If men may to some degree be classed in categories of bird and beast, one like the eagle, another like the bear, some swinish, some elephantine, some boldly leonine, unquestionably Red Perris must be likened to the cat tribe.
— from Alcatraz by Max Brand

But let us rapidly pass over these follies and hasten to something more exquisitely foolish.
— from Rattlin the Reefer by Edward Howard

Footnote 183: (return) See "Life of General Wm. S. Harney," by L. U. Reavis, p. 373.
— from The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1 by Jefferson Davis

Footnote 185: (return) See "Life of General Wm. S. Harney," by L. U. Reavis, p. 72 Footnote 186: (return)
— from The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1 by Jefferson Davis

Jerome, worn out by contention, wished to depart at once, but Paula said to him these touching words: "They hate us and would crush us, but let us return patience for hatred, humility for arrogance.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 07, April 1868 to September, 1868 by Various

‘Your master is morally bound—and ought to be legally, under ruinous penalties—to provide for the comfort of his fellow-man.’
— from The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens

"I would not assert that theurgy may not be lawfully undertaken," replied Plotinus, "provided that the adept shall have purified himself by a fast of forty months."
— from The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Richard Garnett

All winter they had been living upon rabbits, partridges and an occasional porcupine.
— from Left on the Labrador: A Tale of Adventure Down North by Dillon Wallace

It would be rosemary to us to see her in her black dress, of which she is very proud; but let us rather peep at her in the familiar garments that make a third to her mop and pail.
— from Echoes of the War by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie