I endeavour to withdraw this corner from the public tempest, as I also do another corner in my soul.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Behind this it placed another demon, if possible more devilish, and called it Mr. Seward.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

Nevertheless, after 48 hrs., the cubes were largely dissolved and converted into minute spheres, surrounded by transparent, very acid fluid.
— from Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin

IV They at a mead arrived, where, in disport, Knights were reposing by a stream, one pair Disarmed, another casqued in martial sort;
— from Orlando Furioso by Lodovico Ariosto

Thus the Christ idea of the maternal gift had as yet no value for me - but even so I was rich with the ideas of God and Satan as the causes of this sad discord and confusion in my soul.
— from The Bride of Dreams by Frederik van Eeden

Although a soldier and inured to meet the foe with determination and calmness, I must say, Oh what a cruel and wicked thing is war!
— from An Artilleryman's Diary by Jenkins Lloyd Jones