“The power of custom is enormous, and so gradual will be the change, that man’s sense of what is due to himself will be at no time rudely shocked; our bondage will steal upon us noiselessly and by imperceptible approaches; nor will there ever be such a clashing of desires between man and the machines as will lead to an encounter between them.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

From the words ηγουν ορους one might infer, that Ampelus was no uncommon name for a mountain in general: so far is certain, that many such were so denominated: which name could not relate to αμπελος , the vine; but they were so called from the Deity to whom they were [824] sacred.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

After him came the Mother Superior from a distant convent.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

On the contrary, the military spirit means, if anything, obeying the weakest and stupidest man, obeying him merely because he is a man, and not a thousand men.
— from What's Wrong with the World by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

My fault lies in the fact that we concealed not only the body, but also the treasure, and that I have clung to Morstan's share as well as to my own.
— from The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle

Among his best works are the tomb of Cardinal Mazarin; the tomb of the great Colbert in the Church of St. Eustache; the monument of Charles le Brun in the Church of St. Nicolas; the statue of the great Condé; the marble statue of Louis XIV., in the Church of Notre Dame, and others.
— from A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by Clara Erskine Clement Waters

This I attribute largely to a merry disposition and a ready desire to please, together with a very genial indifference if, by any chance, the maid should prove disdainful.
— from The God of Love by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy

This is the way in which I came to make speeches; it was an action in favor of liberty.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume VIII. Interviews by Robert Green Ingersoll

A fair-complexioned girl, who wears a red shawl round her head and shoulders——" "Oh, that was just Anna Chlannach[#] that Miss Stanley would be seeing," said Barbara, in her soft-spoken way.
— from Donald Ross of Heimra (Volume 1 of 3) by William Black