To talk of things that are good, to me is very acceptable, with you or with any other; and I am glad that I have met with those that incline to so good a work; for, to speak the truth, there are but few that care thus to spend their time, (as they are in their travels), but choose much rather to be speaking of things to no profit; and this hath been a trouble for me. FAITH.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan by John Bunyan

“The bull started up, and got along well for about ten feet, then slipped and slid back.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

Behind, the cottage was shadowed by the venerable fathers of the forest, under which the deer came to graze, and which for the most part hollow and decayed, formed fantastic groups that contrasted with the regular beauty of the younger trees.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Amory wondered how people could fail to notice that he was a boy marked for glory, and when faces of the throng turned toward him and ambiguous eyes stared into his, he assumed the most romantic of expressions and walked on the air cushions that lie on the asphalts of fourteen.
— from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald

Take your fill when the cask is first opened and when it is nearly spent, but midways be sparing: it is poor saving when you come to the lees. (ll. 370-372) Let the wage promised to a friend be fixed; even with your brother smile—and get a witness; for trust and mistrust, alike ruin men.
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod

Sherman had forced Johnston out of Dalton, Georgia, and was following him south.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

I go away with feelings that may be conceived but cannot be described, feeling within myself that desolating truth that my best affections have experienced this night a stifler!’
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

Vice and ignorance are the only things I know, {322} which one ought to be ashamed of; keep but clear of them, and you may go anywhere without fear or concern.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

Not far hence, but a mile, The mere stands, over which hang death-chill groves, A wood fast-rooted overshades the flood; There every night a ghastly miracle Is seen, fire in the water.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

This marriage with Albert Jean-Michel de Rocca took place at Geneva, and was for a time concealed from the world, causing some scandal.
— from Home Life of Great Authors by Hattie Tyng Griswold

As far as I know, those who live apart from the world, communing with God and working for Him chiefly in prayer, have least temptation to wandering and distracted thoughts, and are more devout and spiritual than those of us who live more in the world.
— from The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by George Lewis Prentiss

It was early, and the dew still lay in a liquid veil over the grass and wild flowers along the way, but the Girl Scouts, Mary being a novice and on probation, were too much interested and excited to observe the beauties of nature this day.
— from The Girl Scouts at Bellaire; Or, Maid Mary's Awakening by Lilian Garis

With his third retort his temper would begin to rise, and within five minutes he would be blowing a gale, and within fifteen his smoking-room audience would be utterly stormed away and the old man left solitary and alone, banging the table with his fist, kicking the chairs, and roaring a hurricane of profanity.
— from Roughing It, Part 7. by Mark Twain

What societies in general are we forbidden to join?
— from A Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Anonymous

Great, Aryan words for, 411 .
— from Chips from a German Workshop, Volume 4 Essays Chiefly on the Science of Language by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

There were fewer theatres, so that the great actors were forced to play together, to their mutual advantage and improvement.
— from American Men of Mind by Burton Egbert Stevenson

Ruby! Ruby!" and Hector Graeme fell back dead. -*- encoding: utf-8 -*- *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HECTOR GRAEME *** A Word from Project Gutenberg We will update this book if we find any errors.
— from Hector Graeme by Evelyn Brentwood