“I must indeed return and do penance for my sins.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

No, no, it concerns a thing I have turned about and about, this way and that, for many sleepless nights.”
— from The Satyricon — Complete by Petronius Arbiter

For most scouts, thirty to forty species on a summer day, and fifty to sixty during the spring migration, would be regarded as a good list.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

"Why?" he said, "why, I should like to know?" "It is not for me, Sir Percival, to express an opinion on what has taken place in this house.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

No marvel, this: Because full many seeds of heat there be Within the water; and, from earth itself Out of the deeps must particles of fire Athrough the entire fountain surge aloft, And speed in exhalations into air Forth and abroad (yet not in numbers enow As to make hot the fountain).
— from On the Nature of Things by Titus Lucretius Carus

The cause was good; the men engaged in it were good; the means to attain its triumph, good; Heaven’s blessing must attend all, and freedom must soon be given to the pining millions under a ru
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

If, on the other hand, they chose to-night to sit far back inside the room, then the chances were that I should hear little or nothing—and in that case, I must run the far more serious risk of trying to outwit them downstairs.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

The dead in Brittany have forms more slender and smaller in stature than those of the living;
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

So his own selfishness frees my soul somewhat from the terrible power which he acquired over me on that dreadful night.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker

I am afraid she will draw her conclusions from my shape.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Kept up for my sake, sir, to give me courage."
— from Joshua Marvel by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

374 Cheese naturally suggests itself as a substitute for meat, since it is rich in the same kinds of nutrients that meat supplies, is a staple food with which every one is familiar and is one which can be used in a great variety of ways.
— from The Book of Cheese by Charles Thom

What the rest of the Audience felt, I can't so well tell: For my self, I must declare, that at the end of the Play I found my Soul uniform, and all of a Piece; but at the End of the Epilogue it was so jumbled together, and divided between Jest and Earnest, that if you will forgive me an extravagant Fancy, I will here set it down.
— from The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 With Translations and Index for the Series by Steele, Richard, Sir

The one the other poisoned for my sake,
— from King Lear by William Shakespeare

Here, Mole, fry me some slices of ham, like the good little chap you are.
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Can I come in and get him?" "In here, Sergeant? Aren't you mistaken?" "No; Mr. Moriway here saw him jump the gate not five minutes since.
— from In the Bishop's Carriage by Miriam Michelson

Stilpo lost wife, children, and goods Stilpo: thank God, nothing was lost of his Strangely suspect all this merchandise: medical care Strong memory is commonly coupled with infirm judgment Studied, when young, for ostentation, now for diversion Studies, to teach me to do, and not to write Study makes me sensible how much I have to learn Study of books is a languishing and feeble motion Study to declare what is justice, but never took care to do it Stumble upon a truth amongst an infinite number of lies Stupidity and facility natural to the common people Style wherewith men establish religions and laws
— from Quotes and Images From The Works of Michel De Montaigne by Michel de Montaigne

Each year I wait thy coming, dear, Each year I love thee more, For life grows hard, and much I need Thy honey for my store.
— from Mountain-Laurel and Maidenhair by Louisa May Alcott

Let me endeavor to render this double fact more striking by an example.
— from Sophisms of the Protectionists by Frédéric Bastiat

Military manpower - fit for military service: This entry gives the number of males and females age 15-49 fit for military service.
— from The 2000 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency