Not all his good-will for Mr. Rushworth, not all Mr. Rushworth's deference for him, could prevent him from soon discerning some part of the truth—that Mr. Rushworth was an inferior young man, as ignorant in business as in books, with opinions in general unfixed, and without seeming much aware of it himself.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Why to the man of untutored ideality, who happens to be but loosely acquainted with the peculiar character of the day, does the bare mention of Whitsuntide marshal in the fancy such long, dreary, speechless processions of slow-pacing pilgrims, down-cast and hooded with new-fallen snow?
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Every being, which during its natural lifetime produces several eggs or seeds, must suffer destruction during some period of its life, and during some season or occasional year, otherwise, on the principle of geometrical increase, its numbers would quickly become so inordinately great that no country could support the product.
— 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

—Come, Ned, Mr Dedalus said, putting on his hat.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

The tribunes cannot do't for shame; the people Deserve such pity of him as the wolf Does of the shepherds; for his best friends, if they Should say 'Be good to Rome'- they charg'd him even
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Thus she led him through all the gradations of difficulty, and obstacles, necessary to enhance the value of the prize he aimed at; and in conclusion, he was so struck with the little beauty I was mistress of, and so eagerly bent on gaining his ends of me, that he left her no room to boast of her management in bringing him up to her mark, he drove so plump of himself into every thing tending to make him swallow the bait.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

In his march from Sandwich to London, Theodosius defeated several parties of the Barbarians, released a multitude of captives, and, after distributing to his soldiers a small portion of the spoil, established the fame of disinterested justice, by the restitution of the remainder to the rightful proprietors.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Art creates an incomparable and unique effect, and, having done so, passes on to other things.
— from Intentions by Oscar Wilde

[Laguna grande de San Pedro or Tlahuelila].
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 1, Wild Tribes The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

[Pg 912] SUMMER MENU LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA BREAKFAST Melon or peaches—no sugar Three or four glasses of fresh milk A corn muffin Wheat bran LUNCHEON Fresh corn, peas, or beans Milk; two to four glasses Bran DINNER Shelled peas or beans A potato Fish, eggs, or buttermilk Bran [Pg 913] FALL MENU LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA BREAKFAST A pint of clabbered milk, with a sprinkle of sugar Corn hominy or corn bread LUNCHEON Fish, chicken, or turkey A potato Cheese and nuts DINNER Celery with nuts Two or three glasses of milk; buttermilk preferred A potato Bran Raisins, cheese, and nuts [Pg 914] WINTER MENU LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA BREAKFAST California grapes or prunes Two eggs, whipped, and mixed with two or three glasses of milk Bran meal gems LUNCHEON Celery with nuts Turnips, carrots, or parsnips A baked potato DINNER Boiled plain wheat or corn bread Fish, chicken, or two or three glasses of milk (Wheat bran, if milk is taken)
— from Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 4 of 5 by Eugene Christian

During some period of it, in normal seasons, and at other times in March, there is a warm, quiet, genial, “lamb-”like spell , exceedingly favorable for oat seeding.
— from The Philosophy of the Weather. And a Guide to Its Changes by T. B. (Thomas Belden) Butler

The Rue du Trou, which opened into the Rue du Plaisir, was one of the most sordid streets of the poor quarter of Maillebois, and the Lehmanns' house was composed merely of a dark shop and a still darker shop parlour on the ground floor, then three first-floor rooms, reached by a black staircase, at the very top of which was
— from Truth [Vérité] by Émile Zola

Stepping to the door, she paused on the little porch for a hasty survey.
— from While Caroline Was Growing by Josephine Daskam Bacon

The efforts in this direction of men like Gavan Duffy, Davis, and Lucas were neutralised by the Famine, the after effects of which also did much to thwart Butt's attempts to develop serious public opinion amongst a people whose political education had been so long delayed.
— from Ireland In The New Century by Plunkett, Horace Curzon, Sir

But now she seems to have entirely forgotten her former misgivings, for she takes many airs on herself about Mary's popularity, talking all the while as though scarcely any one was good enough for the husband of the daughter she pronounced one year ago a stupid, inanimate creature."
— from Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 by Various