I was fast asleep, when towards morning I was awoke by persons going about, and not understanding why they should be up so early, I got up.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

“Would that it had been unguarded!” said Egremont in a voice of melancholy.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

A layman is certain to betray himself by using some expression which a lawyer would never employ.
— from What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain

For the very space between is the thing we measure, namely, from some beginning unto some end.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

(3) Consequently it must base itself upon no experience at all, but upon something else , it must be derived from another source of knowledge!
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

So well have the rescuers learnt that Mrs Warren’s defence of herself and indictment of society is the thing that most needs saying, that those who know me personally reproach me, not for writing this play, but for wasting my energies on “pleasant plays” for the amusement of frivolous people, when I can build up such excellent stage sermons on their own work.
— from Mrs. Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw

In Scotland, more than one fifth, perhaps more than one third part of the whole lands in the country, are at present supposed to be under strict entail.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

By this vessel also came Lieutenant Dune, aide-de-camp, with the following letter of December 3d, from General Grant, and on the next day Colonel Babcock, United States Engineers, arrived with the letter of December 6th, both of which are in General Grant's own handwriting, and are given entire: HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES CITY POINT, VIRGINIA, December 3, 1864.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Pierre was there too, buttoned up since early morning in a nobleman’s uniform that had become too tight for him.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

This took place about 3 p.m., and was witnessed by General Sherman and General Bernard (United States Engineers) and myself.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

With that clear insight which constitutes genius, M. Pasteur next tried the experiment of inoculating the sheep first with a weak matter which produced but slight symptoms, but at the same time enabled the animal to support a second inoculation with a stronger matter; and this second inoculation enabled them to bear, unharmed, subsequent exposure to the disease.
— from The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases by Charles West

" It was then once more explained to her that this reference to God alone was a refusal to submit to the Church militant, and she was instructed in the authority of the Church, which it was the duty of every Christian to believe— unam sanctam Ecclesiam always guided by the Holy Spirit and which could not err, to the judgment of which every question should be referred.
— from Jeanne D'Arc: Her Life And Death by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

It was not so late as she thought when she woke, and it seemed, at breakfast, that Burnamy had been up still earlier.
— from Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 3 by William Dean Howells

He that interprets the law to bolster up some eager appetite against the will of the lawgiver, ascribes to himself as great an authority as he that enacted it.
— from The Existence and Attributes of God, Volumes 1 and 2 by Stephen Charnock

The low, impassioned tones of the wizard's voice showed him to be under strong emotion, and Lupton, with smoothened brow, placed his hand on the native's chest in token of amity.
— from The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 by Louis Becke

Those two days on the trail had been unusually silent, even for men such as they were, and even taking into consideration the object of their journey.
— from The Trail of the Axe: A Story of Red Sand Valley by Ridgwell Cullum

Nor can I go on without a reflection on those accidental meetings, which, though they happen every day, seldom excite our surprise but upon some extraordinary occasion.
— from Dalziels' Illustrated Goldsmith by Oliver Goldsmith

His motions were elaborately careless and automatic, but he was plainly bursting with joy to be undergoing such expert and affectionate scrutiny.
— from In the Sweet Dry and Dry by Bart Haley

He had not been up so early since he was a boy.
— from Villa Rubein, and Other Stories by John Galsworthy

However, profuse purging in heart disease may be followed by unfavorable symptoms, especially when the systolic blood pressure is low.
— from Disturbances of the Heart Discussion of the Treatment of the Heart in Its Various Disorders, With a Chapter on Blood Pressure by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne