In case of personal injury to a workman arising out of his employment, should his employer be liable for adequate compensation and be forbidden to set up as a defence a plea of contributory negligence on the part of the workman, or the negligence of a fellow workman?
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

" She spoke so unaffectedly that Angel was sure in his heart that his father could not object to her on religious grounds, even though she did not know whether her principles were High, Low or Broad.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

Thus, it is evident that the conventions of courtesy not only tend to make the wheels of life run more smoothly, but also act as safeguards in human relationship.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

Women prefer emotion to reason—that is plain: in virtue of the futility of our customs, none of the affairs of the family fall on their shoulders, so that reason is of no use to them and they never find it of any practical good.
— from On Love by Stendhal

‘Come, none of this, my man; this won’t do with me,’ said the owner of the rough coat, raising his voice, and turning white.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

repeated Hawkeye, calmly; “no, not absolutely of danger; for, with vigilant ears and quick eyes, we can manage to keep a few hours ahead of the knaves; or, if we must try the rifle, there are three of us who understand its gifts as well as any you can name on the borders.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

iv.-70 contain: Notes on the Geological features of the banks of the River Irawadee and on the Country north of the Amarapoora, by Thomas Oldham … Calcutta, 1856.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

In his excellent treatise entitled, "What Geography owes to Peter the Great," Von Baer tries to show that Bering turned back in his course, not on the 15th, but on the 16th of August, and that too, notwithstanding the fact that both Bering and Müller, in print, give the former date,—yes, notwithstanding the fact that Von Baer himself had an autograph card from Bering which likewise gives the 15th.
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen

Women have, however, some share of influence in giving the tone to public moralities since their sphere of action has been a little widened, and since a considerable number of them have occupied themselves practically in the promotion of objects reaching beyond their own family and household.
— from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

The landlady leaving us again, he proceeded to shift; in the act of which, though he proceeded with all that modesty which became these first solemner instants of our re-meeting, after so long an absence, I could not refrain certain snatches of my eyes, lured by the dazzling discoveries of his naked skin, that escaped him as he changed his linen, and which I could not observe the unfaded life and complexion of without emotions of tenderness and joy, that had himself too purely for their object, to partake of a loose or mis-timed desire.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

In order to form an accurate idea of these circumstances, it is necessary to consider not only the case itself, but the man’s character, if by character is understood a person’s will regarded as a continuous entity.
— from The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck

The expression of his gratitude was so mingled with flattery and appeal that Monty could not overlook the hint that a new altar piece had long been needed.
— from Brewster's Millions by George Barr McCutcheon

She had the look, Dr. Blake told himself, which old-fashioned country nurses of the herb-doctor school refer to as "called."
— from The House of Mystery: An Episode in the Career of Rosalie Le Grange, Clairvoyant by Will Irwin

To it come all reports from the interior as well as the exterior; it has to find its way in the midst of all complications; it has to exercise foresight, and to take into consideration not only the immediate effect of an act, [410] but also the more remote consequences for the commonwealth.
— from Degeneration by Max Simon Nordau

Rigorously virtuous ladies, who had doubted within themselves whether it were befitting to bring their youthful daughters to thread the labyrinths full of Eleusianian mysteries at Kárpáthy Castle, now ordered their dresses from the dressmakers without the slightest apprehension.
— from A Hungarian Nabob by Mór Jókai

She was miserable, for she could not overcome the attraction which he had exercised over her from the first, yet was too bashful to declare herself more openly.
— from The Black Diamond by Francis Brett Young

In addition to these comic or satiric shadows, the gnomon of his Sun Dial may be relied on every now and then to register a clear-cut notation of the national mind and heart.
— from Shandygaff A number of most agreeable Inquirendoes upon Life & Letters, interspersed with Short Stories & Skits, the whole most Diverting to the Reader by Christopher Morley

She knew how prodigiously it waxed on crumbs; nay, on the imagination of small morsels.
— from Diana of the Crossways — Complete by George Meredith