Good had come out of the evil of the ancient bitterness.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Also, amid many opinions held in equal repute, I chose always the most moderate, as much for the reason that these are always the most convenient for practice, and probably the best (for all excess is generally vicious), as that, in the event of my falling into error, I might be at less distance from the truth than if, having chosen one of the extremes, it should turn out to be the other which I ought to have adopted.
— from Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences by René Descartes

I ascend to the foretruck, I take my place late at night in the crow's-nest, We sail the arctic sea, it is plenty light enough, Through the clear atmosphere I stretch around on the wonderful beauty, The enormous masses of ice pass me and I pass them, the scenery is plain in all directions, The white-topt mountains show in the distance, I fling out my fancies toward them, We are approaching some great battle-field in which we are soon to be engaged, We pass the colossal outposts of the encampment, we pass with still feet and caution, Or we are entering by the suburbs some vast and ruin'd city, The blocks and fallen architecture more than all the living cities of the globe.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

In such a case, he said, not only were there very pretty pickings, in the way of arguments at every stage of the proceedings, and mountains upon mountains of evidence on interrogatory and counter-interrogatory (to say nothing of an appeal lying, first to the Delegates, and then to the Lords), but, the costs being pretty sure to come out of the estate at last, both sides went at it in a lively and spirited manner, and expense was no consideration.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

3. “Expulsory” Ceremonies (for the casting out of the evil principle; 119 of which the “sucking charm” rite ( mĕngalin ) is an example).
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

Yün’s hands had the power of producing lightning, and eight columns of mysterious fire suddenly came out of the earth, completely enveloping Wên Chung.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

She bent forward on the wheel and sobbed, with great, dry, quivering sobs, as they flew toward the cable office on the east side, leaving the world of wealth and prosperity for the world of poverty and work.
— from Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

In the meantime, the person came completely out of the earth, with a bald pate, holding in his hand a golden ploughshare, and his neck encircled with garlands of flowers.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

As soon as they come out of the egg, they hoist a great sail and put out.
— from The Pond by Carl Ewald

For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be' (Matt 24:27; Mal 4:2; Heb 9:28; Col 3:4; 2 Peter 3:11-14).
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan

The "snapping-turtle" strikes after its natural fashion when it first comes out of the egg.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes

After we had scraped as much paste as we could off ourselves they explained that they had come to take me somewhere.
— from Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart

Our first attempt at a women’s ward was certainly a failure, but “it is an ill wind that blows nobody any good,” and so good came out of this evil.
— from Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An Account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence Amongst the Women of the East by A. Hume-Griffith

"Miss Bradford," began Mr. Jackson, without preliminary, "Mr. Wardwell tells me he saw you coming out of the electric room on the afternoon of the play.
— from The Camp Fire Girls at School; Or, The Wohelo Weavers by Hildegard G. Frey

"The King, 182 taking from the chief officer of the Embassy the horse he rides, with its saddle and bridle, mounts it, and then, taking white taffeta, jewels of various kinds, and things required by the Sramanas, in union with his ministers, he vows to give them all to the priests.
— from The Gates of India: Being an Historical Narrative by Holdich, Thomas Hungerford, Sir

Anyhow, the young sports had put all their swell imported terriers in to him, and the old badger had come out on top every time—at least, he hadn't 'come out' on top, because he hadn't come out at all; but when he and the dogs got to chewing one another underground, he appeared to have away ahead the finest appetite.
— from Saddle and Mocassin by Francis Francis

The Grinder, he thought, must have caught one of the early Sunday trains, and made his way to Birmingham.
— from The Vicar of Bullhampton by Anthony Trollope

This sacred science was formerly taught to the Romans by a little god named Tages, who came out of the earth in Tuscany.
— from A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 by Voltaire