The queen had at first positively refused; but at length became afraid that the duke, if exasperated, would commit some folly.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

‘The ball-nights in Ba—ath are moments snatched from paradise; rendered bewitching by music, beauty, elegance, fashion, etiquette, and—and—above all, by the absence of tradespeople, who are quite inconsistent with paradise, and who have an amalgamation of themselves at the Guildhall every fortnight, which is, to say the least, remarkable.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

So, Don Santiago, the objection is removed.” Maria Clara, who was seated at the piano between her two friends, partly rose, but her strength failed her, and she fell back again.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

Socrates taught his great truths, not from public rostrums, but in personal converse.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

It is, no doubt, “to be wished,” as Butler says, that men would repress wrong from these higher motives rather than from passionate resentment; but we cannot hope to effect this change in human beings generally except by a slow and gradual process of elevation of character: therefore supposing a conflict between “Compassion,” which is highest but one in Dr. Martineau’s scale, and “Resentment,” which he places about the middle, it is by no means to be laid down as a general rule that compassion ought to prevail.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

Here, also, were trailing clematis, drooping jessamine, and some rare sweet flowers called butterfly lilies, because their fragile petals resemble butterflies' wings.
— from The Story of My Life With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Helen Keller

That his sacred majesty, and the council, who are your judges, were to their own consciences fully convinced of your guilt, which was a sufficient argument to condemn you to death without the formal proofs required by the strict letter of the law.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World by Jonathan Swift

After the expositions which the trader had previously given of his humane principles, Mr. Shelby did not feel particularly reassured by these declarations; but, as they were the best comfort the case admitted of, he allowed the trader to depart in silence, and betook himself to a solitary cigar.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

It is also, adds Mr. Scratchley, very desirable that the valuable privilege of freedom from postage recommended by Mr. Whitbread should be granted for the books and documents required to be transmitted on behalf of Savings Banks.
— from A History of Banks for Savings in Great Britain and Ireland by William Lewins

It is derived, not from personal rights, but from rights and duties of their home States and the receiving States.
— from International Law. A Treatise. Volume 1 (of 2) Peace. Second Edition by L. (Lassa) Oppenheim

[143] The French plenipotentiaries rejoined by enforcing “national” as well as “individual” claims.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 11 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

A round of eyelet holes; four plain rounds, bring the cotton forward, take two together, for [9] five rounds; four plain rounds, bring cotton forward, and knit two together, for five rounds; four plain rounds; a round of eyelet holes; four plain rounds; bring the cotton forward, knit two together, knit five; bring cotton forward, knit one; bring cotton forward, knit two together, knit three; knit two together, bring cotton forward, knit two together, knit three-knit two together, knit five; bring cotton forward, knit two together, knit one, knit two together, bring cotton forward, knit one stitch.
— from The New Guide to Knitting & Crochet by Marie Jane Cooper

The many rapids were safely passed, and on the 7th of June, 1673, our explorers reached an Indian town which marked the extreme western limits of French discoveries, being the farthest point reached by Nicollet in his adventurous journey.
— from Explorers and Travellers by A. W. (Adolphus Washington) Greely

"It was only a waste bit of land before dad ran the water through the tunnel-flume from Pocut River, but now it grows the best grass you ever rolled your bed in.
— from The Boy Ranchers in Camp; Or, The Water Fight at Diamond X by Willard F. Baker