The God of Literature In addition to the ancestors of whose worship it really consists, Confucianism has in its pantheon the specialized gods worshipped by the literati .
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

The inner kernel is freedom, It is light, purity— I can no more, Find the goal or lose it, according to your vision.
— from Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters

Phœbus-Apollo was the god of light in a twofold Page 70 [70] signification: first, as representing the great orb of day which illumines the world; and secondly, as the heavenly light which animates the soul of man.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

When he arrived in the presence of king Minos, the goddess of Love inspired Ariadne, the beautiful daughter of the king, with an ardent attachment for the noble young hero.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

"Eat what you've got, or let it alone!" thundered Mr. Mathieson, in the way he had when he was out of patience, and which always tried Nettie exceedingly.
— from The Carpenter's Daughter by Susan Warner

On either side outside the door, squatting on the ground, or leaning indolently against the walls, were some half dozen men of very singular appearance.
— from The Bible in Spain Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman, in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula by George Borrow

“The massive gates of circumstance Are turned upon the smallest hinge, And thus some seeming pettiest chance Oft gives our life its after tinge.”
— from Sketches in Crude-oil Some accidents and incidents of the petroleum development in all parts of the globe by John J. (John James) McLaurin

You know, I never pay you compliments, so you can believe me when I say that, in my opinion, your views on most subjects are worth listening to, and your grasp of life is astonishing to me.
— from Victor Victorious by Cecil Starr Johns

"Thou hast told us a tale," said Flosi, "which bodes us no idle peace, for that man hath now got away who comes next to Gunnar of Lithend in all things; and now, ye sons of Sigfus, and ye other burners, know this, that such a great blood feud, and hue and cry will be made about this burning, that it will make many a man headless, but some will lose all their goods.
— from The Story of Burnt Njal: The Great Icelandic Tribune, Jurist, and Counsellor by Unknown

Things trivial and non-important, grave and gay, of lasting import and the most ephemeral, all came under his pen.
— from Brook Farm: Historic and Personal Memoirs by John Thomas Codman

Had John Wheelock presented his grievances to the National Legislature,—only in a limited sense, it is true, if at all, the successor of that king, whose grant of Landaff, in addition to the College Charter, made him, in a sense, according to Coke, the founder of the college,—he might, in all probability, have obtained what he desired in a peaceful manner, although an important judicial decision might never have occupied its present place in American law.
— from The History of Dartmouth College by Baxter Perry Smith

Down the passage they went, far and carefully, for there was only a glimmer of light in a thin streak peeping through, because the rocks all but joined at the top, and the ground was uneven and slippery.
— from The Rainbow Book: Tales of Fun & Fancy by M. H. (Mabel Henrietta) Spielmann

On infusing a very small quantity of it in water, this fluid soon acquired a deep blue color with a greenish tinge; upon boiling and immersing a piece of calico on which the mordants of iron and alumina had been printed, it was dyed a sea green color of greater or less intensity according to the strength of the mordant—the portions not coated remaining white.
— from The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. (Peter Lund) Simmonds