It was commenced, partly as a source of amusement, and partly as an expedient for exercising any untried resources of mind.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Every spring, every ford, every path, every farm, every trail, every house nearly, in its first settlement, was once the scene of danger, exposure, attack, exploit, achievement, death.”
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

His countenance, as he entered the room, was not too happy, even for Elinor.
— from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

The conclusion of this whole business was, that it soon became a fixed fact of my chambers, that a pale young scrivener, by the name of Bartleby, had a desk there; that he copied for me at the usual rate of four cents a folio (one hundred words); but he was permanently exempt from examining the work done by him, that duty being transferred to Turkey and Nippers, out of compliment, doubtless, to their superior acuteness; moreover, said Bartleby was never, on any account, to be dispatched on the most trivial errand of any sort; and that even if entreated to take upon him such a matter, it was generally understood that he would "prefer not to"—in other words, that he would refuse point-blank.
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

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— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

V ARIANTS : En flor; en el período de su florecimiento.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Poor John bore no malice in his heart, not he; for, in spite of all the ill-natured things he had to endure from Uncle Joe and his family, he never attempted to return evil for evil.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

The happier state In Heav'n, which follows dignity, might draw Envy from each inferior; but who here Will envy whom the highest place exposes Formost to stand against the Thunderers aime Your bulwark, and condemns to greatest share Of endless pain?
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

The [Pg 400] peasant was inclined to follow them, but being undecided he said, "I will throw the axe I hold in my hand against this oak, and if it enter far enough into the bark to remain fixed, I will be a soldier."
— from The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together with Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by James (Archaeologist) Grant

v. 4; athert for athwart; wool for hole; ballat for ballad, or, as it is pronounced in the more northern counties, ballard; ell for eel; clot and clit for clod; stiffle for stifle; ruff for roof, and so on.
— from The New Forest: Its History and Its Scenery by John R. (John Richard) Wise

the Unseen Power, whose eye For ever doth accompany mankind, Hath looked on no religion scornfully That man did ever find.
— from Rebuilding Britain: A Survey of Problems of Reconstruction After the World War by Hopkinson, Alfred, Sir

FOREWORD A Pittsburgh musician whose fame as a composer is widely established confessed to me recently that he had been for years trying to catch the spirit of the Steel City with a view of representing it in music, but up to the present time had failed to grasp anything tangible enough for expression.
— from Songs from the Smoke by Madeleine S. (Madeleine Sweeny) Miller

When the two forces, into which the declaration of war ultimately divided the nations of Europe, faced each other for the struggle which was to decide the mastery of the Western world, the Anglo-Teutonic Alliance consisted primarily of Britain, Germany, and Austria, and, ranged under its banner, whether from choice or necessity, stood Holland, Belgium, and Denmark in the north-west, with Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey in the south-west.
— from The Angel of the Revolution: A Tale of the Coming Terror by George Chetwynd Griffith

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
— from The Bible, King James version, Book 19: Psalms by Anonymous

For though not a clever woman, she was not stupid enough to be able to believe any one of the eleven fancy explanations which the distracted Mabel offered in the course of the morning.
— from The Enchanted Castle by E. (Edith) Nesbit

One is, that the question is of society, and not of rights, which is clearly a misrepresentation; and the other is, that the separate arrangements provided for colored persons constitute a substitute for equality in the nature of an equivalent,—all of which is clearly a contrivance, if not a trick: as if there could be any equivalent for equality.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 19 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

"—"That infernal E. forgets everything."—"I
— from The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by John Forster

The erection of a public building is largely a matter of local interest and convenience, while expenditures for enlarged relief and recognition to the soldiers and sailors of the war for the preservation of the Union, for necessary coast defenses, and for the extension of our commerce with other American States are of universal interest and involve considerations, not of convenience, but of justice, honor, safety, and general prosperity.
— from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison by Benjamin Harrison