Fir'd at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of Arts, While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But more advanc'd, behold with strange surprise New distant scenes of endless science rise!
— from The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems by Alexander Pope

'Philippe says that you ordered him to send the sketch by Loswa out of my study to the new gallery on the Trocadéro,' he said, when he had made her his usual greeting.
— from Othmar by Ouida

A massive head, covered with rings of ruddy brown hair, gray eyes, that seemed to pierce through all disguises, an eminent nose, and a beard like one of Mark's stout saints.
— from Moods by Louisa May Alcott

Fired at first sight with what the muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take nor see the lengths behind
— from An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope

[Pg 68] “I believe there’s a bolt left out of me somewhere,” she said, as they left the school-house together; “what do you suppose it is?”
— from Gypsy Breynton by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

If they did not wear the habit of their order, no one could recognize in these Trappists predestined beings living out of modern society, in the full Middle Ages, in absolute dependence on a God.
— from En Route by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans

“And you say he's been living off of Mrs. Stanton since—” “No, I didn't say it.
— from Felix O'Day by Francis Hopkinson Smith

Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the length behind; But more advanced, behold with strange surprise, Far distant views of endless science rise!
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various

Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, 220 While from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But, more advanced, behold with strange surprise, New distant scenes of endless science rise!
— from The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by Alexander Pope

There was a general impression, reaching even into Government, that the Allies [Pg 14] alone were competent to defeat the Central Powers in time, and that America's part would be largely one of moral support, with expanding preparation in the background as insurance against any unforeseen disasters.
— from America's Munitions 1917-1918 by Benedict Crowell