M. [Greek: opse theôn aleousi myloi, aleousi de lepta]—The 35 mills of the gods grind slow, but they grind small.
— 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.

That unequaled spirit of enterprise, which signalizes the genius of the American merchants and navigators, and which is in itself an inexhaustible mine of national wealth, would be stifled and lost, and poverty and disgrace would overspread a country which, with wisdom, might make herself the admiration and envy of the world.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

We will say nothing at all, I think, of that sorrowfulest of theories, of its being some mean shopkeeper grudge, of the Augustine Monk against the Dominican, that first kindled the wrath of Luther, and produced the Protestant Reformation.
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

But, irreverently consorting with these grave, reputable, and pious people, these elders of the church, these chaste dames and dewy virgins, there were men of dissolute lives and women of spotted fame, wretches given over to all mean and filthy vice, and suspected even of horrid crimes.
— from Mosses from an Old Manse, and Other Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne

WHILE THIS IS BEING COOKED, CRUSH PEPPER, CUMIN, CORIANDER OR [its] SEEDS, GREEN RUE, LASER ROOT, MOISTENED WITH VINEGAR, REDUCED MUST AND THE GRAVY OF THE ABOVE MORSELS; ADD VINEGAR TO TASTE:
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

[and] A LITTLE VINEGAR, SOME OF THE GRAVY OF THE ABOVE MORSELS, ADD FRUITS THE SEEDS OF WHICH HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT, LET BOIL, WHEN THOROUGHLY COOKED, SKIM, BIND, SPRINKLE WITH PEPPER AND SERVE
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

[and] A LITTLE VINEGAR, SOME OF THE GRAVY OF THE ABOVE MORSELS, ADD SEEDLESS FRUITS, LET BOIL, WHEN THOROUGHLY COOKED, SKIM, BIND, SPRINKLE WITH PEPPER AND SERVE.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

He moved timorously in response to the guard's commands; he meekly pushed Babbitt's gifts of tobacco and magazines across the table to the guard for examination.
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

In this disorder such gaps existed as to offer a great opportunity to a more active opponent.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

The question followed, “Where was I to go?” I dreamt of Miss Ingram all the night: in a vivid morning dream I saw her closing the gates of Thornfield against me and pointing me out another road; and Mr. Rochester looked on with his arms folded—smiling sardonically, as it seemed, at both her and me.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

36-21 The shipmates try in this manner to fasten all the guilt on the ancient mariner and mark him alone for punishment.
— from Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 by Charles Herbert Sylvester

and I wad hae tell ye a' this in the beginning, only I kenned weel, if I did , ye wad na hae let me gae on gie' ony teestimony agin me ain husband.
— from The Lost Lady of Lone by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

These were great judicial qualities, and to these he added much simplicity and geniality of temper and manners; and all these were crowned by a firm, unhesitating, devout belief in the doctrines of our faith, which issued in strictness to himself and the warmest, gentlest charity to his fellow-creatures.
— from Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

I was aware that his almost preternaturally bright, quick eyes flashed a glance or two at me as I once or twice stepped rather close to an open window looking out over the lower roof-tops beyond; and I felt that he had given me a niche in his mind, as I had him in mine.
— from A Strange Discovery by Charles Romyn Dake

Leopold Mozart, knowing that the fate of an opera greatly depends on the performers, strove to win the goodwill of the artists, male and female; this was not difficult to accomplish, for it was felt that unusual applause would be given to the work of so young an artist, and Affligio was urged on all sides to undertake the production of the work.
— from Life of Mozart, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Otto Jahn

These scouts came back in less than half an hour, and reported a large number of teepees in a thick grove of timber a mile away.
— from The Old Santa Fe Trail: The Story of a Great Highway by Henry Inman

I should say publish a new edition of your "Glaciers of the Alps," make a clear historical statement of all the facts showing Forbes' relations to Rendu and Agassiz, and leave the matter to the judgment of your contemporaries.
— from Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Thomas Henry Huxley

You will get of these as many as you can house and protect, to such point in the interior as you may be able to occupy.
— from Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Volume II., Part 4 by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

She goes off to a mountain and asks there too, and they tell her in what house they live.
— from Basque Legends; With an Essay on the Basque Language by Wentworth Webster