We have selected the above five essayists, Macaulay, Carlyle, Arnold, Newman, and Ruskin, as representative writers of the Victorian Age; but there are many others who well repay our study.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

This Lebyadkin, a stranger to the town, turned out afterwards to be a very dubious character, and not a retired captain as he represented himself to be.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Now we may observe, that when these superfluous circumstances are numerous, and remarkable, and frequently conjoined with the essential, they have such an influence on the imagination, that even in the absence of the latter they carry us on to t-he conception of the usual effect, and give to that conception a force and vivacity, which make it superior to the mere fictions of the fancy.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

By our continual and earnest pursuit of a character, a name, a reputation in the world, we bring our own deportment and conduct frequently in review, and consider how they appear in the eyes of those who approach and regard us.
— from An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals by David Hume

For my position has always been, that I myself am ignorant how these things are, but that I have never met any one who could say otherwise, any more than you can, and not appear ridiculous.
— from Gorgias by Plato

He explained for about half an hour or more his theory of life (he is purely a Confucianist and not a religionist of any kind), and what he was trying to do, especially that it isn’t merely relief.
— from Letters from China and Japan by Harriet Alice Chipman Dewey

That master-minds have arisen to teach, and Page 396 {396} that they have taught with some success their own particular brand of art to the public, would seem rather to argue against the foregoing ideas were it not that, when the master-mind and the dominating influence are gone, the public, desiring as always change and novelty, are ready to fly to any new teacher and master who can again afford them artistic pleasure.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Instead of being wide apart—as American appreciation of distances would naturally suggest—the places made most particularly celebrated by the presence of Christ are nearly all right here in full view, and within cannon-shot of Capernaum.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

These two characters are not always received in the world with the different regard which seems severally due to either; and which one would imagine mankind, from self-interest, should show towards them.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

to adapt Addaw, n. a promise Addawd, n. a repository Addawedig, a. promised Addawiad, n. promising Addawl, n. worship Addawydd, n. a promiser Addef, v. to acknowledge, to own Addefedig, a. confessed Addefiad, n. confession Addefol, a. confessing Addefwr, n. a confessor Addewid, n. a promise Addewidiol, a. promissory Addfed, a. ripe, mature Addfediad, n. a ripening Addfedrwydd, n. ripeness Addfedu, v. to ripen Addfwyn, a. gentle, meek, mild Addfwynder, n. gentleness Addoed, n. an appointed time Addoedi, v. to set a time; to defer Addoediad, n. prorogation, a respiting Addoer, a. frigid; chilly Addoeredig, a. chilled Addoeri, v. to chill Addoeriad, n. refrigeration Addoladwy, a. adorable; divine Addoledig, a. praised; worshipped Addoli, v. to worship, to adore Addoliad, n. a worshipping Addoliadol, a. devotional Addoliant, n. worship, adoration Addolwr, n. worshipper Addon, n. fruit; offspring Addu, v. to go, to proceed Adduned, n. a vow; a desire Addunedu, v. to make a vow Addunedwr, n. vower Adduniad, n. a vowing Addunwr, n. one that makes a vow Addurn, n. an ornament Addurnedig, a. ornamented Addurniad, n. adornment Addurniaeth, n. ornature Addurno, v. to ornament Addurnol, a. ornamental Addurnwr, n. a decorator Addfwynfryd, n. a virtuous mind Addygg, n. instruction Addysgediff, a. instructed Addysgiad, n. an instructing Addysgu, v. to instruct, to teach Addysgiadol, a. dictatic Addysgwr, n. an instructor Aed, n. a going; a proceeding Aeg, n. faculty of utterance Ael, n. a jut out; a brow Aeldrem, n. a leering Aeldrwm, a. stern, frowning Aele, a. woeful, sad, piteous Aeled, n. an ailment Aelfawr, a. big browed Aelgerth, n. the check bone Aeliog, a. browed; full browed Aelod, n. a limb, a number Aelodi, v. to form a member Aelodiad, n. forming a member Aelodog, a. limbed Aelwyd, n. a hearth; family Aelwydiad, n. a hearth-full Aelwyd, a. prosperous Aer, n. slaughter; battle; heir Aerfan, n. a field of battle Aeron, n. fruits of trees Aerwy, n. a collar; torques Aes, n. a flat body; a target Aesel, n. verjuice; vinegar Aeserw, n. plank Aeth, n. a point, a furse: v. he went; he has gone Aethawl, a. pungent, poignant Aethiad, n. a smarting Aethnen, n. an aspen, a poplar Aethwellt, n. latter-math Aethwydd, n. aspen wood Af, n. progress, a going on; a prefix to words, answering to UN Afach, n. a grapple, a holdfast Afaeth, n. blandishment Afal, n. an apple Afaleua, v. to gather apples Afall, n. an apple tree Afallach, n. an orchard Afallen, n. an apple tree Afallwydd, n. apple trees Afan, n. raspberries: a. high, loud Afanc, n. a crocodile Afanen, n. a raspberry Afanwydd, n. a raspberry-brake Afiach, a. unwell, unhealthy Afiaeth, n. blandishment Afiechyd, n. indisposition Aflafar, n. loss of speech; dumb Aflafarwch, n. lack of utterance Aflan, a. unclean, poluted Aflanhad, n. a polluting Aflanhau, v. to pollute Aflariaidd, a. ungentle Aflathr, a. without polish Aflathraidd, a. unpollished Aflawen, a. not merry Afleferydd, n. dumbness Aflendid, n. uncleanness Aflerw, a. slovenly, untidy Afles, n. disadvantage; hurt Aflesol, a. disadvantageous Aflesrwydd, n. disadvantage Aflesu, v. to damage, to hurt Aflonder, n. uncheerfulness Aflonydd, a. unquiet, restless Aflonyddiad, n. molestation Aflonyddu, v. to disquiet Aflonyddwch, n. disquietude Aflonyddwr, n. a molester Afloyw, a. not clear, muddy Afloywder, n. muddiness Aflun, a. void of form Afluniad, n. deforming Afluniaidd, a. deformed Aflunieiddio, v. to disfigure Aflwfr, a. uncowardly; daring Aflwydd, n. misfortune Aflwyddianus, a. unprosperous Aflwyddiant, n. misfortune, want of prosperity Aflwyddo, v. to miscarry, to fail Aflwyddol, a. unprosperous Aflyfnder, n. ruggedness Aflym, a. blunt; not sharp Aflymder, n. want of sharpness Aflywodraeth, n. misrule Aflywodraethus, a. ungovernable Afon, n. a river Afonig, n. a brook, rivulet, a rill Afonol, a. like a rivet Afr, n. a flowing principle Afrad, n. waste Afradiad, n. a lavashing Afradlawn, a. extravagant Afradlondeb, n. prodigality Afradloni, v. to waste, to lavish Afradloniad, n. lavishing Afradlonrwydd, n. prodigality Afradu, v. to squander, to lavish Afraid, a. needless, unnecessary Afreol, n. disorder, misrule Afreolaidd, a. irregular Afreolaeth, n. irregularity Afrif, a. numberless Afrifad, n. innumerableness Afrifed, a. innumerable Afrifo, v. to miscount Afrllad, n. consecrated wafers Afrlladen, n. a cake, a wafer Afrugl, a. faultering, hesitating Afrwydd, n. difficulty: a. unprosperous Afrwydd-deb, n. unpropitiousness Afrwyddiad, n. a retarding Afrwyddo, v. to retard, to hinder Afrwyddol, a. unpropitious Afrwym, a. unbound, untied Afrywiaeth, n. degeneracy Afrywiedig, a. degenerated Afrywio, v. to degenerate Afrywiog, a. harsh, degenerate Afrywiogi, v. to grow rough Afrywiogrwydd, n. degeneracy, rigour; harshness Afu, n. the liver Afuad, n. the rot Afuol, a. hepatical Affwys, n. a precipice: a. steep Ag, n. f. an opening, a cleft: prep.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

When the fourth courier came about nine, and repeated the same words, the pharaoh was frowning.
— from The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Bolesław Prus

1 It is situated near the bridge which crosses a narrow and rapid stream, in a lonely part of Guildford Street; a latticed window which overhangs the road is the window of the room in which the poet expired; on the outside wall Mr. Clarke has recorded his reason for removing the porch.
— from The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various

Not only are their types few, but the individual characters are nearly all reproductions from life.
— from The Age of Tennyson by Hugh Walker

Here one feels anew the eternal friendship between childhood and Nature, and remembers that they only can abide in that fellowship who carry into riper years the self-forgetfulness, the sweet unconsciousness, the open mind and heart of a child.
— from Under the Trees and Elsewhere by Hamilton Wright Mabie

I was angry at being called a nigger, and replied, "You don't know nothing, yourself, about it, and you expect a poor ignorant girl to know more than you do yourself; if you had any feeling you would get somebody to teach me, and then I'd do well enough."
— from From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom by Lucy A. (Lucy Ann) Delaney

S. Spirito, now a powder magazine, we pass, and S. Clemente, with its barrack-like red buildings, once a convent and now a refuge for poor mad women, and then La Grazia, where the consumptives are sent, and so we enter the narrow way between the Giudecca and S. Giorgio Maggiore, on the other side of which Venice awaits us in all her twilight loveliness.
— from A Wanderer in Venice by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

It was on a dark, yet mild and exceptionally dry evening at Christmas-time (according to the testimony of William Dewy of Mellstock, Michael Mail, and others), that the choir of Chalk-Newton—a large parish situate about half-way between the towns of Ivel and Casterbridge, and now a railway station—left their homes just before midnight to repeat their annual harmonies under the windows of the local population.
— from A Changed Man, and Other Tales by Thomas Hardy

Here malice, rapine, accident conspire, And now a rabble rages, now a fire; Their ambush mere relentless villains lay, And here the fell attorney prowls for prey.
— from Heiress of Haddon by W. E. (William Elliott) Doubleday

We must have a degree of faith equally in the honour as well as the loyalty of our soldiers, to help them to a cheerful and not a Russian stolidness in the discharge of duty.
— from History of the Scottish Regiments in the British Army by Archibald K. Murray

Resigning, therefore, my glass to my guide, who was to watch the tottering blocks overhead, and give me warning should they move, I advanced to the base of the fall, removed with my hatchet the weathered surface of the ice, and found underneath it the true veined structure, cutting, at nearly a right angle, the planes of stratification.
— from The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers and an exposition of the physical principles to which they are related by John Tyndall