But yield not me the praise: God only thro' his bounty hath thought fit, Among the powers and princes of this world, To make me an example to mankind, Which few can reach to.
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

"For those who, with M. Cousin, regard the notion of the unconditioned as a positive and real knowledge of existence in its all-comprehensive unity, and who consequently employ the terms Absolute , Infinite , Unconditioned , as only various expressions for the same identity, are imperatively bound to prove that their idea of the One corresponds, either with that Unconditioned we have distinguished as the Absolute, or with that Unconditioned we have distinguished as the Infinite, or that it includes both, or that it excludes both .
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation Including Some Strictures Upon the Theories of Rev. Henry L. Mansel and Mr. Herbert Spencer by Jesse Henry Jones

Uncle Nikolay Nikolaitch was coming rapidly towards her.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

"Yes, I can see all but your thoughts, and were you a Barsoomian I could read those." Then a door opened at the far side of the chamber and a strange, dried up, little mummy of a man came toward me.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

In 1789, 1791 and 1792, Casanova received three letters from Maddalena Allegranti, the niece of J. B. Allegranti the innkeeper with whom Casanova lodged at Florence in 1771.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

"Alas, poor child," replied the old woman, "whither hast thou come?
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

I can respect that invention of the grey spouse of Satan.
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

But since fate has linked our two lives, I can reveal the results of my observations to you."
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

33, „ 4, for as she receives, read as receives. „ 54, „ 15, for the seventh of the circumference, read the seventh of the third of the circumference. „ 59, „ 36, for transeuntia, read transcurrentia. „
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

The veteran grenadiers who had braved the terrific charges at Lodi sobbed like children and broke their ranks to cluster round their commander to plead for one more trial.
— from Military Career of Napoleon the Great An Account of the Remarkable Campaigns of the "Man of Destiny"; Authentic Anecdotes of the Battlefield as Told by the Famous Marshals and Generals of the First Empire by Montgomery B. Gibbs

It was probably in consequence of these disputes that in January, 1905, the Secretary of War approved of a proposed Act of the Insular Government conferring authority upon the Supreme Court of these Islands to hear cases relating to Church property claims and pronounce a final decision thereon.
— from The Philippine Islands A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago, Embracing the Whole Period of Spanish Rule by Foreman, John, F.R.G.S.

But Rose, poor thing, is sorely discomposed with the firing of the Castle, though I have proved to her from Blondel and Coehorn, that it is impossible a bullet can reach these buildings; and, besides, I have it in charge from his Royal Highness to go to the camp, or leaguer of our army, to see that the men do condamare vasa, that is, truss up their bag and baggage for tomorrow's march.'
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since — Volume 2 by Walter Scott

Men are often ostentatious, often extravagant, and not unfrequently dishonest in that broad way of dishonesty which is called living beyond their means—sometimes making up the deficit by practices which end in the dock of the Old Bailey; but, as a rule, they go in for the real thing in details, and their pinchbeck is at the core rather than on the surface.
— from The Girl of the Period, and Other Social Essays, Vol. 1 (of 2) by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton

The sun, setting between high-banked, ill-defined clouds, gave out bright copper-coloured rays that betokened much wind at no distant date; while from the south-east a long, heavy swell, although far from land, gave further indications of change.
— from The Nameless Island: A Story of Some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

Gentlemen:— Your shipment of 76 head cattle, referred to in your favor of 10th inst., was delivered us on the 14th inst., in fairly good order, by C. 54 B. & Q. R. R. Co. We sold them to-day in open market at $5, or gross ... $4,260.50.
— from The New Century Standard Letter-Writer Business, Family and Social Correspondence, Love-Letters, Etiquette, Synonyms, Legal Forms, Etc. by Alfred B. Chambers

Oh, the man, etc. Both A and B rehearsal slight— They say they'll be "all right at night" (They've both to go to school yet); C in each act must change her dress, D will attempt to "square the press"; E won't play Romeo unless His grandmother plays Juliet; F claims all hoydens as her rights (She's played them thirty seasons); And G must show herself in tights For two convincing reasons— Two very well-shaped reasons!
— from The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Arthur Sullivan

I cannot realize that I am awake.
— from The Cleverdale Mystery; or, The Machine and Its Wheels: A Story of American Life by W. A. Wilkins

Be not over anxious about “smooth paths;”—leaving your God, as Orpah did Naomi, just when the cross requires to be carried.
— from The Mind of Jesus by John R. (John Ross) Macduff

Every thought and feeling was now merged in intense interest and curiosity regarding the participants in the strange union, which was being consummated before them.
— from The Masked Bridal by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.