"Two of his store ewes got into some vetches t'other day, and were just like these.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

And every god inspiring social love!
— from The Odyssey by Homer

—Gracious heaven!—but I forget I am a little of her temper myself; for whenever it so falls out, which it sometimes does about the equinoxes, that an earthly goddess is so much this, and that, and t'other, that I cannot eat my breakfast for her—and that she careth not three halfpence whether I eat my breakfast or no— —Curse on her!
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

" They danced together and Rilla knew every girl in sight envied her.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

If, on the other hand, there come a wave bearing a deluge of disease, or a plague of war, and the inhabitants become much fewer than the appointed number by reason of bereavement, we ought not to introduce citizens of spurious birth and education, if this can be avoided; but even God is said not to be able to fight against necessity.
— from Laws by Plato

Levati su`>>, disse 'l maestro, <e gia` il sole a mezza terza riede>>.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

The quality of grain depends chiefly upon the quantity of flour or meal which it yields at the mill; and, in this respect, English grain is so much superior to the Scotch, that though often dearer in appearance, or in proportion to the measure of its bulk, it is generally cheaper in reality, or in proportion to its quality, or even to the measure of its weight.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarcely worth the sentinel.
— 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.

“Aw think yo’ exaggerate, George,” I said.
— from Ben o' Bill's, the Luddite: A Yorkshire Tale by D. F. E. Sykes

She would notice all the little tastes of those who were with her, especially of this sick girl, whom her brother had confided to her care, and unobtrusively, without the object of her attention ever guessing it, she would do the right thing to please at the right time.
— from The Threatening Eye by E. F. (Edward Frederick) Knight

As a whole, the system had so much in common with that of the Pythagoreans on the one hand, and with the Mazdean religion and Buddhism on the other, that it must be held to prove a connection between these, and to point to a movement which once spread over Asia as far as Buddhist India, and over the Mediterranean world as far as early Grecian Italy, surviving for many centuries in scattered sects.
— from A Short History of Christianity Second Edition, Revised, With Additions by J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson

This whole complex movement is of course more difficult and demands a somewhat longer period of learning, but as soon as it is learned an extreme saving of psychophysical energy and a correspondingly great economic gain is secured.
— from Psychology and Industrial Efficiency by Hugo Münsterberg

repeatedly, or we say "Good morning" at breakfast; because, in such cases, the expression gets its significance from the context in which it belongs.
— from The Principles of Aesthetics by De Witt H. (De Witt Henry) Parker

She got used to it in time, and was even glad it showed its pleasure, or otherwise, in the manner it did.
— from The Piskey-Purse: Legends and Tales of North Cornwall by Enys Tregarthen

“I hope to God;” he said, “somebody will do as much for me if I ever get into such a scrape” (accoustre de telle facon).
— from The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes: An Index of the Project Gutenberg Editions by Oliver Wendell Holmes

“John, don't ever get into such a scrape again.
— from The Story of a Doctor's Telephone—Told by His Wife by Ellen M. Firebaugh

But surely to most of us Nature when sombre, or even gloomy, is soothing and consoling; when bright and beautiful, not only raises the spirits, but inspires and elevates our whole being— Nature never did betray
— from The Beauties of Nature, and the Wonders of the World We Live In by Lubbock, John, Sir