And none of them been worn; and, for a name, Now puts the drowsy and neglected act Freshly on me.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

"Ah, indeed," replied the host, "but it is no slight matter to sleep there for a night; no one who has tried it so far, has ever come out of it alive."
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

As the sun set, an icy coldness filled all nature, not however of long duration.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

For many noble ones are needed, and many kinds of noble ones, FOR A NEW NOBILITY!
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Any feature that struck the observing mind as peculiarly characteristic could be made to furnish a new name.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

And still that which I conceived, was without form, not as being deprived of all form, but in comparison of more beautiful forms; and true reason did persuade me, that I must utterly uncase it of all remnants of form whatsoever, if I would conceive matter absolutely without form; and I could not; for sooner could I imagine that not to be at all, which should be deprived of all form, than conceive a thing betwixt form and nothing, neither formed, nor nothing, a formless almost nothing.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

But less still is its influence in Strategy; certainly here, also, form in the disposition of troops, the shape of countries and states is of great importance; but the geometrical element is not decisive, as in fortification, and not nearly so important as in tactics.—The manner in which this influence exhibits itself, can only be shown by degrees at those places where it makes its appearance, and deserves notice.
— from On War — Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz

The laws of property, for example; the principles of evidence and judicial procedure; the system of taxation and of financial administration, need not necessarily be different in different forms of government.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

[Pg 279] is, however, a well-known form of flower, or arrangement of flowers, and need not be further described, beyond saying they are in panicles and have a feathery appearance.
— from Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by J. G. (John George) Wood

At the landing we found a large party of priests, some bathing, some wringing their yellow garments; graceful girls balancing on their heads vessels of water; others, less pleasing, carrying bundles of grass, or baskets of fruit and nuts; noblemen in gilded sedans, borne on men's shoulders, hurrying toward the palace; in the distance a troop of horsemen, with long glittering spears.
— from The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok by Anna Harriette Leonowens

that she had been for a new novel or maybe a cosmetique, since in Rodger’s shop they sell books and balms and ointments.
— from The Daft Days by Neil Munro

There is a niche in the Temple of Fame, a niche near to Washington, which should be occupied by the statue of him who shall, save this Country.
— from Project Gutenberg Edition of The Memoirs of Four Civil War Generals by John Alexander Logan

And Garth tells her of old Margery, his childhood’s friend and nurse, now his housekeeper and general mender and tender—old Margery, with her black satin apron, lawn kerchief, and lavender ribbons.
— from Faces in the Fire, and Other Fancies by Frank Boreham

The trees, finding abundant nutriment near the surface, and so sheltered against the action of the wind by each other as not to need the support of deep and firmly fixed stays, send their roots but a moderate distance downwards, and indeed often spread them out like a horizontal network almost on the surface of the ground.
— from The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh