But having constantly to pass judgment on my associates, I come ere long to see, as Herr Horwicz says, my own lusts in the mirror of the lusts of others, and to think about them in a very different way from that in which I simply feel .
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Do deaf children ever learn to speak?"
— from The Story of My Life With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Helen Keller

He left the landlord no peace till he told him that in the neighborhood stood a haunted castle, where one could easily learn to shudder if one only kept watch in it for three nights.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

He could even listen to Sir William Lucas, when he complimented him on carrying away the brightest jewel of the country, and expressed his hopes of their all meeting frequently at St. James's, with very decent composure.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Among these means are the "don'ts" of the mother, the gossip of the community, epithets ("liar," "traitor," "scab"), the sneer, the shrug, the newspaper, the theater, the school, libraries, the law, and the gospel.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

There is a hill in Æthiopia called Θεῶν ὄχημα 723 , which burns with the greatest violence, throwing out flame that consumes everything, like the sun 724 .
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

‘I assure you, my good friend, I have more money than I can ever need; far more than a man at my age can ever live to spend,’ said Mr. Pickwick.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Choice examples, like the stars, differ from one another in glory only.
— from The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. by William De Lancey Ellwanger

The chief engineer left the stern-sheets, and could be heard clambering forward as if with hostile intentions against “the greatest idiot that ever was.”
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

Can, ou Chan en langue Tartare signifie Roi, ou Empereur.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

There were six of them, extra big ten-cent ones, and they could easily lift the small doll in the basket.
— from Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's by Laura Lee Hope

No child ever learned to speak by any other process.
— from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

Carassar, en langue Turque, signifie pierre noire.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Richard Hakluyt

For this reason these conceptions entirely lack the significance which they could only acquire later on when they came to be contrasted.
— from Totem and Taboo Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics by Sigmund Freud

After he had run home to take the money to his mother, John said: “We have corn enough left to send Bernard out ever so many times.
— from Cinderella; Or, The Little Glass Slipper, and Other Stories by Anonymous

She was a vivid personality, with burnished hair, flaming cheeks, eyes like the sea.
— from The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey

If she could even learn to set up type, and be employed in a printing-office?
— from The Other Girls by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney

Dick had just strength and consciousness enough left to slip this noose over his head and down under his armpits, drawing the noose tight.
— from The High School Left End; or, Dick & Co. Grilling on the Football Gridiron by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

He had consciousness enough left to show that he was on a wild sea beach, and to believe that his last moments were approaching.
— from Paul Gerrard, the Cabin Boy by William Henry Giles Kingston

Le Jeu, la chance et les theories scientifiques modernes.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1968 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office