He had come to the luxurious eating-house to dine, because it was absolutely necessary to eat something somewhere, and a great deal easier to get a very good dinner from Mr. Sawyer than a very bad one from Mrs. Maloney, whose mind ran in one narrow channel of chops and steaks, only variable by small creeks and outlets in the way of "broiled sole" or "boiled mack'- rill ."
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

But if the presence in the representative assembly can be insured of even a few of the first minds in the country, though the remainder consist only of average minds, the influence of these leading spirits is sure to make itself insensibly felt in the general deliberations, even though they be known to be, in many respects, opposed to the tone of popular opinion and feeling.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

—El excelentísimo señor marqués de la Pelusilla, grande de España de primera clase, caballero de las órdenes de Alcántara, de Calatrava, de Montesa y de la Toisón, miembro de la cofradía del cordón de San Francisco, senador del reino, etc., etc.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

XXVII 235 Not that great Champion ° of the antique world, Whom famous Poetes verse so much doth vaunt, And hath for twelve huge labours high extold, So many furies and sharpe fits did haunt, When him the poysond garment did enchaunt, 240 With Centaures bloud and bloudie verses charm'd; As did this knight twelve thousand dolours daunt, Whom fyrie steele now burnt, that earst him arm'd, That erst him goodly arm'd, now most of all him harm'd. XXVIII Faint, wearie, sore, emboyled, grieved, brent ° 245 With heat, toyle, wounds, armes, smart, and inward fire, That never man such mischiefes did torment; Death better were, death did he oft desire, But death will never come, when needes require.
— from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser

Nur in Träumen wohnt das Glück der Erde —Only in dreams does the happiness of the earth dwell.
— 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.

There is great dispute even what the soul is, where it is, and whence it is derived: with some, the heart itself ( cor ) seems to be the soul, hence the expressions, excordes , vecordes , concordes; and that prudent Nasica, who was twice consul, was called Corculus, i.e. , wise-heart; and Ælius Sextus is described as Egregie cordatus homo, catus Æliu’ Sextus —that great wise-hearted man, sage Ælius.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

A good divine either is or ought to be a good physician, a spiritual physician at least, as our Saviour calls himself, and was indeed, Mat. iv. 23; Luke, v. 18; Luke, vii.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

You fancy for some reason that the ideally beautiful woman must have such a nose as Masha’s, straight and slightly aquiline, just such great dark eyes, such long lashes, such a languid glance; you fancy that her black curly hair and eyebrows go with the soft white tint of her brow and cheeks as the green reeds go with the quiet stream.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

A few years ago, a Zamindar (landowner) in the [ 269 ] Godāvari district engaged a Muhammadan to exorcise a devil which haunted his house.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

Raising a host of a hundred thousand men and marching them great distances entails heavy loss on the people and a drain on the resources of the State.
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

The bill attracted little attention and met with no opposition until the second reading, when Lord Macaulay, a bachelor, interested in fame rather than profit to an author or his descendants, attacked the bill and "the great debate" ensued.
— from Copyright: Its History and Its Law by R. R. (Richard Rogers) Bowker

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— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

He lay with his elbow resting on the ground, his hands supporting his massive head, and his large, gloomy, dark eyes fixed in reverie on the moving tree-tops as they waved in the golden blue.
— from Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp by Harriet Beecher Stowe

When the shadows lengthen and the sun is going down, earthly greatness fades to tinsel, and nothing is any longer beautiful to look back upon but the disinterested actions, many or few, which are scattered over the chequered career.
— from The Earl of Beaconsfield by James Anthony Froude

Venus and Mercury, approaching, as they do at times, comparatively near to the earth, sensibly disturb its motions; and the satellites of the remoter planets greatly disturb each other's movements.
— from Letters on Astronomy in which the Elements of the Science are Familiarly Explained in Connection with Biographical Sketches of the Most Eminent Astronomers by Denison Olmsted

"Now, Unc' Fletch wuz some o' a woodman, an' he says it ain't nat'ral fer ther dog ter tree so many coons at ther same place, an' wonders if thar is somethin' wrong with ther dog, if he's gone daffy, er whether it's jest an onusual smart coon what has gone out jest ter have a joke by runnin' them ter ther same tree every time.
— from Ted Strong in Montana Or, With Lariat and Spur by Edward C. Taylor

One lucky shot hit the knee and disabled the beast, when the gallant doctor established a valid claim to having killed an elephant, as he naïvely remarked, by finishing it off.
— from From the Cape to Cairo: The First Traverse of Africa from South to North by Arthur H. (Arthur Henry) Sharp

These last two men, more husky and alert than most of their fellows, he detailed for guard duty ever Carse and Friday.
— from Hawk Carse by Anthony Gilmore

"The great man had his own private uses for Ferris, and for the Senator uncle, who knows what great designs ended with his death.
— from The Midnight Passenger : A Novel by Richard Savage

You can be a leader in society; you can have a house here, a cottage at the seashore and one in the mountains; everything a girl's heart yearns for—servants, horses, autos, gowns, diamonds——" "Everything except love," interrupted Margaret, bitterly.
— from The Day of the Beast by Zane Grey