"I have been very nearly carried away," she said; "it is a good thing that you are come, for I want something to strengthen me.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

Their ordinary food, according to Strehlow, was the same as that of the corresponding animal (see Strehlow, I, p. 4).
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

The mask fell off the city, and she saw it for what it really is—a caricature of infinity.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

Again, though we esteem candour and scrupulous sincerity in most persons, we scarcely look for them in a diplomatist who has to conceal secrets, nor do we expect that a tradesman in describing his goods should frankly point out their defects to his customers.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

He comes; a severe, sedate, immovable, dark rider, waving his truncheon of universal sway, as he passes along the lengthened line, on the pale horse of the Revelation.
— from Mosses from an Old Manse, and Other Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne

With eye and hand we fend the head; Courage and skill stand in the stead Of panzer, helm, and shield,
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Harmony and uniformity are only secondary beauties in composition; many of these things are conventional, and, strictly speaking, it is possible to forego them; but without clear phraseology there is no good language.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

I find myself suddenly checked and stopped short, in the execution of my design, by a mystery which I cannot penetrate.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

The marquis laughed heartily at her confusion, and she said,— “Is it possible that a man of your years has not yet learnt to respect a woman?”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Methought when first I enter'd, Such splendours round me shone, Into a world I ventured Where rose another sun: Whilst music, never cloying, As skylarks sweet I hear;
— from Merrie England in the Olden Time, Vol. 1 by George Daniel

Wash Wilson "Iffen you want to find de conjure tricks what done been sot for you, jes' kill you a fat chicken and sprinkle some its blood in da conjure doctor's left palm.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration

Everything one has earned by labor the right to buy at the cooperative and soviet shops is at a fixed, low price, at the established (too small.)
— from The Bullitt Mission to Russia Testimony before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, of William C. Bullitt by William C. (William Christian) Bullitt

He had big blue eyes, long, girlish, fair hair, a pale complexion, a delicate chest, and was morbidly nervous, which last, being a born comedian and strangely skilled in discovering people's weaknesses, he upon occasion turned to good account.
— from Jean-Christophe Journey's End by Romain Rolland

Hal led her to a chair, and she sank into it and hid her face in her hands, sobbing, talking incoherently between her sobs.
— from King Coal : a Novel by Upton Sinclair

6 Once on a time that lord, the husband of Párvatí, was gratified with praises by his wife, having gained confidence as she sat in secret with him; the moon-crested one attentive to her praise and delighted, placed her on his lap, and said, “What can I do to please thee?”
— from The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story by active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta

The Indians have two great national epic poems, containing nearly the whole substance of all the epic poems of the other Aryan races, and the many scenes from the Ramâyâna and Mahâbhârata in carvings and sculptures stand in the same relation to Greek art, as these poems to the Iliad and Odyssee.
— from A Manual of the Historical Development of Art Pre-Historic—Ancient—Classic—Early Christian; with Special Reference to Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, and Ornamentation by G. G. (Gustavus George) Zerffi

Are these "liberal" congressmen and senators so ignorant that they do not know the whole Atlantic Union movement is built under the canopy of "implementing Article 2 of this NATO Treaty?"
— from The Invisible Government by Dan Smoot