The eternal and infinite Brahma not being made up of parts or liable to change, the individual soul, it is here laid down, cannot be a part or emanation of it, but is the whole indivisible Brahma.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

With dignified gravity he made a rather deep, conventional bow, and moved away to a chair.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

[Pg 172] stories about spirits [of the dead] coming back and such things that I would be afraid to go to bed.’ Evidence from Constantine Our witnesses from the ancient and picturesque village of Constantine are John Wilmet, seventy-eight years old, and his good wife, two most excellent and well-preserved types of the passing generation of true Cornish stock.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

Thus you believe, viewing the lives of other men, As one who in God-like fashion bends over an anthill, Seeing how their difficulties could be avoided.
— from Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters

We may I think confidently come to this conclusion, because, as we have seen, these coloured marks are eminently liable to appear in the crossed offspring of two distinct and differently coloured breeds; and in this case there is nothing in the external conditions of life to cause the reappearance of the slaty-blue, with the several marks, beyond the influence of the mere act of crossing on the laws of inheritance.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

Judge Driscoll could be a free-thinker and still hold his place in society because he was the person of most consequence in the community, and therefore could venture to go 72 his own way and follow out his own notions.
— from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

When I have seen all the misery and desolation that death can bring, and known the lonesome feeling of being solitary and alone in crowds, and all the agony of separation in grief and poverty when we most needed comfort and support from each other, can you wonder that I look upon this as a place of such delicious quiet and rest, that with you beside me I have nothing to wish for or regret?
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Then footsteps approached, strangers, such as the rose had seen in her dream, came by, and among them was a poet from the north; he plucked the rose, pressed a kiss upon her fresh mouth, and carried her away to the home of the clouds and the northern lights.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

‘If I ever do come back, and mix myself up with these people again,’ thought Mr. Winkle, as he wended his way to the Peacock, ‘I shall deserve to be horsewhipped myself—that’s all.’
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

"A rabbit was one day chased by a vicious dog.
— from Dawson Black: Retail Merchant by Harold Whitehead

A gentle King Lear (without the consolation of a Cordelia), following with resignation the conquering chariot of a man, his daughter's husband, who owed him so much, and, despite criticism, bravely acknowledged his debt, thus faithful to the end (he once declared that by Wagner he would stand or fall), Franz Liszt died a quarter of a century ago at [2] Bayreuth, not as Liszt the Conqueror, but a world-weary pilgrim, petted and flattered when young, neglected as the star of Wagner arose on the horizon.
— from Franz Liszt by James Huneker

You say, if we act with vigour and determination, we shall carry through Lord Palmerston’s policy without the aid of any foreign power; but, my good friend, the opportunity is lost, his troops are landed and his squadron by this time is in Alexandria, and I do not see now where our vigour and determination can be applied.
— from The War in Syria, Volume 2 (of 2) by Charles Napier

"I'm almost scared to death," confided Bess, as they turned the corner that led down to the station and the train that was to bear them so soon on their wonderful journey.
— from Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach; Or, Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves by Annie Roe Carr

If to beauty you add temperance, and if in other respects you are what Critias declares you to be, then, dear Charmides, blessed art thou, in being the son of thy mother.
— from Charmides by Plato

As a rule, that would not prevent their dealing in them, but there are some who will not touch things that have been dishonestly come by, and we occasionally get hints that enable us to lay hands upon thieves over there.”
— from Colonel Thorndyke's Secret by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Their three hundred pounds in the meantime had dwindled considerably, but, as Cleo showed no signs of [Pg 136] anxiety, it never occurred to Morgan to feel uneasy.
— from Cleo The Magnificent; Or, The Muse of the Real: A Novel by Louis Zangwill