In our country walks I was ever foremost, and never thought of returning till reminded by some of my companions.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

they are extreemly fleet and never burrow or take Shelter in the grounds when pursued.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Another, perhaps a born root or branch, comes under the words Noblesse Oblige , even for a national rule or motto.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

Twenty-five (or more) years since the cavity in the butt was large enough for, and nine men at one time, ate dinner therein.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

“A madman,” I said, “has done this deed—some raving maniac, escaped from a neighboring Maison de Sant�.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

How the fascinating Tippins gets on when arraying herself for the bewilderment of the senses of men, is known only to the Graces and her maid; but perhaps even that engaging creature, though not reduced to the self-dependence of Twemlow could dispense with a good deal of the trouble attendant on the daily restoration of her charms, seeing that as to her face and neck this adorable divinity is, as it were, a diurnal species of lobster—throwing off a shell every forenoon, and needing to keep in a retired spot until the new crust hardens.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Consider, for a moment, how miraculous it all was to a boy of seventeen, just escaped from a narrow valley: I willed and lo!
— from Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

IAGO She that was ever fair and never proud; Had tongue at will and yet was never loud; Never lack'd gold and yet went never gay; Fled from her wish, and yet said, "Now I may";
— from Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare

Lady Bertram could not give her much time, or many words, but she felt her, as Fanny's sister, to have a claim at Mansfield, and was ready to kiss and like her; and Susan was more than satisfied, for she came perfectly aware that nothing but ill-humour was to be expected from aunt Norris; and was so provided with happiness, so strong in that best of blessings, an escape from many certain evils, that she could have stood against a great deal more indifference than she met with from the others.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Discontent, in fact, rather than happiness comes of pursuit of mere enjoyment by rational calculation; and to make light of the part contributed by Reason to happiness, is really to make out that it exists for a nobler purpose.
— from Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Alexander Bain

The scanty acres must have been Page 167 [167] wrested from the encompassing forest at no small cost of patience and hard labor; and after all, they had proved not to pay for their tillage.
— from A Rambler's lease by Bradford Torrey

Behind every assent to excellence one feels a reservation: yes, it is good enough for a novel!
— from Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism [First Series] by Henry Seidel Canby

"You're the only sport that ever handed me enough for a night ride, and I'd like to hand you good service." "I don't know who else pays you," laughed Johnny, and his chauffeur, with a mighty respect for his fare, drove to Forty-second and Broadway, where Johnny paid him.
— from Five Thousand an Hour: How Johnny Gamble Won the Heiress by George Randolph Chester

The boys, one after another, struck out or lifted easy flies, and not one man reached first base.
— from Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball by J. W. Duffield

'Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.'
— from Sweet Rocket by Mary Johnston

By the early common law a person who started a fire, even for a needful and lawful purpose, was responsible for the consequences.
— from Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles

Though not a "first love," their's remained still true, And smoothly ran-was ever fresh and new!
— from The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects by Thomas Cowherd

It is pleasant to see in what esteem this club holds those two eminent journalists, Eugene Field and Napoleon Bonaparte, whose portraits hang framed side beside on one of its walls.
— from Turns about Town by Robert Cortes Holliday

Mr. Swinhoe (6. See also Mr. Swinhoe, in 'Ibis,' July 1863, p. 131; and a previous paper, with an extract from a note by Mr. Blyth, in 'Ibis,' January, 1861, p. 25.) informs me that three species of Ardeola, a genus of herons, which represent one another on separate continents, are "most strikingly different" when ornamented with their summer plumes, but are hardly, if at all, distinguishable during the winter.
— from The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin