In reality that excessive justice of such Hindus is already more than justice; it is actual renunciation, denial of the will to live,—asceticism, of which we shall speak last.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

From the language of John of Salisbury however it appears that such was not the common verdict at least in his age, and that on this point the instinct of the many was more sound than the learning of the few.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

For an account of Ludovico's adventure, she referred her to himself; and Emily, though much interested, concerning the means, by which he had disappeared from the north apartments, had the forbearance to suspend the gratification of her curiosity, till he had taken some refreshment, and had conversed with Annette, whose joy, on seeing him in safety, could not have been more extravagant, had he arisen from the grave.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

Now it lurks in merry ambush, like the faint suggestion of a smile on an otherwise serious face, so subtile that the observer is left wondering whether the artist could have meant what seems more like one's own ingenious discovery; now it breaks out into the broadest of grins, absurd juxtapositions of singularly happy incongruities.
— from The Soul of the Far East by Percival Lowell

It is natural for the younger girls of a school to look up to those in the upper classes—for the freshmen to make one of the juniors or seniors her ideal; and it is likewise usual to find the younger girl admiring the older boys she happens to meet.
— from The Girl Scouts at Miss Allen's School by Edith Lavell

"I do like the High Valley very much," said Clover, still with the feeling that Clarence must be half in joke, or she half in dream.
— from Clover by Susan Coolidge

The brave little Jew! Old Sergeant Hill is dead.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Charles Lamb

The perfect sage, according to them, is raised above all influence of external events; he submits to the law of destiny; he is exempt from desire and fear, joy or sorrow; he is not governed even by what he is exposed to necessarily, like sorrow and pain; he is free from the restraints of passion; he is like a god in his mental placidity.
— from Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01: The Old Pagan Civilizations by John Lord

TOAD It isn't often that Peter Rabbit is truly envious, but sometimes in the joyousness of spring he is.
— from The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess

He who is de fust man to get into de boat, and de fust to jump on shore, him, if he fall, will be de fust to get to heaben.'
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various