Farther than this we cannot as yet go clearly in our analysis of the Self's constituents.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

he gobbling cried, "It could not fail, My ruse de guerre ; no holes avail To save these creatures, and I warn them now, They all will come to the same mouth, I trow."
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

Perhaps I dare not believe in God: certain it is however, that God seemeth to me most worthy of belief in this form.
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

He knew that the flat had been occupied by a German clerk in the civil service, and his family.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

[Enter ANYA, then GAEV, CHARLOTTA IVANOVNA.
— from Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

30 Wise, cultivated, genial conversation is the best flower of civilisation, and the best result which life has to offer us—a cup for gods, which has no repentance.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

A young fellow swung his golf clubs into the rack and sat down opposite.
— from The Garden Party, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

But do you really imagine, Stranger, that this is the way in which poets generally compose in States at the present day?
— from Laws by Plato

[3357] Gregory calls it a glass wherein we may see all our infirmities, ignitum colloquium , Psalm cxix.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

—The Knights of Labor do themselves great credit in refusing to draw the color line in their organizations.
— from Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 4, April, 1886 by Various

“No, no, my boy,” cried the doctor, in disappointed tones, as Gilmore came in, and directly after Distin, both looking wonderingly round.
— from The Weathercock: Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias by George Manville Fenn

A subject teeming with the right capabilities will often enable an ordinary playwright to produce a drama that will rouse an audience to wild enthusiasm; whereas, if the subject is un-pregnant with dramatic issues, not even genius can invest it with the charm that commands the sympathy and attention of the many.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

“The Soviet Government considers it a duty to bring to the notice of all civilized humanity, of honest men all the world over, its declaration concerning the monstrous crimes perpetrated against the peaceful people of all occupied territories of the Soviet Union by the Hitlerite armies.”
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 7 by Various

Lincoln then almost grown, clad in skins, with no woven stitch upon his body—walking and driving the cattle.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

Add to this that his descriptions of scenes and scenery are painted with the loving eyes and skilled hands of a master of his art, that he is always fresh and never dull, and it is no wonder that readers have gained confidence in his power of amusing and satisfying them, and that year by year his popularity widens.'— Court Circular. ARMINELL.
— from The Downfall of the Dervishes; or, The Avenging of Gordon by Ernest Nathaniel Bennett

Mr. Daniel Pollock, father of the late Chief Baron, was governor of the first "chartered" gas company in 1812.
— from All about Battersea by Henry S. Simmonds

"I remember you well, my good lord," replied the priest; "though you are greatly changed, I own.
— from The Castle of Ehrenstein Its Lords Spiritual and Temporal; Its Inhabitants Earthly and Unearthly by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

* * * I note that the Great Incohonee in his report very pertinently remarks: 'This Degree deserves from the Great Council its wisest consideration, and no pains should be spared in any matters which may effect the interests and increase the usefulness of our Councils.'" Cherokee Tribe, No. 8 and Hiawatha Tribe, No. 7, both of Louisville met with the misfortune to lose their charters and effects in the burning of the Masonic Temple on the 20th of Beaver Moon, G. S. D. 412, and the Great Sachem granted both Tribes dispensations to work without a charter until the Great Council should grant then new Charters.
— from Redmanship in Kentucky for Fifty Great Suns by Frank L. Smith