p. 59 THE HUMAN ABSTRACT Pity would be no more If we did not make somebody poor, And Mercy no more could be If all were as happy as we.
— from Songs of Innocence, and Songs of Experience by William Blake

Accordingly, it is a truth everywhere in evidence that strong people, masculine or feminine, not only do not marry stronger people, but do not show any preference for them in selecting their friends.
— from Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw

Manday dinhà na mi sa píliw giálun hinúun mi, Just as we reached the shallow waters we were buffeted by big waves.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Daghan nang mimabdus sa pasálig sa mga pulitiku, Many people have been fooled by the politician’s assurances.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

“It does not matter,” said Poirot, not betraying any sign of disappointment.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

The elegance of her shape, to be sure, made up for all her defects; she did not measure seven palms from head to foot, and her shoulders, which overweighted her somewhat, made her contemplate the ground more than she liked.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

that only I Fawn on myself, and others do despise; Yet Pride , I think, doth not my Soul possess, Which looks too oft in his unflattering glass: But one worse fault— Ambition —I confess, That makes me oft my best friends overpass, Unseen, unheard—while Thought to highest place Bends all his powers, even unto STELLA'S grace.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

The sequel of this story will also make it sufficiently appear that I did not make such presents as these in mere ostentation, or only upon the compliment of a visit to a Spanish gentleman, any more than I would leave my ship and a cargo of such value, in the manner I had done, to make a tour into the country, if I had not had views sufficient to justify such measures; and the consequence of those measures will be the best apology for my conduct, with all who will impartially consider them.
— from A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before by Daniel Defoe

The king rejected his overtures, saying: ‘Except the sword and the dagger no message shall pass between me and you.’
— from History of Gujarát Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume I, Part I. by James M. Campbell

This Jocabed bore him a daughter named Mary, signifying "persecuted," because the Egyptians, being descended from Ham, persecuted the Israelites, who were evidently descended from Shem.
— from A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 01 by Voltaire

"Oh, I do not mind," she pleasantly replied.
— from Under Sealed Orders by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody

But he did not make such progress with Viola as was satisfactory to him.
— from Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem. A Novel by Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert) Griggs

She evidently heard the slight movement he made—at least she seemed to be aware of his presence, for while she did not move she presently spoke.
— from Miss Fairfax of Virginia: A Romance of Love and Adventure Under the Palmettos by St. George Rathborne