I am however at the end of my labor, and have in reward for all my toil and vexation a judgment in my favor.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

A narrow and moralistic view of morals is responsible for the failure to recognize that all the aims and values which are desirable in education are themselves moral.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

"I really feel sorry for the Elliotts and Crawfords and MacAllisters over-harbour.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

For as Death is reckoned from the Condemnation of Adam, not from the Execution; so life is reckoned from the Absolution, not from the Resurrection of them that are elected in Christ.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

As this Mutability of Temper and Inconsistency with our selves is the greatest Weakness of human Nature, so it makes the Person who is remarkable for it in a very particular Manner more ridiculous than any other Infirmity whatsoever, as it sets him in a greater Variety of foolish Lights, and distinguishes him from himself by an Opposition of party-coloured Characters.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

I cannot love you more in return, for that were impossible; but I can appreciate in a higher degree your worth and the depth of your affection for me.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo Edited with a Biography of Juliette Drouet by Louis Guimbaud

Such were Botolf J. Grinde, Ole N. Steenhjerde and Sjur I. Romören from Leikanger, Herman T. Vee, Joseph J. Gjellum and Hermund O. Offerdal from Lærdal, Anders S. Övrebö, wife Anne and three children from Lyster, Erik L. Grov and Anders H. Ödegaard and wife Martha from Hafslo.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

I rose from my seat, kissed the ground, and took my place at the table, eating, as you may suppose, with care and in moderation.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

From the description of the stone here given we may conclude that it is repeated from hearsay of the sculptor's account of it.
— from The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete by da Vinci Leonardo

Of all this splendid food that is obtained at our very doors by our own people, less than half is retained for consumption in this country.
— from The Fishing Industry by William E. (William Edward) Gibbs

Out of my house, out of my house, thou viper, thou serpent that I have fostered, thou bosom traitress that I raised from nothing!
— from The Way of the World by William Congreve

Then he asked: "How can I reach Fernwood?"
— from Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane; Or, Daring Adventures over the Great Lake by Roy Rockwood

“Lalo’s Symphony in G minor, which is on very classical lines, is remarkable for the fascination of its themes, and still more for charm and elegance of rhythm and harmony, distinctive qualities of the imaginative composer of Le Roi d’Ys .
— from Philip Hale's Boston Symphony Programme Notes by Philip Hale

It is finished with shells, interspersed with looking-glass in regular forms, and in the ceiling is a star of the same material, at which, when a lamp of an orbicular figure of thin alabaster is hung in the middle, a thousand pointed rays glitter, and are reflected over the place.
— from Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Vol. 1 (of 2) by William Howitt

Johnny Stark , director of the department of Interplanetary Relations for Mars' Settlement One, reread the final paragraph of the note which he had found on his desk, upon returning from lunch earlier in the day.
— from Blind Spot by Bascom Jones

“‘A Noble Life’ is remarkable for the high types of character it presents, and the skill with which they are made to work out a story of powerful and pathetic interest.”— Daily News.
— from Hurst & Blackett's Standard Library (1895) by Hurst & Blackett

I called it religeon for oritory, but it hain't religeon, it is a relict of old Barberism who, under the cloak of Religeon, whipped quakers and hung prophetic souls, that the secrets of Heaven had been revealed to, secrets hidden from the coarser, more sensual vision."
— from Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 6 by Marietta Holley

The sand, so crusted on the surface that it broke into rattling flakes at every step, held undisputed sway.
— from Ben-Hur: A tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace