And knowing that his existence here is limited, a man's workings have reference to others rather than to himself, and thereby into his nature comes a new influx of nobility.
— from Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country by Alexander Smith

Yet, although all men were asserting vehemently that "Paul's could never burn," all faces were looking anxious, and all ears were eagerly attuned to catch any new item of news which a messenger or passerby might bring.
— from The Sign of the Red Cross: A Tale of Old London by Evelyn Everett-Green

I do not know whether M. de Lourdoueix had composed a Ninus III. or Ninus IV.
— from My Memoirs, Vol. IV, 1830 to 1831 by Alexandre Dumas

By the pagans —the unsophisticated villagers among whom Pucca mostly survived—Death was conceived as not invariably or necessarily frightful, but sometimes as a lovely youth.
— from Archaic England An Essay in Deciphering Prehistory from Megalithic Monuments, Earthworks, Customs, Coins, Place-names, and Faerie Superstitions by Harold Bayley

But the mere dread or distrust resulting from the want of inner virtues of Faith and Charity among nations, is often no less costly than war itself.
— from Unto This Last, and Other Essays on Political Economy by John Ruskin

Many fine examples of Saracenic fabrics of the 11th to the 15th centuries are now in our national museums.
— from A Manual of Historic Ornament Treating upon the evolution, tradition, and development of architecture and other applied arts. Prepared for the use of students and craftsmen by Richard Glazier