Had political exigencies been less pressing, the opposition to government guardianship of Negroes less bitter, and the attachment to the slave system less strong, the social seer can well imagine a far better policy,—a permanent Freedmen's Bureau, with a national system of Negro schools; a carefully supervised employment and labor office; a system of impartial protection before the regular courts; and such institutions for social betterment as savings-banks, land and building associations, and social settlements.
— from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

It was a common saying, even among little white boys, that it was worth a half-cent to kill a "nigger," and a half-cent to bury one.
— from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass

Some weeks later there was a curious scene enacted at L'Abri.
— from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin

'Let us leave this chamber,' said Emily: 'and let me caution you again, Annette; be guarded in your conversation, and never tell, that you know any thing of that picture.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

“She is charming,” said Eugene, after looking at Mme.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

( c. ) servosne es an līber?
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

It is largely this lofty steeple in the centre that gives the Cathedral so English a look.
— from Capitals of the Northlands: Tales of Ten Cities by Ian C. Hannah

His face was strong, clean shaved, except a light mustache, with full sensual lips and an unusually fine brow.
— from The Bishop of Cottontown: A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by John Trotwood Moore

“Second: That military and naval commanders shall employ as laborers within a
— from Lincoln's Yarns and Stories A Complete Collection of the Funny and Witty Anecdotes That Made Lincoln Famous as America's Greatest Story Teller by Alexander K. (Alexander Kelly) McClure

Whenever a Mexican family could serve enchiladas a lantern would be hung outside.
— from The Pinos Altos Story by Dorothy Watson

Just before Christmas, Sir Edward and Lady Leicester arrived at Rose-hill, where they spent some weeks.
— from Mystery and Confidence: A Tale. Vol. 3 by Elizabeth Sibthorpe Pinchard

‘“Man could learn obedience at least from that creature,” said Eddi, a little ashamed of himself.
— from Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling