For Mrs. Cole had, I do not know how unless by one of those unaccountable invincible sympathies that, nevertheless, from the strongest links, especially of female friendship, won and got entire possession of me.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

By this time Wakefield is excited to something like energy of feeling, but still lingers away from his wife's bedside, pleading with his conscience that she must not be disturbed at such a juncture.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Entick ( Survey 1. 499) tells us that in 1543 a sumptuary law was passed ‘to prevent luxurious eating or feasting in a time of scarcity; whereby it was ordained, that the lord-mayor should not have more than seven dishes at dinner or supper,’ and ‘an alderman and sheriff
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson

THE LIFE & EXPLORATIONS OF FREDERICK STANLEY ARNOT F.R.G.S.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

“I hesitate,” said Don Quixote, “because it is not lawful for me to draw sword against persons of squirely condition; but call my squire Sancho to me; for this defence and vengeance are his affair and business.” Thus matters stood at the inn-gate, where there was a very lively exchange of fisticuffs and punches, to the sore damage of the landlord and to the wrath of Maritornes, the landlady, and her daughter, who were furious when they saw the pusillanimity of Don Quixote, and the hard treatment their master, husband and father was undergoing.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

I gave him my heart, I received his, we loved each other fondly.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Is it not better, then, to be alone, And love Earth only for its earthly sake?
— from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

Personality, like every other force, reaches its maximum when it encounters resistance, in conflict and in rivalry—when it fights—hence its great value in friendly rivalry of nations in industry and culture, and especially in periods of natural calamities or of enemies from without.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

“And one day, after one of those interminable cotillons, where the couples do not leave each other for hours, and can disappear together without anybody thinking of noticing them, the poor fellow at last discovered what love was, that real love which takes up its abode in the very centre of the heart and in the brain, and is proud of being there, and which rules like a sovereign and a tyrannous master, and he became desperately enamored of a pretty but badly brought up girl, who was as disquieting and wayward as she was pretty.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Our looks expressed our feelings better than words.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

Asked by Mr. GEORGE LAMBERT whether the labour expended on fitting gas-bags to motor cars could not be more usefully employed, the MINISTER OF NATIONAL SERVICE replied as follows: "The questions involved in the use of gas-bags, including that raised by the hon.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 12, 1917 by Various

We always loved each other from the very beginning, but our people wouldn't hear of it because we were cousins.
— from The Way of an Eagle by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

They live entirely on fish.
— from A Voyage round the World A book for boys by William Henry Giles Kingston

It is in vain to say that the portraits which exist of this remarkable woman are not like each other; for, amidst their discrepancy, each possesses general features which the eye at once acknowledges as peculiar to the vision which our imagination has raised while we read her history for the first time, and which has been impressed upon it by the numerous prints and pictures which we have seen.
— from The Abbot by Walter Scott

But ye are bond-slaves, Yet witness ye that before God and man I here impeach Lord Emerick of foul treason,
— from The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol 1 and 2 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

We liked each other from the start.
— from The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic

And back of every one of them you can find, if you search, a smaller or larger edition of Folk, Whitman, or Gladstone.
— from On the Firing Line in Education by Adoniram Judson Ladd

And it was a glorious thing to hear the wild, plaintive song, led by one clear, sonorous voice, that rang out full and strong in the still air, while at the close of every two lines the whole brigade burst into a loud, enthusiastic chorus, that rolled far and wide over the smooth waters—telling of their approach to settlers beyond the reach of vision in advance, and floating faintly back, a last farewell, to the listening ears of fathers, mothers, wives, and sisters left behind.
— from Snowflakes and Sunbeams; Or, The Young Fur-traders: A Tale of the Far North by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

When the end was very near, and the son-in-law to whom these Letters were addressed found him one morning entirely himself, though in the last extreme of feebleness: his eye was clear and calm—every trace of the wild fire of delirium was extinguished: “Lockhart,” he said, “I may have but a minute to speak to you.
— from Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Walter Scott