At the period of their first emigrations the parish system, that fruitful germ of free institutions, was deeply rooted in the habits of the English; and with it the doctrine of the sovereignty of the people had been introduced into the bosom of the monarchy of the House of Tudor.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Such is a complete, though brief, historical elucidation of that mysterious, imaginary being so corporally intangible that Faustus, of the third century, declared respecting it, "The Holy Spirit, the third majesty, has the air for his residence."
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

Thus the prejudice developed into superstition, and took deep root in the human mind; and for this reason everyone strove most zealously to understand and explain the final causes of things; but in their endeavor to show that nature does nothing in vain, i.e. nothing which is useless to man, they only seem to have demonstrated that nature, the gods, and men are all mad together.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

Great joy, especially after a sudden change 45 and revolution of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.
— 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.

Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, / Tears from the depth of some divine despair / Rise in the heart and gather in the eyes, / In looking on the happy autumn fields, / And thinking of the days that are no more.
— 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.

It is true, the letter of the Cardinal Spada was singularly circumstantial, and Dantès repeated it to himself, from one end to the other, for he had not forgotten a word.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Her father said to Zoraida, "Daughter, retire into the house and shut thyself in while I go and speak to these dogs; and thou, Christian, pick thy herbs, and go in peace, and Allah bring thee safe to thy own country."
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

And they really seem to have had these sentiments: as, in general, it is to be observed that the Platonic discrimination and valuation of the "idea" in contrast to the "eidolon," the image, is deeply rooted in the Hellenic being.
— from The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The countess perceived by the remarks of Edwin than he was deeper read in the human heart than she had suspected; that he was neither ignorant of the feelings of the passion, nor of what ought to be its source; and therefore, with a deep blush, she replied: "Think for a moment before you condemn me.
— from The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter

159 ; now about to authorize a greater expense than usual, and the Legislature are called upon to provide means, 159 ; the public debt should never be increased while the resources of the country are adequate to its wants, 159 ; statements of the opposition examined, 159 ; average rate of ad valorem duty thirteen and a half per cent., 160 ; goods charged with ad valorem duties are the most difficult to smuggle, 160 ; duty on spirits not too high though it yields a fifth of the revenue, 160 ; duty on sugars, on salt, on wines, on woollens, 160 ; design to apply the resources to the support of the navy, 160 ; the only objection is to the imposition of unnecessary taxes, 161 ; the measure gives an improper impression of the causes of the bill, 161 ; motion to strike out lost, 161 ; do. renewed in the House and lost, 161 .
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16) by United States. Congress

This final Never , spoken in the fear of falling once more under Lousteau’s influence, was interpreted by him as the death-warrant of his power, since Dinah remained insensible to his sarcastic scorn.
— from Parisians in the Country by Honoré de Balzac

His predecessors had contented themselves with leading an army at once against the point they intended to assail, or against the host they proposed to combat; but Charlemagne was the first in modern Europe who introduced the great improvement in the art of war, of pouring large bodies of men, by different roads, into the hostile country; of teaching
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 561, August 11, 1832 by Various

This is the old banqueting-hall, Mrs. Weymore, the largest and dreariest room in the house."
— from Sir Noel's Heir: A Novel by May Agnes Fleming

He answered, that a better law, he thought, might be made so the House laughing, did refer it to him to bring in a Bill to that purpose, and this was all.
— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 46: October 1666 by Samuel Pepys

But that my heart's on future mischief set, I would speak blasphemy ere bid you fly; But fly you must; uncurable discomfit Reigns in the hearts of all our present parts.
— from The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth by William Shakespeare

Probably it is the very mingling of motives that has caused the cult of ancestors to take such deep root in the hearts of the people that it is to-day by far the most potent religious and social force to be found in the Empire.
— from Lion and Dragon in Northern China by Johnston, Reginald Fleming, Sir

That his cause was the cause of God—that "In as much as ye did it not unto the least of these my little ones, ye did it not unto me," and that as Anti-Slavery men, they would "do right if the heavens fell."
— from The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States by Martin Robison Delany

Though assailed at every step with clubs and stones, they marched steadily on, clearing the crowd as they advanced, and forcing the Dead Rabbits into the houses, whither they followed them, mounting even to the roof, and clubbing them at every step.
— from The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 by Joel Tyler Headley