What is called the judgment of Rhadamanthus is suited to 'ages of faith,' but not to our days.
— from Laws by Plato

"Among those jags of rock I stood, watching the face of the cliff beyond, and the deep withdrawal of the iron door set in the granite masonry of some nation as old as Noah.
— from Dariel: A Romance of Surrey by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

Shall we not on this jubilee occasion revive in some way the work so faithfully carried on, and all unite to realize the fullness of the Gospel message ourselves, as we attempt to give it in its fullness to every man for whom our Father meant it?
— from Rand and the Micmacs by Jeremiah S. Clark

John Leech used to sing ‘King Death,’ and it was of his voice that Jerrold once remarked, ‘I say, Leech, if you had the same opportunity of exercising your voice as you have of using your pencil, how it would draw !’
— from Charles Dickens and Music by James T. (James Thomas) Lightwood

A jerk off really in someone elses life.
— from Unmanned by Stephen Oliver

At some junction of roads, I suppose, I left them on the cushion, for I have never beheld them since.
— from Gala-Days by Gail Hamilton