As soon as any man pronounces the words which approve him fit for that great office, I make no haste; he is holy; let me be holy also; our relations are eternal; why should we count days and weeks?"
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

No effort is assumed for his amusement, or responsibility for his well-being.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

with horny hoofs to pass O’er hollow arches of resounding brass, To rival thunder in its rapid course, And imitate inimitable force!
— from The Aeneid by Virgil

Original H2 anchor Original ROSCOE.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

He at once recollected that his mother and sister knew through Luzhin’s letter of “some young woman of notorious behaviour.”
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In every meeting of the kind Willoughby was included; and the ease and familiarity which naturally attended these parties were exactly calculated to give increasing intimacy to his acquaintance with the Dashwoods, to afford him opportunity of witnessing the excellencies of Marianne, of marking his animated admiration of her, and of receiving, in her behaviour to himself, the most pointed assurance of her affection.
— from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

He at once resolved to accompany me to that island, ship aboard the same vessel, get into the same watch, the same boat, the same mess with me, in short to share my every hap; with both my hands in his, boldly dip into the Potluck of both worlds.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

She closed the eyes of her mistress, whom she adored, then conducted the two children from that house to one of a cousin of hers, an old retired dressmaker of Tours, rue de la Guerche (now rue Marceau), where she intended to live with them; but the elder of the sons of Lady Brandon enlisted in the navy and placed his brother in college, under the guidance of Fanny.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

He brought me to the office, whither comes unexpectedly Captain Cocke, who hath brought one parcel of our goods by waggons, and at first resolved to have lodged them at our office; but then the thoughts of its being the King’s house altered our resolution, and so put them at his friend’s, Mr. Glanvill’s, and there they are safe.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

He was seedily clad in a shiny black suit, but a modish green velvet hat, several sizes too small, perched precariously atop his very large head and gave him an oddly rakish appearance.
— from Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Norman Springer

Mr. H. Lincoln of Boston, was surprised to hear an objection raised to the reading of this petition.
— from Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe Or, the Pretended Riot Explained by William Apess

Some people seemed to want it both ways—to go on drawing their money while they were alive, and then to have an outcry raised when they got shot.
— from Gray youth: The story of a very modern courtship and a very modern marriage by Oliver Onions

Surely, surely, there is no more manifest condemnation of war and the warlike spirit, and of the spirit which finds the strength of Christ's Church in anything material and violent, than is that solitary instance of His assumption of royal state when thus He entered into His city.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Mark by Alexander Maclaren

We have not advised any imposition which might make it unlawfull to vary from it in any thing; Yet we hope, all our Reverend Brethren in this Kingdom, and in yours also, will so far value and reverence that which upon so long debate and serious deliberation hath been agreed upon in this Assembly (when it shall also passe with you, and be settled as the common publick Directory for all the Churches in the three Kingdomes) that it shall not be the lesse regarded and observed.
— from The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland by Church of Scotland. General Assembly

We supposed that it was the negotiation which drew and held the attention of all the leisure of Frascati, and that it was the driver and our relation to him rather than the horse and our relation to it that concentrated the public interest in us; and when we had convinced him that we had no wish but to see some of the more immediate and memorable villas, we mounted to our places in the victoria and drove out through the reluctantly parting spectators, who remained looking after us as if unable to disperse to their business or pleasure.
— from Roman Holidays, and Others by William Dean Howells

What do we do, by rejecting him as our rule and end, but cross, as much as in us lies, God’s end in our creation, and shut our souls against the communications of those perfections he was so willing to bestow?
— from The Existence and Attributes of God, Volumes 1 and 2 by Stephen Charnock

There was one duty, however, which he at once recognised must fall upon him, which was the supply of the camp with meat, and accordingly, upon the conclusion of the mid-day meal, when Earle started to get his photographic gear ready for the campaign among the sculptures, Dick took his rifle and, accompanied by two of the Indians, proceeded up the ravine in search of game.
— from In Search of El Dorado by Harry Collingwood

Immediately Enver dismounted, whipped out his revolver, and, thrusting his arm out rigidly and horizontally, he took aim.
— from Ambassador Morgenthau's Story by Henry Morgenthau