Any one else who sees and feels and hears the table will agree with this description, so that it might seem as if no difficulty would arise; but as soon as we try to be more precise our troubles begin.
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

The Kingdom of Granada 214 Invasion of Andalusia by the Almohades, 214 —Victory at Alarcos, 217 —Defeat at Las Navas, 217 —Expulsion of the Almohades, 217 —Advance of the Christians, 217 —Granada alone left to the Moors, 218 —Dynasty of the Beny-Nasr of Granada, 218 —Their tribute to Castile, 221 —The Alhambra, 221 —Ferdinand and Isabella, 232 —Abul-Hasan (Alboacen) throws off his allegiance, 232 —Capture of Zahara, 233 —Fall of Alhama, 235 —Disasters of the Christians in the mountains of Malaga, 236 —Defeat of the Moors at Lucena, 242 —Boabdil made prisoner, 245.
— from The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole

I was hurried away by fury; revenge alone endowed me with strength and composure; it moulded my feelings, and allowed me to be calculating and calm, at periods when otherwise delirium or death would have been my portion.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Yet Sangiar might have been made prisoner by the Franks, as well as by the Uzes.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Sometimes she thought it was because Mrs. Peniston had been too passive, and again she feared it was because she herself had not been passive enough.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

The marquis was away in Venice, and was not expected back till the end of April; but one of his servants took me to Rosalie, who had become Madame Paretti six months after my departure.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

The telling and doing of these things will doubtless fire your well-disposed minds to do worthily; so will our life, which may not be other than brief in this mortal body, be made perpetual in laudatory renown; a thing which all, who serve not the belly only, as do the beasts, should not only desire, but with all diligence seek and endeavour after."
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

we had a fair wind today which enabled us to sail the greater part of the distance we have travled, encamped on the Lard shore the extremity of the last course H2 anchor [Clark, April 17, 1805] 17th of April Wednesday 1805 a fine morning wind from the S E. Genly to day handsom high extencive rich Plains on each Side, the mineral appearances continue with greater appearances of Coal, much greater appearance of the hills haveing been burnt, more Pumice Stone & Lava washed down to the bottoms and some Pumice Stone floating in the river, I walked on the S. S. Saw great numbs. of Buffalow feeding in the Plains at a distance
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

It will be by money paid for with hunger, by knowledge stolen from sleep, by thoughts communicated under the shadow of the gallows!
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

The brooks laugh louder when I come, The breezes madder play.
— from Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete by Emily Dickinson

He read the narrative as well as he could, and added these words: "But I cannot bring my pen to write the word.
— from The Slowcoach by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

There are few finer or more heroic episodes in history than the extraordinary series of conquests by means [Pg 23] of which, a handful of fanatical Arabs, inspired by the prophet Mohammed, carried, with fire and sword, the faith of Islam over the world, until, within two hundred years of the date of the prophet's birth, it reigned from the shores of the Atlantic to the banks of the Indus.
— from The Ifs of History by Joseph Edgar Chamberlin

It would not be altogether a pretence, for nothing could be more painful to me than to see the brightness of your youth fading away in the life I have described.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

As to his spices, let us scatter them before the Polish Jews, as pease before swine, and it will be merry pastime to see how the beasts will lick them up.
— from Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 1 by Wilhelm Meinhold

Business matters put before him by his visitor always, it seemed, required much deep thought and ample consideration.
— from The House of Whispers by William Le Queux

It is probable they had only cleared the south side, before the work was abandoned; which would account for the south face being more perfect than any of the others.
— from Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. 1 of 2) With General and Particular Accounts of Their Rise, Fall, and Present Condition by Charles Bucke

But my poem—Ah! what of my poem?
— from Poems by Clara A. Merrill

Nothing can be more picturesque than the groups of towers and cupolas which they present, mixed with flat roofs and low buildings, and now and then a pine or cypress.
— from Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford

"Wireless" telephony, too, has been made practical since 1917; and over a range of some 75 miles has been of deadly use to the artillery, especially at night, when the watcher in the skies becomes aware of lighted aerodromes, or railway stations, behind the enemy lines.
— from Fields of Victory by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

It would be absurd to credit early man with conscious speculations like these, belonging more properly to the twentieth century; yet it is incontrovertible, I think, that in SOME ways the primitive peoples, with their swift subconscious intuitions and their minds unclouded by mere book knowledge, perceived truths to which we moderns are blind.
— from Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning by Edward Carpenter