As the world was plastic and fluid in the hands of God, so it is ever to so much of his attributes as we bring to it.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fancy the Church having waged its deadly war upon everything noble on earth, precisely with the help of German swords, German blood and courage!
— from The Twilight of the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with the Hammer. The Antichrist Complete Works, Volume Sixteen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Oeneus reigned in Aetolia, and because he did not sacrifice to Diana with his other gods (see more in Labanius his Diana), she sent a wild boar, insolitae magnitudinis, qui terras et homines misere depascebatur , to spoil both men and country, which was afterwards killed by Meleager.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

H2 anchor Castle Gordon Streams that glide in orient plains, Never bound by Winter's chains; Glowing here on golden sands, There immix'd with foulest stains From Tyranny's empurpled hands; These, their richly gleaming waves, I leave to tyrants and their slaves; Give me the stream that sweetly laves The banks by Castle Gordon.
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

“As the hush of evening crept over the world and we proceeded over the hill crest towards Wimbledon, Weena grew tired and wanted to return to the house of grey stone.
— from The Time Machine by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

From an English work, “The Habits of Good Society,” I quote some directions for the guidance of the happy man who proposes to enter the state of matrimony.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

No hope of gilded spurs to-day.
— from Marmion: A Tale Of Flodden Field by Walter Scott

How small the sum appropriated by a million and a half of God's stewards to save a sinking world!
— from Thoughts on Missions by Sheldon Dibble

But when he reached British waters, and slowly entering St. George's harbour, saw around him the British flag floating as proudly as it floated above his own great ship, he confessed himself utterly bewildered; but he ordered the men at every gun to stand by their piece until he was boarded by a boat from the fort, and informed of the true state of affairs.
— from The Great War Syndicate by Frank Richard Stockton

He boasted loudly of his own great strength; and as he drank more and more of the wine so freely poured, he cried: “What a puny lot of men you are to call yourselves gods!
— from Stories from Northern Myths by Emilie K. (Emilie Kip) Baker

As for Mrs. Compton, the question had come with such self-assured, if quiet authority, that she felt certain that, as a woman on her own ground, she ought to take offence.
— from The Hermit Doctor of Gaya: A Love Story of Modern India by I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross) Wylie

She knew all about visiting cards, and dinner cards, and cards of acceptance, and regret, and condolence, and she read much oftener than she did her Bible a book entitled "Habits of Good Society."
— from Gretchen: A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes

Pope JOHN PAUL II (since 16 October 1978) head of government: Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo SODANO (since 2 December Pontifical Commission appointed by the pope elections: 16 October 1978 (next to be held after the death of the current pope); secretary of state appointed by the pope election results: Karol WOJTYLA elected pope Legislative branch: unicameral Pontifical Commission Judicial branch: there are three tribunals responsible for civil and criminal matters within Vatican City; three other tribunals rule on issues pertaining to the Holy See note: judicial duties were established by the Motu Proprio of Pius XII on 1 May 1946 Political parties and leaders: none Political pressure groups and leaders: none (exclusive of influence exercised by church officers)
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

With the exception of a fierce-moustachioed warrior who had a holy horror of German spies (and therefore, if you see the connexion, of English journalists) the only French officials, high or low, who persistently refused anything important for which we asked them, were a distinguished General Officer and his Chief of Staff, who always dealt 13 with us through their subordinates.
— from Verdun to the Vosges: Impressions of the War on the Fortress Frontier of France by Gerald Campbell

The circumstance that if self be dealt with as a substantive, such phrases as my own self , his own great self , &c., can be used; whereby the language is a gainer.
— from A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

He had in the end taken the step; being done it had since then been dismissed to a shadowy corner of his mind by his own strength of character; when he had thought of it had only grown stronger in his belief that he had done rightly.
— from The Short Cut by Jackson Gregory