On winged feet, Lo! it rushes thee to meet; And all that Nature made thy own, Floating in air or pent in stone, Will rive the hills and swim the sea, And, like thy shadow, follow thee.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Too much shaken in mind and body to compose a letter in the French language in reply to that of her correspondent, she dictated to Briggs a furious answer in her own native tongue, repudiating Mrs. Rawdon Crawley altogether, and warning the public to beware of her as a most artful and dangerous person.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Yet no such form loses its relations with nature: it is lightning and tempest, fever-bearing malaria and fire, venom and fang, slime and jungle, all the ferocities of the earth, air, and heavens, gathering to their fatal artistic force, and waylaying man at every step in his advance.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

Some Bōyas in the Bellary district enjoy inām (rent free) lands, in return for propitiating the village goddesses by a rite called bhūta bali, which is intended to secure the prosperity of the village.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

Whose fiery flight had never missed: The arrow Saint Agastya gave And blessed the chieftain's life to save That dart the Eternal Father made The Monarch of the Gods to aid; By Brahmá's self on him bestowed When forth to fight Lord Indra rode.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Some were for breaking it up then and there; others would have it dragged to the top of the rock on which the fortress stood, and then thrown down the precipice; while yet others were for letting it remain as an offering and propitiation for the gods.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

"I met Rabindranath soon after he had received the Nobel Prize for literature," I remarked after our vocalizing.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

As soon as I had finished luncheon I returned to the Luxembourg, and presently perceived my friend offering his arm ceremoniously to a very old little lady dressed in black, to whom he introduced me.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

I ask not for love in return, but for sympathy.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

By botanomancy; for the nonce I have some few leaves in reserve.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

She could recognize no dreaded resemblance in the photograph drawn by the witness; and judge, jury and counsel who scrutinized her during the recital of the testimony, were puzzled by the smile of joy that suddenly flashed over her features, like ilie radiance of a lamp lifted close to some marble face, dim with shadows.
— from At the Mercy of Tiberius by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans

Now, char a portion of the sample, dissolve in water and pour into the separatory funnel, letting it run slowly into the flask.
— from Detection of the Common Food Adulterants by Edwin M. Bruce

It was fascinating to watch the stately entrance into the field, Lancers, Irish Rifles, Welsh Fusiliers, [2] Grenadiers and many another gallant regiment, each marching into the field in turn to the swing of their own particular regimental tune until they were all drawn up in order.
— from Field Hospital and Flying Column Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium & Russia by Violetta Thurstan

In vain did he address himself to his fellow labourer in revolutionary plots, the Counsellor of State, Real, who had been the intermedium between him and Talleyrand, when he was first enlisted among the secret agents; instead of receiving money he heard threats; and, therefore, with as good grace as he could, he made the best of his disappointment; he sported a carriage, kept a mistress, went to gambling-houses, and is now in a fair way to be reduced to the status quo before his brilliant exploits in Great Britain.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon by Various

In Irish the word for Legislation is Reacht , and the word for Constitution is Bunreacht —fixed and foundation legislation.
— from The Irish Constitution Explained by Darrell Figgis by Darrell Figgis

Stahr, Fanny Lewald, W. Allmers, Cardinal Wiseman, Jul. Schnorr von Carolsfeld, and Eugen Segnitz, a study of Franz Liszt in Rome may be made.
— from Franz Liszt by James Huneker

"Yes, a brother," replied Bastine; "but he is at another school, and I have no orders from Lorraine in reference to him.
— from Iola Leroy; Or, Shadows Uplifted by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

It seemed, from later information regarding this extraordinary measure, that a difference had arisen between General Hooker and his superior at Washington in regard to the disposition of troops at Harper's Ferry, and that, each refusing to surrender his opinion,
— from Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 by George T. (George Thomas) Stevens

If there were an infinity of chances, and only one for God in this wager, still you ought to stake your all on God; for though you surely risk a finite loss by this procedure, any finite loss is reasonable, even a certain one is reasonable, if there is but
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

Just as the glorious comfort of the American river steamboat of the fifties was responsible for the plans for eating and sleeping aboard the railroad trains, so it was responsible for the introduction of a finer luxury in railroad travel, until to-day, when the resources of the general passenger agent are taxed to discover some new ingenious joy to add to the pleasure of going by this particular line.
— from The Modern Railroad by Edward Hungerford