As he spoke he felt that she was looking at him, and he turned his eyes to hers in order not to appear to be avoiding them.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

“The first requisite for a girl as she enters the Home is occupation , not work only.
— from The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy (New Series, No. 46, January 1907) by Pennsylvania Prison Society

Though it is the third of its kind, it differs from its predecessors more than enough to hold its own: no previous explorers have attempted to take moving pictures of the Colorado River with themselves weltering in its foam.
— from Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico by E. L. (Ellsworth Leonardson) Kolb

The more important the subject of difference, the greater , not the less , will be the indulgence of him who has learned to trace the sources of human error,—of error, that has its origin not in our weakness and imperfection merely, but often in the most virtuous affections of the heart,—in that respect for age, and admiration of virtue, and gratitude for kindness received, which make the opinions of those whom we love and honour seem to us, in our early years, as little questionable, as the virtues which we love to contemplate, or the very kindness which we feel at every moment beaming on our heart, in the tender protection that surrounds us.
— from Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind (Vol. 1 of 3) by Thomas Brown

The more important the subject of difference, the greater, not the less, will be the indulgence of him who has learned to trace the sources of human error,—of error, that has its origin not in our weakness and imperfection merely, but often in the most virtuous affections of the heart.—
— from A Lecture on the Study of History by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

Each thing has its own nature and its own history.
— from An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent by John Henry Newman

While the mechanical arts aim at the production of things useful, the fine arts aim at the production of things beautiful, i.e. of works which by their order, symmetry, harmony, splendour, etc., will give such apt expression to human ideals of natural beauty as to elicit esthetic enjoyment in the highest possible degree.
— from Ontology, or the Theory of Being by P. (Peter) Coffey

It is, of course, difficult to classify such explanations, and the agglutination or coalescence theory has to be supplemented by various other kinds of explanation; but I think one of these, which has not received its legitimate share of attention, is important and distinctive enough to have its own name, and I propose to term it the ‘secretion’ theory.
— from Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin by Otto Jespersen

In contrast to the criminal element, the honest Italians of New York City, and other large centers of population in this country, are certainly sleeping.
— from The Barrel Mystery by William J. (William James) Flynn

It would no doubt edify the House if one night you introduced the subject of love.
— from The Under-Secretary by William Le Queux