She was checked by the sight of her uncle much nearer to them than she had any suspicion of, and each found it necessary to talk of something else.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

He ceased keeping a diary, avoided the company of the Brothers, began going to the club again, drank a great deal, and came once more in touch with the bachelor sets, leading such a life that the Countess Hélène thought it necessary to speak severely to him about it.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

But it is not true.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

In 1893 I was married to Miss Margaret James Murray, a native of Mississippi, and a graduate of Fisk University, in Nashville, Tenn., who had come to Tuskegee as a teacher several years before, and at the time we were married was filling the position of Lady Principal.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington

He wore his fatigue uniform with the braided jacket and jaunty cap, and I noticed that his riding-boots were all splashed with red mud.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

Mightier than Egypt's tombs, Fairer than Grecia's, Roma's temples, Prouder than Milan's statued, spired cathedral, More picturesque than Rhenish castle-keeps, We plan even now to raise, beyond them all, Thy great cathedral sacred industry, no tomb, A keep for life for practical invention.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Of course, where there is nothing to interrupt, noise will not be so particularly painful.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism by Arthur Schopenhauer

Having generalized by drawing two pictures, it is now time to take up the specific details to be considered in giving a dinner.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

There is therefore but one categorical imperative, namely, this: Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will that it should become a universal law.
— from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant

I named the actors of my choice, and asked him to bring them to dine with me at my inn, that I might read the play and distribute the parts.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Many of the old Phallic symbols were associated with the new superstition, and Abraham, being a Chaldean, it is natural to suppose that he was one of its adherents.
— from Serpent-Worship, and Other Essays, with a Chapter on Totemism by C. Staniland (Charles Staniland) Wake

I do desire thee, even from a heart As full of sorrows as the sea of sands, To bear me company and go with me; If not, to hide what I have said to thee, That I may venture to depart alone. EGLAMOUR.
— from The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare

The happiest effects upon the future trade between the United States and Portugal are anticipated from it, and the time is not thought to be remote when a system of perfect reciprocity will be established.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

He who once quaffs that elixir, obtains in his very veins the bright fluid by which he transmits the force of his will to agencies dormant in nature, to giants unseen in the space.
— from A Strange Story — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Lots-road is now the true romantic centre of London.
— from Paris Nights, and Other Impressions of Places and People by Arnold Bennett

After all, it is not the will of the Allies that has determined even this resolve.
— from What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

And the shadow answered, "I am Shadow , and my dwelling is near to the Catacombs of Ptolemais, and hard by those dim plains of Helusion which border upon the foul Charonian canal."
— from The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe Including Essays on Poetry by Edgar Allan Poe

But before we go further I feel it is only honest to confess to you that it is neither the Coddington Company nor myself that you should thank for this new library.
— from The Story of Leather by Sara Ware Bassett

“There is no time now for these worldly arrangements.
— from The Cruise of the Shining Light by Norman Duncan

In innumerable ways there has been improvement, not the least being the development of family life and the more enduring attachment to the soil which is the result of prolonged residence.
— from The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. 1 (of 2) As Illustrated in the Career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., D.C.L., Many Years Consul and Minister in China and Japan by Alexander Michie