General de Vins demanded satisfaction of the Genoese government for the seizure of his commissary; and then, without waiting for their reply, took possession of some empty magazines of the French, and pushed his sentinels to the very gates of Genoa.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

'Say but that, dear Rose; say but that; and soften the bitterness of this hard disappointment!' 'If I could have done so, without doing heavy wrong to him I loved,' rejoined Rose, 'I could have—' 'Have received this declaration very differently?' said Harry. 'Do not conceal that from me, at least, Rose.' 'I could,' said Rose. 'Stay!'
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

But subordination in art does not mean disregard of truth; it means conversion of fact into effect, and assigning to each detail its proper relative value ‘Les petits détails d’histoire et de vie domestique (says Hugo) doivent être scrupuleusement étudiés et reproduits par le poète
— from Intentions by Oscar Wilde

Le silence est l'esprit des sots, / Et l'une des vertus du sage —Silence is the wit of fools, and one of the virtues of the wise man.
— 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.

La société a pour vocation de développer une base de contenu en provenance d'éditeurs, et de les diffuser vers des supports de lecture sécurisés.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Comedi ad satietatem, gravitas me offendit; parcius edi, non est expletum desiderium; venereas delicias sequor, hinc morbus, lassitudo, &c. 3880 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Hear Maecenas: “Debilem facito manu, Debilem pede, coxa, Lubricos quate dentes; Vita dum superest, bene est.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Steak and broiled chicken are fairly practical since neither needs gravy, condiment, or sauce—especially if you have a divided vegetable dish so that two vegetables can be passed at the same time.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

See THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW .
— from Motion Pictures 1960-1969: Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

[Pg 281] THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW .
— from Motion Pictures 1960-1969: Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

[38] “Doctrina verò de signaturis stirpium, à nullo alicuius æstimationis veterum testimonium accepit: deinde tam fluxa et incerta est, ut pro scientia aut doctrina nullatenus habenda videatur.”
— from Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany 1470-1670 by Agnes Robertson Arber

The first official document of the Old Catholics is the “Declaration” of Dr. von Döllinger and his adherents, dated Munich, June, 1871, [193] and which bears the signatures of Dr. von Döllinger, sixteen professors or doctors, seven magistrates, three private gentlemen, two manufacturers, one “Maître royal des cérémonies,” and one “Intendant royal de musique au théâtre de cour”—thirty-one signatures in all, to which was added later that of the unhappy Loyson.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 22, October, 1875, to March, 1876 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

But it would be different, very different, should they get him into Maryland.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various

Inspired by true love, for Love has, like other creations, its instinct of preservation, Madame Jules did very differently; she found in the constant blessing of her love the necessary impulse to fulfil all those minute personal cares which ought never to be relaxed, because they perpetuate love.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac