By-and-by the child himself is brought down by his nurse, and the company begin to rail upon him, upbraiding him for his impertinence, and asking him what amends he proposes to make for the wrong that he has committed, and how he can look for care and nourishment from those who have perhaps already been injured by the unborn on some ten or twelve occasions; for they say of people with large families, that they have suffered terrible injuries from the unborn; till at last, when this has been carried far enough, some one suggests the formula, which is brought out and solemnly read to the child by the family straightener.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

In the Discours sur l'Origine de l'Inégalité , p. 91 (edit. Bipont.), he says: Il y a un autre principe, que Hobbes n'a point aperçu, et qui ayant été donné à l'homme pour adoucir, en certaines circonstances, la férocité de son amour-propre, tempère l'ardeur qu'il
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

311.—If there be men whose folly has never appeared, it is because it has never been closely looked for.
— from Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims by François duc de La Rochefoucauld

Cosette looked for a name; there was none.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

This is further promoting a common language for people to use for communication.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

But I, standing there behind the door, was able through a chink to observe her countenance, and I felt sorry for her—such a deathly pallor shrouded that charming little face!
— from A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Iurevich Lermontov

But no sooner had he returned, alone and defenceless, than a hostile commission was sent to the East, to seize his treasures and criminate his actions; the guards and veterans, who followed his private banner, were distributed among the chiefs of the army, and even the eunuchs presumed to cast lots for the partition of his martial domestics.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

The formation of the naso-labial fold on the cheeks likewise follows from the drawing up of the upper lip.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

This sore combat lasted for above half a day, even till Christian was almost quite spent.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

Should any believers have tables, chairs, bedsteads, bedding, earthenware, or any kind of household furniture to spare, for the furnishing of the house; or remnants or pieces of calico, linen, flannel, cloth, or any materials useful for wearing apparel; or clothes already worn; they will be thankfully received.
— from A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller. Part 1 by George Müller

It is called La foi de la loi , that is, "the creed of authority," and is sung avec solennité .
— from Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes by Lina Eckenstein

Many a swarthy mountaineer is to be seen, of pure Celtic blood, clear eyed and clean limbed, from far-off mountain clachan.
— from Sketch-Book of the North by George Eyre-Todd

As a stimulating expectorant and diaphoretic; in chronic catarrhs, low fevers, agues, &c. 3. (Compound; Infusum serpentariæ compositum , L.—Guy’s Hosp.)
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson

Cicely lingered for a minute on the village green.
— from Whitewash by Horace Annesley Vachell

Mavra’s devotion to the Benckendorff children passed all expression; she cared little for her fate and fortune and for that of her own family as long as they were alive and well.
— from The Puppet Show of Memory by Maurice Baring

The shear frames broke, The cropper lads for me!”
— from Ben o' Bill's, the Luddite: A Yorkshire Tale by D. F. E. Sykes

Commandant Lonsdale, for it was he, rode up to the General and uttered the astounding words "The camp is in possession of the enemy.
— from The Story of the Zulu Campaign by Edmund Verney Wyatt Edgell

I consider truth as the corner stone of the great social fabric, and where this is wanting, I am constantly looking for ruin and desolation.
— from Love After Marriage; and Other Stories of the Heart by Caroline Lee Hentz

The regent called La Fare.
— from History of the Opera from its Origin in Italy to the present Time With Anecdotes of the Most Celebrated Composers and Vocalists of Europe by H. Sutherland (Henry Sutherland) Edwards