The prior then made fast the door, and opened it not again till the next morning, when, if the penitent were there, he was taken out and led with great joy to the church, and, after fifteen days’ watching and praying, was dismissed.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

no existen allí las consideraciones sociales; los carruajes de los ricos se detienen a orillas del pueblo, lo mismo que los coches simones, lo mismo que los trenes del ferrocarril.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

In Russia (about which, however, we have very little exact or accurate information) the condition of the rolling-stock is believed to be altogether desperate, and one of the most fundamental factors in her existing economic disorder.
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes

When composing, I have generally had them in my mind, perhaps fifty at a time, walking up and down in my room; and then I have written them down, and often, from laziness, have written only half lines.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

In dreams and madness intent is confused and wayward, in idiocy it is suspended altogether; nor has discourse any other pledge that it is addressing kindred interlocutors except that which it receives from the disposition and habit of bodies.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

I can only say of that, that no one who has examined Mr. Bourne (including Dr. Read, Dr. Weir Mitchell, Dr. Guy Hinsdale, and Mr. R. Hodgson) practically doubts his ingrained honesty, nor, so far as I can discover, do any of his personal acquaintances indulge in a sceptical view.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

H2 anchor Despondency: An Ode Oppress'd with grief, oppress'd with care, A burden more than I can bear, I set me down and sigh; O life!
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

Fabius Pictor, a relative of the great Fabius, was sent to Delphi, and of two of the Vestal virgins who were found to have been seduced, one was buried alive, as is the usual custom, while the other died by her own hand.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

Also, that it is they who are concerned with purifications, and expiations, and all kinds of divination, and oracular predictions, and things of that kind.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

"So I say, an Angel is the soul of man and woman in one: they rise united at the Judgment Day, as one Angel——" "Praising the Lord," said Frank.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

In a position like that of Diagram 45 on White could play P-f4 without making his King's Pawn backward, as neither a frontal nor a diagonal attack on e3 is possible.
— from Chess and Checkers : the Way to Mastership by Edward Lasker

The doctors said work must be dropped at once and the winter be spent in Egypt, if a more serious break were to be avoided.
— from Silver Chimes in Syria: Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences by William S. Nelson

No more is needed to convince men who have such a disposition and have a knowledge of their duty and of their incompetence.
— from The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal by Blaise Pascal

Once Susie Billings in her khaki suit and cowboy hat came to spend the day; and once, on Sunday, Mr. Jones came to hold service again.
— from The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

So Mamma looked for the dish, all over the nursery, but it was not to be found.
— from Three Minute Stories by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

There is an inexpressible efficacy in the cross to bring all the various opposing elements into subjection, and produce order in the place of discord and opposition.
— from Daughters of the Cross: or Woman's Mission by Daniel C. (Daniel Clarke) Eddy

Strange to say, I felt little uneasiness on the subject: I had a quick eye, great activity, and superior physical strength; and I had heard that the most expert fencer is often at a loss to parry the determined assault of an aggressor, even though he should hardly know the use of his weapon.
— from Bentley's Miscellany, Volume I by Various

… "A daily average of ten cents' worth of food to two hundred thousand people would be an expenditure of $20,000 per day, and, of course, the most humane efforts upon the part of our citizens cannot hope to accomplish such a gigantic relief, and a great portion of these people will have to be abandoned to their fate."
— from Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by Trumbull White

I could never form a clear idea of the man, much as I admired his sermons; his brother and his own friends gave such different accounts of him.
— from My Autobiography: A Fragment by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

We were in danger at one time, and felt the need of a strong, manly blow from an authoritative source.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 07 (of 20) by Charles Sumner