It does not want any great Measure of Sense to see the Ridicule of this monstrous Practice; but what makes it the more astonishing, it is not the Taste of the Rabble, but of Persons of the greatest Politeness, which has establish'd it.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

And now, leaving all figures and their "sum totals," I feel sure a few genuine memoranda of such things—some cases jotted down '64, '65, and '66—made at the time and on the spot, with all the associations of those scenes and places brought back, will not only go directest to the right spot, but give a clearer and more actual sight of that period, than anything else.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

“That is a pity; you are without one great means of success.—
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

gārrǣs m. battle , Ma 32. gārsecg m. ocean, sea , AO.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

to, a fine thing, 198 , 25; with conviction, power of, 207 , 20 Commander-in-chief , risk in his absence, 504 , 36 Commanding , from obeying, 308 , 56; one good at, 363 , 20 Commandment , the eighth, comprehensiveness of, 190 , 24; 331 , 27 Commandments , the ten, in Rome, 189 , 38; 569 , 30 Commands , imperative upon all, 467 , 9; not to be debated, 84 , 22 Commendation , how to administer, 374 , 3 Commendations , censures, 181 , 19; to be weighed, 419 , 40 Commentators , weakness of, 162 , 24 Commerce , an evil effect of, 184 , 9; effect of, 548 , 56; effect of, on nations, 81 , 39; practices in, 188 , 11 Common , good, merit of serving, 142 , 25; good, neglect of, a crime, 59 , 50; men, endurance of, 567 , 34; men, lightness of, 252 , 45; men, the dread of, 367 , 41; opinion, as a standard, 197 , 6; seeing miraculous in the, 437 , 9; the, enslaving power of, 520 , 18; the, rarely mistaken, 319 , 5; things, our power in, 189 , 23 Commonplace , success of, 26 , 52 Commons , House of, Coke on, 389 , 47 Common-sense , exceptional, 315 , 37; as judge in high matters, 232 , 41; genius of humanity, 235 , 9; in high rank, rare, 368 , 13; how maintained, 314 , 20; the advantage of, 440 , 25 Commonwealth , strongest, based on passion, 180 , 32; the condition of its welfare, 172 , 9; under so many heads, 310 , 24 Communications with God and man, 528 , 32 Communicative man, to be dreaded, 467 , 3 Communism , injustice in, 185 , 39 Communities like Arctic explorers, 273 , 28 Community , constituents of, 361 , 27 Companion , a faithful, 396 , 39; pleasant, value of, 44 , 49 Companions , to chose, 217 , 37 Companionship , loving, value of, 340 , 45; on a journey, 119 , 25; test of a man, 411 , 41; wise, value of, 148 , 44 Company , as marking a man, 7 , 46; decent, condition of introduction into, 490 , 26; descent from high, to low, 266 , 4; effect of too much, 397 , 20; for entertainment, 544 , 6; good, effect of, on virtue, 129 , 15; good, on the road, 129 , 16; good, restlessness for, 551 , 4; the, to keep, 217 , 19, 21; versus solitude, 464 , 38; we should seek, 524 , 8 Comparison no proof, 45 , 34 Compass , susceptibility of, to error, 18 , 53 Compassion , and courage joined, 505 , 47; and ingratitude incompatible, 194 , 17 Compelled , he who can be, 44 , 20 Compensation , in nature, 90 , 46; law of, 109 , 35; universal, 94 , 14 Competency , meaning of, 535 , 2 Competition , death, 131 , 13; the only worthy, 445 , 42 Complaining , Burns' contempt for, 106 , 46; how to avoid, 215 , 27; misery of always, 490 , 4; our, a reflection on heaven, 345 , 5 our, Swift on, 337 , 28; uselessness of, 316 , 47 Complains , who, gets little compassion, 151 , 43 Complaint , matter of just, 237 , 33; whining, despicable, 166 , 36 {pg 582} Complaints , cure, for many, 237 , 25; not, only events, a fit subject, 483 , 44; our, aimlessness of, 339 , 7; to hear, 493 , 17 Completeness , attainable by all, 60 , 3 Complexion , a sour, how to get rid of, 197 , 33 Complies against his will, 145 , 44 Compliment , the most elegant, 57 , 3 Compliments , mere, no tempting bait, 277 , 6 Composition ,
— 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.

How Mr Chuckster, entranced by this monstrous fact, stood for some time rooted to the earth, protesting within himself that Kit was the Prince of felonious characters, and very Emperor or Great Mogul of Snobs, and how he clearly traced this revolting circumstance back to that old villany of the shilling, are matters foreign to our purpose; which is to track the rolling wheels, and bear the travellers company on their cold, bleak journey.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

It may be closely rendered thus in lines imitating the rhythm of the original:— I praise Agni, domestic priest, God, minister of sacrifice, Herald, most prodigal of wealth.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

All the morning very busy getting my packet ready for London, only for an hour or two had the Captain and Mr. Sheply in my cabin at the barrel of pickled oysters that the Captain did give me on Saturday last.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

In this peninsula are two great masses of snow and glacier mountain, called Glam-jokull and Drang-jokull.
— from Grettir the Outlaw: A Story of Iceland by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

As Henrietta stood gazing upon the rapidly receding cliffs of France, did any foreboding of the future come over her, any presage of coming grief such as weighed upon the heart of her husband's grandmother, Mary of Scotland, on a similar occasion?
— from Henrietta Maria by Henrietta Haynes

Sometimes she was invited to be one of the guests; more often she was not wanted or was forgotten.
— from A Widow's Tale, and Other Stories by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

Certainly, no modern writer has more of vivid individuality, both of thought and expression,—and few writers, of any age, will better bear reperusal, or surpass him in the grand merit of suggestiveness.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

[212] of a great majority of sea-faring men.
— 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

Trumbull, though always less extreme than they, was still the victim of his delusion that Lincoln was a poor creature, that the only way to save the country was to go along with those grim men of strength who dominated the Committee.
— from Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War by Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright) Stephenson

A receptacle for storing grain, made of straw rope.
— from Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas

Such is true Love, which steals into the heart With feet as silent as the lightsome dawn That kisses smooth the rough brows of the dark, And hath its will through blissful gentleness,— Not like a rocket, which, with savage glare, Whirrs suddenly up, then bursts, and leaves the night Painfully quivering on the dazèd eyes; A love that gives and takes, that seeth faults, Not with flaw-seeking eyes like needle points, But loving-kindly ever looks them down With the o'ercoming faith of meek forgiveness; A love that shall be new and fresh each hour, As is the golden mystery of sunset, Or the sweet coming of the evening star, Alike, and yet most unlike, every day, And seeming ever best and fairest now ; A love that doth not kneel for what it seeks, But faces Truth and Beauty as their peer, Showing its worthiness of noble thoughts By a clear sense of inward nobleness; A love that in its object findeth not All grace and beauty, and enough to sate Its thirst of blessing, but, in all of good Found there, it sees but Heaven-granted types Of good and beauty in the soul of man, [Pg 101] And traces, in the simplest heart that beats, A family-likeness to its chosen one, That claims of it the rights of brotherhood.
— from Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by James Russell Lowell

He is to act as political adviser to General Napier, and his arrival is a general matter of satisfaction.
— from The March to Magdala by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

"Can you give me one solitary instance of what you object to in the book?" The kapitan-leutnant puckered his shaggy eyebrows.
— from Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S.: A Story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman