Hot iron and cold iron alike take the skin from our lips, and we feel the same sensation if we kiss either; and Anthony's kiss was now the kiss of hatred, as it had once been the kiss of love.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

His peremptory commands suspended the ardor of the Venetians and the king of Hungary; and it was only by a natural or untimely death 36 that Peter of Courtenay was released from his hopeless captivity.
— 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

So back to church, and heard a good sermon of Mr. Gifford’s at our church, upon “Seek ye first the kingdom of Heaven and its righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

It appeared in his face that he took great contentment in this our question: he said; "Ye knit my heart to you, by asking this question in the first place; for it sheweth that you first seek the kingdom of heaven; and I shall gladly, and briefly, satisfy your demand.
— from New Atlantis by Francis Bacon

Let me tell you I have store both of rugs and cloaks, and shall not permit the son of my old friend Ulysses to camp down on the deck of a ship—not while I live—nor yet will my sons after me, but they will keep open house as I have done.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

There is a kind of Heaviness and Ignorance that hangs upon the Minds of ordinary Men, which is too thick for Knowledge to break through.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

For, surely, if good fighting be a kind of honour, as it is, in its season; and be with the vulgar of men, even the chief kind of honour, then here is good fighting, in good season, if there ever was.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

They received, on these occasions, the khilat of honour and investiture, consisting of elephants, horses, arms, and jewels; and to their hereditary title of ‘prince’ was added by the emperor, one of dignity, mansab .
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

If we unite both these kinds of history, as is done by the newest historians, we shall have the history of monarchs and writers, but not the history of the life of the peoples.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

There have been times when I have believed you fancied your heart given to that other to whom you have promised yourself, and then the knowledge of how absurd it all was comforted me.
— from The Curse of Pocahontas by Wenona Gilman

Leo said: "Any kind of death is welcome to me, that procures me the kingdom of heaven, and introduces me into the company of the blessed."
— from The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. January, February, March by Alban Butler

“and I are keeping open house, and if it will give you pleasure we shall be charmed” (the word fell from the senator’s lips like a complete poem) “to have you make us a visit.
— from Aladdin O'Brien by Gouverneur Morris

[9] H2 anchor Author's Preface To be right with God and to have a constant knowledge of his approval is the desire of every Christian.
— from Riches of Grace: A Compilation of Experiences in the Christian Life A Narration of Trials and Victories Along the Way by E. E. (Enoch Edwin) Byrum

This vision of God is an intellectual act by which the soul is filled to overflowing with an intuitive knowledge of God; a knowledge so perfect and complete that all the knowledge of Him attainable, in this world, by prayer and study, is like the feeble glimmer of the lamp compared to the dazzling splendor of the noonday sun.
— from The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus by F. J. Boudreaux

For awhile he had been an ancient king of Hirlaj, and it took some time to return to the present, to his own consciousness.
— from Warlord of Kor by Terry Gene Carr

I haven't the least idea of doing such a thing; only this I can tell you,—the Hôtel de Cluny affords an excellent opportunity to test your knowledge of history; and if you ever stand where we did, and send your thoughts wandering among past ages, may your dates be more satisfactory than were ours!
— from One Year Abroad by Blanche Willis Howard

There is a kind of harmony about it that I like.
— from Baddeck, and That Sort of Thing by Charles Dudley Warner

Tell me all you know of her, and if you can add a word about her nieces twain—one pretty, the other prettier—do so.
— from A Rent In A Cloud by Charles James Lever