Oh yes, mon cher , he is the greatest man of the ages past or future.”
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Gie me o' wit an' sense a lift, Then turn me, if thou please, adrift, Thro' Scotland wide; Wi' cits nor lairds I wadna shift, In a' their pride!”
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

I will add, as a fifth circumstance in the situation of the House of Representatives, restraining them from oppressive measures, that they can make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as on the great mass of the society.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

The same Sallust praises the great men of his own time, Marcus Cato, and Caius Cæsar, saying that for a long time the republic had no one great in virtue, but that within his memory there had been these two men of eminent virtue, and very different pursuits.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

The first foothold is given perhaps by an analogous discovery, namely, that the same scattered childhood memories that individuals always have had and have been conscious of prior to an analysis may be falsified as well, or at least may contain a generous mixture of true and false.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

Then he touched all the other birds with the flower, so that they all took their old forms again; and he took Jorinda home, where they were married, and lived happily together many years: and so did a good many other lads, whose maidens had been forced to sing in the old fairy’s cages by themselves, much longer than they liked. H2 anchor THE TRAVELLING MUSICIANS An honest farmer had once an ass that had been a faithful servant to him a great many years, but was now growing old and every day more and more unfit for work.
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm

But now that it is claimed that Oxford is no longer partaker with them that stoned investigators and thinkers from Bacon to Shelley, it would be in order to build for its own great martyr of [ 286 ] science a memorial, that superstition may look on one whom it has pierced.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

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— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1 by Emperor of Rome Julian

Now this is a dear generous manner of treating me.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

The great mass of us like to see the absolute reign of reason tempered by the incomprehensible, and are ever ready to lend a kindly ear to men and things that humor that liking.
— from Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 by Various

"Then give me one promise."
— from Riders of the Silences by Max Brand

The restored rule of the Bourbons in Spain had been far from satisfactory to the great mass of the people.
— from The United States and Latin America by John Holladay Latané

* * * The great mass of the Nation have rested in the belief that Slavery was in course of ultimate extinction.
— from Project Gutenberg Edition of The Memoirs of Four Civil War Generals by John Alexander Logan

SKULLS used by Acaxes to decorate houses … 514 SLAVERY among pueblo indians … 548 — at Pecos … 491 SLAVES, captive indians used as, by Spaniards … 499 – 510 — in army of Coronado … 402 SMITH, BUCKINGHAM, Cabeza de Vaca's relation translated by … 347 , 474 —, copy of Alvarado's report printed by … 594 —, documents printed by … 572 , 584 —, quotation from document printed by … 590 SNAKE DANCE, significance of … 561 SNAKE POISON, use of, by indians … 500 SNAKES, absence of, on great plains … 513 —, worship of, among Tahus … 513 SOBAIPURI, Friar Marcos among the … 356 —, knowledge of Cibola among … 358 SODOMY, absence of, at Cibola … 518 , 522 — among indians of Petatlan … 515 — among indians at Suya … 516 — among Pacaxes … 514 SOLIS, FRANCISCO DE … 529 SOLIS, ISIDORO DE, mention of, by Jaramillo … 592 SOLIS DE MERAS, GONZALO, mention of, by Jaramillo … 592 SONORA, description of … 515 —, description of, by Jaramillo … 585 —, food supply in … 554 — river and valley … 387 — valley, location of … 355 — valley, Spanish, settlement in … 484 —, settlement of, by Spaniards … 572 — traversed by Friar Marcos … 355 SORCERY among Pacaxes … 514 SOTO, HERNANDO DE, account of meeting with Ortiz … 348 —, soldiers of, hear of Coronado … 510 —, reputed route of … 515 —, discoveries of … 370 , 491 —, on great plains … 529 —, right of, to Niza's discoveries … 371 SOTOMAYOR, HERNANDO DE, on effect of Niza's report … 366 SOTOMAYOR, JUAN DE, companion of Coronado … 477 SOTOMAYOR, P. DE, chronicler of Cardenas' expedition … 490 SPINOSA, see ESPINOSA.
— from The Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542. Excerpted from the Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1892-1893, Part 1. by George Parker Winship

Through extremes he gained the golden mean of art: here is his apologia .”
— from William Sharp (Fiona Macleod): A Memoir Compiled by His Wife Elizabeth A. Sharp by Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Amelia) Sharp

'I told you, Glory, my own, own Glory, what must be.
— from Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

We have a good many orders in, and I have been away to New York on business for the firm; but I was only away a week.
— from Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces by Stanford Eveleth

This, however, must depend in a great measure on circumstances, and, as a general rule, it may be [Pg 201] observed, that water may always be given in small quantities when the surface of the earth contained in the pot looks dry.
— from The Lady's Country Companion; Or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally by Mrs. (Jane) Loudon