frederic de The Firm of Nucingen Father Goriot Pierrette Cesar Birotteau Lost Illusions A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Another Study of Woman The Secrets of a Princess A Man of Business
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Frantic intoxications, the culminations of carnal pleasures, which amount to unspeakable ecstasies, are mere temporations which are followed by lassitude, exhaustion and disgust, and these soon turn to a fiercely implacable hate.
— from The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by William Cowper Brann

On the 15th of May, introduced by Lords Ebrington and Duncannon, the new member entered the House, and advanced to the table to be sworn by the Clerk.
— from A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics - Volume 2 by Thomas D'Arcy McGee

In those impassioned tones are recognised the language of sentiment which a happy husband addresses to his beloved partner, and which she alone can inspire; while in other strains, more surprising perhaps, but less expressive, are discovered the simple wish of amusing and pleasing her, or of disputing before her the prize of singing with rivals jealous of his glory and happiness.
— from The Natural History of Cage Birds Their Management, Habits, Food, Diseases, Treatment, Breeding, and the Methods of Catching Them. by Johann Matthäus Bechstein

A small-letter diagram must, for obvious reasons, be less exact and detailed than one for the more defined capital form; but the diagram given will serve to determine sufficiently the main outlines and proportions.
— from Letters & Lettering: A Treatise with 200 Examples by Frank Chouteau Brown

They could, by law, enter all dwellings on the boundary and pass through and even break down all enclosures which lay across it.
— from The American Nation: A History — Volume 1: European Background of American History, 1300-1600 by Edward Potts Cheyney