So soon as they spring to flower, grain, fruitage, they belong not to the gods of Hades but to man: an idea which originated the myth of Persephone, and seems to survive in a school of extreme vegetarians, who refuse to eat vegetables not ripened in the sun.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

The monks looked austere but waited for guidance from the elder.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fikel , adj. fickle, treacherous, MD; fikil , H (Ps. 39. 21); fykil , G; fickle , fidgety, S3.—AS. ficol , inconstant.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

My best feelings, gratitude, for instance, are literally denied me simply from my social position.”
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

[A] Pattern for ground (fig.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

Indeed, a well-bred lady will never gesticulate, but converse quietly, letting the expression and animation of her features give force to her words.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

“The ludicrous side of Photography is fair game for the caricaturist.
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

"First of all, my son, thou must fear God, for in the fear of him is wisdom, and being wise thou canst not err in aught.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Both in the provinces of the five great farms (called so on account of an ancient division of the duties of customs into five great branches, each of which was originally the subject of a particular farm, though they are now all united into one), and in those which are said to be reckoned foreign, there are many local duties which do not extend beyond a particular town or district.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

For Christ and Christ's followers go forth, through universal love to universal power.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St. Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Alexander Maclaren

A bit of love, that would be blue," and she picked up a late violet, "a bit of faith, gray for that," and she found a spray of wild geranium, "and a bit of black for steadfast honor.
— from The Motor Girls Through New England; or, Held by the Gypsies by Margaret Penrose

The usual chatter of women, the laugh of children, the merry exchange of field and farm gossip from the men, these common features of their communal life were almost hushed in the common sorrow which gripped the vitals of every wanderer in that straggling train which was conveying twenty thousand souls from Great Salt Lake City alone, and thousands more from the northern towns, to the mountains!
— from John Stevens' Courtship: A Story of the Echo Canyon War by Susa Young Gates

Hidden on the edge of the Green Forest, Granny Fox watched him.
— from The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess

(From Gegenbaur.) FIGURE 2.299.
— from The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Haeckel

John had no difficulty in opening the front gate, for it hung upon one hinge, and was never shut.
— from Luck and Pluck; or, John Oakley's Inheritance by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

Fruit large to very large, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, orange-red and speckled especially on the sunny side; flesh white, melting, very sugary; juice rather abundant, sweet and of a pleasant flavor; good for dessert but specially recommended for cooking; being large and attractive in appearance is well adapted for the market; Dec. to June.
— from The Pears of New York by U. P. Hedrick

M UCH HONOURED AND TRULY WORTHY,—I hope I shall not need to show you that ye are in greater hazard from yourself, and your own spirit (which should be watched over, that your actings for God may be clean, spiritual, purely for God, for the Prince of the kings of the earth), than ye can be in danger from your enemies.
— from Letters of Samuel Rutherford (Third Edition) by Samuel Rutherford