But let it pass, and to hell with all who pry into the human heart!
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Into the bronze kind burning lint is placed, and then the mouth is fitted on and pressed until it sticks.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne

“Oh no;—and it is but a short letter too.” Emma felt the bad taste of her friend, but let it pass with a “very true; and it would be a small consolation to her, for the clownish manner which might be offending her every hour of the day, to know that her husband could write a good letter.”
— from Emma by Jane Austen

Boerhaave thinks that most of the diseases of children are of the nature of convulsions, because the head being larger in proportion and the nervous system more extensive than in adults, they are more liable to nervous irritation.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The situation was embarrassing, but the lady proved to be most affable, welcomed them all very heartily, told them how she became a widow and had been left in possession of riches in abundance, and that she had three daughters, Truth, Love, and Pity by name.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

For this purpose, a Government vessel, the Bee , lying in Penetanguishene harbour, had been placed at his disposal.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

But as it could afford to be placed in a rather better light, if possible, Mr. Phunky rose for the purpose of getting something important out of Mr. Winkle in cross-examination.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

The mad desire so yearns, and body seeks That object, whence the mind by love is pierced.
— from On the Nature of Things by Titus Lucretius Carus

“I’ll say, maybe now that we gave it back, Corso and the boy will be friendly and we can ask them where they came from—” “Maybe we can, but we’re not going to be little interrogation points unless they give us the information without our asking for it.
— from The Air Mystery of Isle La Motte by E. J. (Edith Janice) Craine

It was not without difficulty, however, that I could discern the right trail, for it was frequently intersected 183 by others, and occasionally became lost in patches of sand and sage-brush.
— from Crusoe's Island: A Ramble in the Footsteps of Alexander Selkirk With Sketches of Adventure in California and Washoe by J. Ross (John Ross) Browne

I had every hope of being left in peace for an hour or so.
— from Lalage's Lovers by George A. Birmingham

"The best light is provided, and the most economical wall-space is proposed to be furnished by connecting pillar to pillar transversely, on the extreme north and south sides of the building, by rods, from which draperies, &c., can be suspended.
— from The Crystal Palace: Its Architectural History and Constructive Marvels by Fowler, Charles, Jr.

He must be limited in power or He'd never let some things happen if He's a good God!"
— from The Witness by Grace Livingston Hill

No time had been lost in posting up advertisements and offering rewards for the capture of these fugitives; for Joe in particular the reward offered was very high.
— from Harriet, the Moses of Her People by Sarah H. (Sarah Hopkins) Bradford

The London populace in the 17th and 18th centuries were not only the single great urban community in the kingdom, but they were far more “urban” than now, in Milton’s sense of being “long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air.”
— from A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 2 (of 2) From the Extinction of Plague to the Present Time by Charles Creighton

On the morning of November 20, 1819, latitude 0.40 south and longitude 119 west, whales were discovered and all three boats lowered in pursuit.
— from Bark Kathleen Sunk By A Whale To Which is Added an Account of Two Like Occurrences, the Loss of Ships Ann Alexander and Essex by Thomas H. Jenkins

It was at once determined that no time should be lost in patching up the articles, but that a new Constitution should be formed.
— from Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition by James Alton James

Unfortunately Battlewell lies in private grounds, but the position may be seen from Clark's Hill.
— from Evesham by E. H. (Edmund Hort) New