In consideration of my own inadequacy, I shall content myself with indicating the cogs and wheels of the machine to be constructed, and I shall rely on more skilled mechanicians than myself to put them together.
— from The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl

I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

"It will come; and I shall remember how well you wish me.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

Sailor's Creek, an insignificant stream, running northward, empties into the Appomattox between the High Bridge and Jetersville.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

And even as regards the material means of comfort and luxury—wealth, in short—we do not find that the same amount produces the same result of happiness in every case: and it seems reasonable that the means of refined and varied pleasure should be allotted to those who have the corresponding capacities for enjoyment.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

I shall take the liberty of making use of a very common, and in some respects inaccurate, comparison, which will serve to illustrate my meaning.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

But I am very far from thinking that we ought to follow the example of the American democracy, and copy the means which it has employed to attain its ends; for I am well aware of the influence which the nature of a country and its political precedents exercise upon a constitution; and I should regard it as a great misfortune for mankind if liberty were to exist all over the world under the same forms.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

If the nation cannot alienate its supreme right, can it entrust it to others for a time?
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A cab was driving by; and Jurgis sprang and called, and it swung round to the curb.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Sometimes [ 165 ] they ceased speaking and both of them looked towards the child, as it sat reading; or Christie would ask them something and they would answer.
— from Ecstasy, A Study of Happiness: A Novel by Louis Couperus

Peel and slice two carrots and two turnips; cut the slices about an inch thick; then cut again in small round pieces, with a fruit-corer, about half an inch in diameter; set them on the fire with cold water and salt, boil gently till done, drain and turn immediately in cold water, and they are ready to be used.
— from Hand-Book of Practical Cookery, for Ladies and Professional Cooks Containing the Whole Science and Art of Preparing Human Food by Pierre Blot

The Buh-ai is celebrated by nearly all the Lushai-Kuki clans and in some replaces the Thangchhuah feasts.
— from The Lushei Kuki Clans by John Shakespear

I have always had a notion that before I die I shall see my poor Mary's boy; and though I know that the name the man took was a false one, yet I caught a sight of the real one in the certificate, and I should recollect it if your name came somewhat near.
— from The Forgery; or, Best Intentions. by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

A savagery was upon her as she passed along the club windows, now full of young men telling tales that made their teeth shine in the night, of old men, red, pink, brown, healthy in colour and in security, reading, sleeping, eking out life.
— from A Bed of Roses by Walter Lionel George

In 1733 was passed the "Sugar Act," by which prohibitory duties were laid on sugar and molasses imported from foreign colonies to the English plantations, Many of these provisions little affected the continental colonies, and in some respects were favorable to them.
— from Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 by Albert Bushnell Hart

And it shall come to pass when I shall bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud, and I shall remember the covenant which is between me and you. . . ."
— from Beggars on Horseback by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse

That beam, a pipe-like hollow cylinder of intolerable energy, flashed out, and there was a rending, tearing crash as it struck Roger's hitherto impenetrable wall.
— from Triplanetary by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith