He retained just enough sharpness to season his kindness; his mind was rough and his heart was soft.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Speaking of this matter the Jewish Encyclopedia says: "The social organization of the Jews resident in America has differed little from that in other countries * * * in the main, and without any compulsion, Jews preferred to live in close proximity to one another, a peculiarity which still prevails."
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

The Jewish Encyclopedia says: "The Sanhedrin, which was entirely aristocratic in character, probably assumed its own authority, since it was composed of members of the most influential families of the nobility and priesthood."
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

St. Irenæus, after St. Justin, expressly says that St. Peter and St. Paul came to Rome, and that they entrusted its government to St. Linus.
— from A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 01 by Voltaire

He closed his political articles of the war period with one in July, entitled “Scotch the Snake, or kill it?” which is in a lighter vein than “Reconstruction,” and is in its way a quick survey of the underlying character of the great contest, suggested by an examination of that scrapbook of the war,
— from James Russell Lowell, A Biography; vol 2/2 by Horace Elisha Scudder

A wave of joyous exultation seemed to sweep along the line; whips cracked, the mounted men galloped to and fro; while out of the uncertain light beyond, as the sun crept up above the horizon, the white lurching tops of the great wagons burst into view, one by one; but growing always smaller until finally they became mere white specks, dropping back in the track of the receding mist.
— from The Fortune of the Landrays by Vaughan Kester

This first anti-Jewish book with Pfefferkorn's name dealt gently with the Jews, even sought to show the groundlessness of the frequent accusations with regard to stealing and murdering Christian children.
— from History of the Jews, Vol. 4 (of 6) by Heinrich Graetz

[40] Jesus erroneously supposed that "salvation is of the Jews."
— from The Mistakes of Jesus by William Floyd

There was just enough starlight to see the sandy wastes around them, as wave-filled as a petrified sea.
— from Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison

Lounging against the panel of the companion hatch, from which Landon and his companion had just emerged, sat the skipper, Signor Luigi, idly whittling a stick, and looking up at his passenger with an amiable indifference.
— from The Pursuit by Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile