Look at the last runnings of the romantic school, as we see them in that strange contemporary Parisian literature, with which we of the less clever countries are so often driven to rinse out our minds after they have become clogged with the dulness and heaviness of our native pursuits.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

He did a host of other notable things as well, among others, entering the field of politics, and becoming a recognized leader there no less than in science.
— from A History of Science — Volume 5 by Edward Huntington Williams

For our Sovereign is undoubtedly the Defender and Head of our national Church of England , in which Respect we may pray for the King and Church ; but Christ is the Head of the Universal or Catholick Church, in which Respect we wish Prosperity to the Church and King .
— from The Present State of Virginia by Hugh Jones

But Barbara's outbreak now came at an opportune time, for yesterday, by the leech's suggestion, and with the express approval of the Emperor, one of the Dominican nuns, Sister Hyacinthe, had come from the Convent of the Holy Cross and, with quiet dignity, assumed her office of nurse beside her charge's sick-bed.
— from Barbara Blomberg — Volume 07 by Georg Ebers

Suffer not the ranks to be thinned, under pretense of carrying off the wounded; but let each man be well persuaded that we must conquer the hirelings of England, who are animated with so deep a hatred of our nation.
— 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

I went by Mr T.'s shop to-night, and it was all lighted up so that I could see great sticks of candy, almost as big round as [Pg 11] my wrist, and jars of sweetmeats, and there was a rocking horse all saddled and bridled, and the neatest little whip you ever did see, and such a little rifle—but I forgot, girls don't mind those things; let me think—I dare say there were dolls, though I didn't look for them, and then such a pretty little rocking-chair all cushioned with purple silk, just about big enough for dolly, and heaps of other nice things—so we must be out early, Effie.'
— from Effie Maurice Or What do I Love Best by Fanny Forester

A morbid gloating over the deficiencies and humiliations of our neighbors is pretty sure to develop vulgarity and a lax moral fibre in ourselves; for vulgarity of mind and manners seems to me to be primarily a lack of restraint in thought, feeling, and expression regarding those tendencies which every civilized man and race is striving to modify or to conquer."
— from Library Ideals by Henry Eduard Legler