But let us make an end of our reflections on Foulques's curious Letter, Foulques, after advising Abelard not to think of carrying the matter before the Pope, by assuring him that it required too great expence to obtain any satisfaction at that court, concludes all with this last motive of consolation, that the imagined happiness he had lost was always accompanied with abundance of vexation; but if he persevered in his spirit of resignation, he would, without doubt, at the last day obtain that justice he had now failed of.
— from Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix'd a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Héloïse

This intimate, spontaneous feeling, this sense of the nullity of my intellect, prevailed against all the flattering speeches that might be lavished upon me, as a wicked man, when everyone is loud in the praise of his good deeds, is gnawed by the secret remorse of conscience.
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

They were a man and woman; or perhaps they would be better described as a male and female: for the former was one of those long-limbed, knock-kneed, shambling, bony people, to whom it is difficult to assign any precise age,—looking as they do, when they are yet boys, like undergrown men, and when they are almost men, like overgrown boys.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

But all this must not be looked upon merely as an indictment against talkativeness, but an attempt to cure it: for we overcome the passions by judgement and practice, but judgement is the first step.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

M. Gillenormand folded his arms; a gesture which with him was peculiarly imperious, and apostrophized Marius bitterly:— “Let us make an end of this.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

CHAPTER THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHTH. (As she said this OEnothea brought) out a leathern dildo which, when she had smeared it with oil, ground pepper, and pounded nettle seed, she commenced to force, little by little, up my anus.
— from The Satyricon — Complete by Petronius Arbiter

On November 3, as she lies on her bed, Helen exclaims, ‘A white cat hath been long upon me and drawn my breath, and hath left in my mouth and throat so filthy a smell that it doth poison me!’
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

Hitherto she had been looked upon more as a ward of the Harlings than as one of the ‘hired girls.’
— from My Antonia by Willa Cather

Keeping at the greatest distance from such errors, Mr. Ballou looked upon man as an intellectual and responsible being; believing that truth is the food for that intellect to thrive upon, and keeping the whole range of man's natural duties before him, his discourses were weighty, not in decorations for the fancy, but in sound reasoning upon the holy text, and in impressive and useful practical [Pg 236] sentiment.
— from Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou by Maturin Murray Ballou

There we would be lying under moon and star, and beside us the cattle deeply breathing all night long.
— from John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro

(Deuteronomy 18:15; Acts 3:22) From that time forward the Israelites watched and waited for the coming of the great prophet, priest, and king who should be like unto Moses and of whom Moses was a picture or a type.
— from The Harp of God: Proof Conclusive That Millions Now Living Will Never Die by J. F. (Joseph Franklin) Rutherford

Now I can come to you and say: "I am the man you wanted me to be, let us marry and live together."
— from Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe Three Plays By Brieux by Eugène Brieux

In the first place, they must not think of me, but look upon me as nobody (treat me, in fact, as I treat myself), and never ask what I knew just now, and what I came to know afterwards.
— from The Maid of Sker by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

But when, convinced by Tiahuana’s arguments and proofs, you had placed me on the throne, and I learned what was expected of me, I devoted all my energies to the performance of the task which I felt had been laid upon me; and you know how far I have succeeded.
— from Harry Escombe: A Tale of Adventure in Peru by Harry Collingwood

Yes, yes, Italy is made, but let us make an Italian nation.
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete by Émile Zola

Mother was failing, and she, father, and the other boys leaned upon me as woman can be leaned on, and I was [Pg 455] beginning to be happier.
— from The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886 by Various

It should be looked upon more as a military occupation and visitation of as large a portion of the Lúshai Districts as possible, for the purpose of punishing the guilty where they can be traced and found, but more particularly for showing these savages that there is hardly a part of their hills which our armed forces cannot visit and penetrate.'
— from Rulers of India: The Earl of Mayo by William Wilson Hunter

Upon the whole, said the old gentleman with a smile of infinite good humor, when I think upon the various risks I have run, and the manner in which I have escaped them; when I recollect all that I have suffered, and consider all that I at present enjoy, I cannot but look upon myself as a man of singular good fortune.
— from The Crayon Papers by Washington Irving