The traditional story of the migration of the Tottiyans to the Madura district is given in several of the Mackenzie manuscripts, and is still repeated by the people of the caste.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

This has greatly assisted to bring demonstration in general into such esteem.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

There was a bonde, by name Raud the Strong, who dwelt in Godey in Salten fjord.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

But Gretel saw what she had in mind, and said: ‘I do not know how I am to do it; how do I get in?’ ‘Silly goose,’ said the old woman.
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm

I had the finest natural taste for lace and china of any man I ever knew; I could judge a horse as well as any Jew dealer in Germany; in shooting and athletic exercises I was unrivalled; I could not spell, but I could speak German and French cleverly.
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

“I do not believe discussion is good in such cases.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London

firewood?—lucifer matches?—tinder?—gunpowder?—what the devil is ginger, I say, that you offer this cup to our poor Queequeg here.”
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

And she wuz past her prime,— I'd have died, I guess, if she hadn't said yes When I popped f'r the hundredth time.
— from Second Book of Verse by Eugene Field

How can such a foreigner, moving in those damp, asthmatic mists, imagine such phenomena as [Pg 23] Roosevelt, Billy Sunday, Bryan, the Becker case, the I. W. W., Newport, Palm Beach, the University of Chicago, Chicago itself—the whole, gross, glittering, excessively dynamic, infinitely grotesque, incredibly stupendous drama of American life?
— from Prejudices, Second Series by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken

"Duke's day?" interrupted George, in surprise; "isn't every day the Duke's day?"
— from With Marlborough to Malplaquet: A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne by Richard Stead

He told me that he had had no difficulty in getting into Swaziland, as he had come in through Komatipoort, but he understood that word had gone to Mbabane that he was at Zombode and he wanted to cut his stay as short as possible.
— from Adventures in Swaziland: The Story of a South African Boer by Owen Rowe O'Neil

Drop it, Grit, I say!"
— from Dick Hamilton's Steam Yacht; Or, A Young Millionaire and the Kidnappers by Howard Roger Garis

So, I drifted into gambling, into sharp tricks—then became a mercenary soldier, an officer, in the continuous revolutions of the southeastern part of Europe.
— from The Voice on the Wire by Eustace Hale Ball

der das Edelste durch Wort und That befördern will, sich oft einige kleine Lumpigkeiten, sei es aus Spass oder aus Vorteil, zu schulden kommen lassen darf, wenn er nur durch diese Lumpigkeiten (d. h. Handlungen, die im Grunde ignobel sind,) der grossen Idee seines Lebens nichts schadet, ja dass diese Lumpigkeiten oft sogar lobenswert sind, wenn sie uns in den Stand setzen, der grossen Idee unsres Lebens desto würdiger zu dienen."
— from Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry by Wilhelm Alfred Braun

Don't you believe the lying cub; he's got a spite agin me, because last night I wouldn't give him the Erie Railroad to bet on poker; but I couldn't do it, General; I seen the cards was agin him; the other feller held four kings, and he hadn't nothin' in the world but three high-heeled jacks and a pair of fours."
— from The History and Records of the Elephant Club by Edward F. (Edward Fitch) Underhill

President Kruger had plenty of native ability, and from the time of his taking hold of affairs in the Transvaal dates its growth in strength and influence.
— from South Africa and the Boer-British War, Volume I Comprising a History of South Africa and its people, including the war of 1899 and 1900 by J. Castell (John Castell) Hopkins

He will not find much help from the God that Mr. Wells has discovered, or invented, but the God that dwells in gardens is sufficient for all our needs—let the theologians say what they will.
— from Leaves in the Wind by A. G. (Alfred George) Gardiner