and at the same time they pointed to the empty frames; for they imagined that everyone else could see this exquisite piece of workmanship.
— from Andersen's Fairy Tales by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

Won't you promise to come to my convention, without charge save travelling expenses, provided I have one?
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

And if, when we turn from these abstract considerations to history, and examine the actual morality of other ages and countries, we undoubtedly find that, considered as an instrument for producing general happiness, it continually seems to exhibit palpable imperfections,—there is surely a strong presumption that there are similar imperfections to be discovered in our own moral [466] code, though habit and familiarity prevent them from being obvious.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

The nature of these vast retail combinations, should they ever permanently disappear, will form an interesting chapter in the commercial history of our nation.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

The king alternate a dire tale relates, Of wars, of triumphs, and disastrous fates; All he unfolds; his listening spouse turns pale With pleasing horror at the dreadful tale; Sleepless devours each word; and hears how slain Cicons on Cicons swell the ensanguined plain; How to the land of Lote unbless'd he sails; And images the rills and flowery vales!
— from The Odyssey by Homer

It is the general belief that Smith committed suicide through extreme poverty and destitution.”
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

Each time that he got the chance he would place himself where he could see the emperor pass, in order to have the honor of taking his hat off to him; and he would go away puffed up with pride at having bowed to the head of the state.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

And the Church ought to represent the feeling of the community, so that every parish should be a family knit together by Christian brotherhood under a spiritual father.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

Five years have circled since these eyes pursued Ulysses parting through the sable flood: Prosperous he sail'd, with dexter auguries, And all the wing'd good omens of the skies.
— from The Odyssey by Homer

The boats employed on this business were manned by the Sirius's crew; so that every possible attention to prevent danger or accident was used: but, notwithstanding which, on the 17th of August, in what was considered as good landing, one of the boats, in coming into the passage, was overtaken by a succession of heavy surfs, which threw her on one of the reefs, where she parted in less than two minutes, and seven people were drowned.
— from An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island by John Hunter

At a quarter past three the door was closed, and Washington went around the circle, speaking to each person.
— from Stories of Later American History by Wilbur F. (Wilbur Fisk) Gordy

That is to say they were holding their cards so that each player could only see the backs of his own hand and the fronts of his partner’s hand.
— from Vanderdecken by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole

The question having become much complicated by the numerous propositions to amend, the Speaker, by request of Mr. Conkling, stated the exact position of the subject before the House, and the various questions pending.
— from History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by William Horatio Barnes

Reports are required from all who have information to impart and they should be made out on previously prepared message cards, stating the exact position of the sender at the time of the report; the progress made by the unit under the command of the sender, or by neighbouring or other units whose action has been observed; the degree of the enemy's resistance; enemy movements; and the plans of the officer making the report and the method to be adopted in carrying out such plans.
— from Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918 by Anonymous

About this time there came to him Cornelis Sylvius, the eminent preacher, to sit for a picture that was to adorn the Seaman's Orphanage, of which Sylvius was director.
— from Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters by Elbert Hubbard

"My cup is small, but I drink out of my cup," said the egoistical poet of an avaricious people.
— from Tragic Sense Of Life by Miguel de Unamuno