Fremde Kinder, wir lieben sie nie so sehr als die eignen; / Irrtum das eigne Kind, ist uns dem Herzen
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

(13) Sartorius von Walterhausen, August. Die Arbeitsverfassung der englischen Kolonien in Nordamerika. Strassburg, 1894.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Naturally they should do all in their power to retain our hearts, and the best way to do so is to cherish our desire of possessing them; but desire is only kept alive by being denied: enjoyment kills it, since one cannot desire what one has got.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

The convicts wore heavy chains; they were ill-fed and badly treated by the officers set over them; they were heavily punished for even slight infractions of the rules; “the cruelest discipline ever known” is one historian’s description of their life.—[The Story of Australasia.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

Though the doctors encouraged Katerina Ivanovna and Alyosha, it was evident that they could not yet give them positive hopes of recovery.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

When Tennyson died, everybody knew it, and imaginatively realized it.
— from Books and Persons; Being Comments on a Past Epoch, 1908-1911 by Arnold Bennett

Thus do even kings in their inmost hearts believe that the eye of the p. 135 master makes the house more prosperous.
— from Theocritus, Bion and Moschus, Rendered into English Prose by of Phlossa near Smyrna Bion

Was it really true that those three intelligent men—courteous and affable—had plotted and executed some of the most cold-blooded, atrocious diabolisms ever known in modern times?
— from The Northfield Tragedy; or, the Robber's Raid A Thrilling Narrative; A history of the remarkable attempt to rob the bank at Northfield, Minnesota; the Cold-Blooded Murder of the Brave Cashier and an Inoffensive Citizen. The Slaying of Two of the Brigands. The Wonderful Robber Hunt and Capture Graphically Described. Biographies of the Victims, the Captors & the Notorious Younger and James Gang of Desperadoes by J. H. (Joseph Have) Hanson

The modern limits are somewhat different, but the above division of the three chief dialects (excluding Kentish) into Northern, Midland, and Southern is sufficient for taking a broad general view of the language in the days before the Norman Conquest.
— from English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day by Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat

"Does Earle know it?" asked Mattie.
— from A Fair Mystery: The Story of a Coquette by Charlotte M. Brame

[53] THE "JAYHAWKERS" On New Year's Day, 1862, one of the coldest days ever known in Louisiana, we were all seated around a bright wood fire talking as usual of the war, and of our absent boys.
— from How Beauty Was Saved, and Other Memories of the Sixties by Amanda Alcenia Strickland Washington