Consequently the moral value of an act is lowered by the disclosure of an accessory selfish incentive; while it is entirely destroyed, if that incentive stood alone.
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

It is even doubtful if the innate sonority of a phonetic system counts for as much, as esthetic determinant, as the relations between the sounds, the total gamut of their similarities and contrasts.
— from Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir

“Ah,” exclaimed Don Ippolito, “there is something on your mind that you will not speak.
— from A Foregone Conclusion by William Dean Howells

“If you did not come to me every day, I think I should go mad.”
— from The Stolen Statesman: Being the Story of a Hushed Up Mystery by William Le Queux

On October 14 it relieved the Guard Ersatz Division in the Iseghem sector (north of Courtrai).
— from Histories of two hundred and fifty-one divisions of the German army which participated in the war (1914-1918) by United States. War Department. General Staff

“My dear,” said Mrs. Templeton faintly to her eldest daughter, “I think I shall go in.”
— from To Him That Hath: A Tale of the West of Today by Ralph Connor

The discovery of gold in small quantities, and the rumours of an El Dorado in the interior, soon attracted crowds of adventurers from all parts of Europe; many families from Portugal were then encouraged to emigrate in order to counterbalance these adventurers, and the settlement of the new country was thus commenced in earnest.
— from The Story of the Nations: Portugal by H. Morse (Henry Morse) Stephens

Well now, for the coat and skirt,'—she checked them off on her slim fingers—'for the afternoon gown, and one evening dress, I think I see my way—' 'Enough for one morning isn't it?' said Lucy half laughing, half imploring.
— from Eleanor by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

So that as far as it goes my language will pass, and of course every day I travel I shall improve.
— from The Dash for Khartoum: A Tale of the Nile Expedition by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

It lives on dry sand and sends its roots several feet to water; or, under circumstances entirely different, it thrives in swamps where the watertable is little below the surface of the ground.
— from American Forest Trees by Henry H. Gibson

How they find the opportunity, where they go, what their eager eyes discover is told in such an enthusiastic way that the reader is carried with the travellers into many charming places and situations.
— from A House Party with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed