"You know them as well as I; and, knowing them, Dr. John, it really amazes me that you should not repose the frankest confidence in her fidelity.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

Their bodies that are affected with this universal melancholy are most part black, [2644] the melancholy juice is redundant all over, hirsute they are, and lean, they have broad veins, their blood is gross and thick
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Far afield I followed, and on the jar I read a thousand names, while from within the fresh blood bubbled to the brim.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

Such facts, however, as they occur in the thread of the story, nay, indeed, as they constitute the essential parts of it, the historian is not only justifiable in recording as they really happened, but indeed would be unpardonable should he omit or alter them.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

And so from every point of view, whether of pleasure, C honour, or advantage, the approver of justice is right and speaks the truth, and the disapprover is wrong and false and ignorant?
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

Note 113 ( return ) [ Conditionibus..... dispendiosis Romanae reipublicae impositis.... quibus cupidior regni quam gloriae Jovianus, imperio rudis, adquievit.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

—We are perfectly justified in refusing a request, but it is never right to refuse thanks—or, what comes to the same thing, to accept them coldly and conventionally.
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

In order to insure some means of translating correctly into Esperanto any prepositional phrase of the national languages, the preposition je is regarded as of rather indefinite meaning.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

In the resolute readiness with which you cut your wealth into four shares, keeping but one to yourself, and relinquishing the three others to the claim of abstract justice, I recognised a soul that revelled in the flame and excitement of sacrifice.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

(S ‘17) Jews in Poland Dubnov, S. M. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland.
— from The Book Review Digest, Volume 13, 1917 Thirteenth Annual Cumulation Reviews of 1917 Books by Various

The high contracting parties, therefore, join in reprobating any other than an entirely voluntary immigration for these purposes.
— from The Treaty With China, its Provisions Explained New York Tribune, Tuesday, August 28, 1868 by Mark Twain

The one counts woman the equal, if not the superior of man; the other looks down upon her as man's inferior in every respect; the one considers profound love as the only true condition of marriage; the other thinks of love as essentially impure, beneath the dignity of a true man, and not to be taken into consideration when marriage is contemplated; in the one, the two persons most interested have most to say in the matter; in the other, they have the least to say; in the one, a long and intimate previous acquaintance is deemed important; in the other, the need for such an acquaintance does not receive a second thought; in the one, the wife at once takes her place as the queen of the home; in the other, she enters as the domestic for her husband and his parents; in the one, the children are hers as well as his; in the other, they are his rather than hers, and remain with him in case of divorce; in the one, divorce is rare and condemned; in the other, it is common in the extreme; in the one, it is as often the woman as the man who seeks the divorce; in the other, until most recent times, it is the man alone who divorces the wife; in the one, the reasons for divorce are grave; in the other, they are often trivial; in the one, the wife is the "helpmate"; in the other, she is the man's "plaything"; or, at most, the means for continuing the family lineage; in the one, the man is the "husband"; in the other, he is the "danna san" or "teishu" (the lord or master); in the ideal home of the one, the wife is the object of the husband's constant affection and solicitous care; in the ideal home of the other, she ever waits upon her lord, serves his food for him, and faithfully sits up for him at night, however late his return may be; in the one, the wife is justified in resenting any unfaithfulness or immorality on the part of her husband; in the other, she is commanded to accept with patience whatever he may do, however many concubines he may have in his home or elsewhere; and however immoral he may be, she must not be jealous.
— from Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic by Sidney Lewis Gulick

Any feeling of revenge and hatred against Romans and Jews is repudiated and it is emphasized that it is our own sin which has brought Jesus to the cross…
— from The Grey Book A collection of protests against anti-semitism and the persecution of Jews issued by non-Roman Catholic churches and church leaders during Hitlers rule by Johan M. Snoek

The others were too miserable to even grunt and he neatly severed the head of a Gila monster from its scaly body as it opened it venomous jaws in rage at this invasion of its territory.
— from Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up; Or, Bar-20 by Clarence Edward Mulford

"A coral snake!" gasped Miss Judy, in real alarm, while the other three, taking fright from the tone of her voice, began to back down the path.
— from The Camp Fire Girls at Camp Keewaydin; Or, Paddles Down by Hildegard G. Frey

I am wrong, for Nature has not endowed me with the power of binding you to me; but I deserve from Josephine in return at least consideration and esteem, for I love her unto madness, and love her exclusively.
— from Empress Josephine: An Historical Sketch of the Days of Napoleon by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

“But you should, Mayne,” said Mrs John, in rather a low voice.
— from To The West by George Manville Fenn

Proechimys semispinosus gorgonae and Proechimys semispinosus ignotus , living on Gorgona and San José islands, respectively, are both characterized by large size, short tails, strong and conspicuously ridged skulls, and cheekteeth frequently with four and five counterfolds.
— from Speciation in the Brazilian Spiny Rats by João Moojen

Most of them were little children then, but the sad leaving their beloved mountains and the sorrow and hardship of the long journey is remembered after sixty years.
— from American Indians by Frederick Starr