The necessities of his life, the health of his body, and the information of his mind, would require him to be directed by the will of others, and not his own; and yet will any one think, that this restraint and subjection were inconsistent with, or spoiled him of that liberty or sovereignty he had a right to, or gave away his empire to those who had the government of his nonage?
— from Second Treatise of Government by John Locke

They were the standing morals, emblems, mementos, dial-mottos, the spital sermons, the books for children, the salutary checks and pauses to the high and rushing tide of greasy citizenry— —Look Upon that poor and broken bankrupt there.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

In a trice the black and white spotted cats, who seemed to be common sailors, had tied the False Hare's paws behind him with his own string, lowered him into the mice's little boat from which they had already removed the oars, gave it a push, and sent him cruelly adrift!
— from The Wonderful Bed by Gertrude Knevels

But he didn't seem to hear her, and raced the others gayly to the tree where they always picnicked; and they all fell to in such good spirits that Joscelyn looked from one to another very doubtfully, and suddenly felt left out in the cold.
— from Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard by Eleanor Farjeon

"He has hurt you;" she spoke fiercely, flinging her arms round the other girl.
— from To Love by Margaret Peterson

" Such is the language of revelation; and the measures which God hath adopted relative to our guilty race speak the same language.
— from Sermons on Various Important Subjects Written Partly on Sundry of the More Difficult Passages in the Sacred Volume by Andrew Lee

At recess, Octavia Dean, who had drawn near Cressy and reached up to place her arm round the older girl's waist, glanced at her with a patronizing smile born of some rapid free-masonry, and laughingly retired with the others.
— from Cressy by Bret Harte

Along with the revival of the blessed Hope, the preaching of His imminent Coming, we have a return to other great truths, such as the teaching concerning the church.
— from Studies in Prophecy by Arno Clemens Gaebelein

They had almost reached the outer gate when the silence was broken by a babble of angry voices, mingled with the sound of a scuffle, and there rang out the shrill tones of Dollops.
— from The Riddle of the Purple Emperor by Mary E. Hanshew