Yet in the hour that the Angel of Death came against me, I could not withstand him.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

“I am very sorry that nothing but what’s coarse and material is comprehensible and natural to you,” she said and walked out of the room.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

They (saith [6801] Origen) that never heard God's word, are to be excused for their ignorance; we may not think God will be so hard, angry, cruel or unjust as to condemn any man indicta causa .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

On the contrary, the new lights of Buddhism who came as missionaries into China, protested against this expenditure of so much mental and physical energy.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

When you see a bit of earth you want," with something like a smile, "take it, child, and make it come alive."
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

, is the discipline (or training) of Genius; it clips its wings closely, and makes it cultured and polished; but, at the same time, it gives guidance as to where and how far it may extend itself, if it is to remain purposive.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

A substantive in the accusative or nominative is sometimes in apposition to a thought or clause: as, manūs intentantēs, causam discordiae , Ta. 1, 27, shaking their fists, a provocation to quarrel .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

They asserted that these treasures could not be discovered without danger, except by means of fastings and offerings, which they and their brethren could alone make, in consideration of which they entered into a bargain, and received a certain sum of money from the owners.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

In another case a mistake is combined with mislaying an object.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

When you see a bit of earth you want,” with something like a smile, “take it, child, and make it come alive.”
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

[Footnote: Altro codice di cotesta 'Prospettiva' del Vitolone troviamo notato nel 'Canone bibliographico di Nicol*o V', conservato alla, Magliabecchiana, in copia dell' originale verosimilmente inviato dal Parentucelli a Cosimo de' Medici (Magliab.
— from The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete by da Vinci Leonardo

140 Here in 1671, Corneille and Molière, in collaboration, wrote the "tragedy-ballet 'Psyche'"; this work in common cementing a friendship already begun between the two men, and now made firmer for the two years of Molière's life on from this date.
— from The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume 1 (of 2) by Benjamin Ellis Martin

[117] Duffan Ring Name for “ Cat and Mouse ” in Cornwall.—
— from The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2) With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes and Methods of Playing etc. by Alice Bertha Gomme

And all these colors are mingled in complete sterility.
— from The Spell of Egypt by Robert Hichens

58 shows the complete connections of a system [139] which comprises a magneto, induction coil, condenser, and a distributer.
— from Motors by James Slough Zerbe

Soon she recommenced, still looking somewhat courroucée , "Why, it is my daily pleasure now to look out for the little cottage bonnet and the silk scarf glancing through the trees in the lane, and to know that my quiet, shrewd, thoughtful companion and monitress is coming back to me; that I shall have her sitting in the room to look at, to talk to or to let alone, as she and I please.
— from Shirley by Charlotte Brontë

In general I am inclined to think with such practical philanthropists as Superintendent Barnard, of the Five Points House of Industry, the Manager of the Children’s Aid Society, Superintendent E. Fellows Jenkins, of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and Mr. Israel C. Jones, who for more than thirty years was in charge of the House of Refuge, that the bugbear of heredity is not nearly as formidable as we have half taught ourselves to think.
— from The Children of the Poor by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

My body comes and goes and acts; it moves amid bullets, and cannon, and men; it crosses Europe at the will of a power I obey and yet despise.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

In the same year he was appointed Clerk of the District Court and Master in Chancery, and held these offices until 1874, when he was chosen to represent the counties of Clear Creek and Summit in the tenth session of the Territorial Legislature.
— from The Legislative Manual, of the State of Colorado Comprising the History of Colorado, Annals of the Legislature, Manual of Customs, Precedents and Forms, Rules of Parliamentary Parliamentary Practice, and the Constitutions of the United States and the History of Colorado, Annals of the Legislature, Manual of Customs, Precedents and Forms, Rules of Parliamentary Practice, and the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Colorado. Also, Chronological Table of American History, Lists and Tables for Reference, Biographies, Etc. by Thomas B. Corbett