I see all philosophers and the whole of science on their knees before a reality which is the reverse of "the struggle for life," as Darwin and his school understood it—that is to say, wherever I look, I see those prevailing and surviving, who throw doubt and suspicion upon life and the value of life.—The error of the Darwinian school became a problem to me: how can one be so blind as to make this mistake?
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

A stone-flagged passage, with the kitchens branching away from it, led by a wooden staircase directly to the first floor of the house.
— from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Agricultural and Pastoral Tribes Abhira or Ahir, Goala, Kurmi or Kulumbi, Gujar, and Jat Rajput Tribes to which no Sakha is assigned Jalia, Peshani, Sohagni, Chahira, Ran, Simala, Botila, Gotchar, Malan, Uhir, Hul, Bachak, Batar, Kerach, Kotak, Busa, and Bargota.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

Thus it was my chance to see the King beheaded at White Hall Tied our men back to back, and thrown them all into the sea
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

My father's follower Kishori belonged at one time to a band of reciters of Dasarathi's jingling versions of the Epics.
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore

God is favourable to those whom He makes to die by degrees; ‘tis the only benefit of old age; the last death will be so much the less painful; it will kill but a half or a quarter of a man.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

In the castle the king built a cross-church of timber, and carefully put together, as far as regards the wood and other materials.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Kabul berkat aku memakei Doʿa tilek maʿrifat kapada Si Anu itu.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

As to Europe, however, it is clearly not known by any, either as regards the parts which are towards the rising sun or those towards the North, whether it be surrounded by sea: but in length it is known to stretch along by both the other divisions.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

Mortification at the overthrow of his notable scheme; hatred of the girl who had dared to palter with strangers; and utter distrust of the sincerity of her refusal to yield him up; bitter disappointment at the loss of his revenge on Sikes; the fear of detection, and ruin, and death; and a fierce and deadly rage kindled by all; these were the passionate considerations which, following close upon each other with rapid and ceaseless whirl, shot through the brain of Fagin, as every evil thought and blackest purpose lay working at his heart.
— from Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. Illustrated by Charles Dickens

I knew before, as possessing his sentiments [210] fully on that subject, that his value for you was undiminished.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 3 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

Then next day, as we already know, began all the fuss and hurry about Helena's marriage, and for the ensuing fortnight excitement kept Mary up.
— from Flora Adair; or, Love Works Wonders. Vol. 2 (of 2) by A. M. Donelan

"What I want to know, Billy Ashburton, is just this—wasn't your father as good a man as you are, and wasn't the Democratic Party good enough for your father?
— from The Builders by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

Their undisguised approbation, their respect, their eagerness to be kind brought a new sensation to Kate, who had grown up and lived in an atmosphere of prejudice.
— from The Fighting Shepherdess by Caroline Lockhart

Chingiz Khān, birth and early life, 151 , 152–54 , 232 ; war with Tāi Yāng, 155 ; with Guchluk, 157 ; with Khwārazm Shāh, 157–59 ; Dār ul-Ākhirat destroyed by, 143 ; conquests of, 159 , 160 , 232 ; death, 160 .
— from The Heart of Asia A history of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian Khanates from the earliest times by Ross, E. Denison (Edward Denison), Sir

For this is just a matter which concerns you and Paul Vanderhoffen—a literary hack, a stuttering squeak-voiced ne'er-do-well, with an acquired knack for scribbling verses that are feeble-minded enough for Annuals and Keepsake Books, and so fetch him an occasional guinea.
— from The Certain Hour (Dizain des Poëtes) by James Branch Cabell

Tulu ka banda ang nagdayána sa ámung pista, Three bands played to wake the people during our town fiesta.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

But with Philip as regent, and the young king but a baby, a gayer mood must creep into the articles of beauty [Pg 123] with which man self-indulgently decorates his surroundings.
— from The Tapestry Book by Helen Churchill Candee