As far as religion is concerned, he was taught to fear God, but he knew very little of the love of God, so that he only lived to appease the divine wrath by ascetic practices and good works.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

It was an immense show-piece, too; lots of grand set scenes and fine armor-suits and all kinds of appointments imported from London (where it had been first render'd.)
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

Sir Pitt came in first, very much flushed, and rather unsteady in his gait; and after him the butler, the canaries, Mr. Crawley's man, three other men, smelling very much of the stable, and four women, one of whom, I remarked, was very much overdressed, and who flung me a look of great scorn as she plumped down on her knees.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

He eyed his good lady with looks of great satisfaction, and begged, in an encouraging manner, that she should cry her hardest: the exercise being looked upon, by the faculty, as strongly conducive to health.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

A little opposition gives spice to life.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Thus he remains to us the last light of Greece, speaking a language with which we are familiar, and leaving us quotations that are imperishable.
— from Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4 In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods by Plotinus

The physical 219 state, whether the element is in the solid, liquid or gaseous state, is unimportant.
— from The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly

[453] "If you will not accompany his majesty for the love of God," said Ferdinand, "do so at least for love of the Emperor, and as vassals of the Empire.
— from History of the Great Reformation, Volume 4 by J. H. (Jean Henri) Merle d'Aubigné

But, Aggie—we can take it from each other, if we let ourselves get slack.
— from The Judgment of Eve by May Sinclair

Eldorado : The land of gold, supposed to be somewhere in South America, which the European adventurers, especially the Spaniards, were constantly seeking in the sixteenth century.
— from The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, Ph.D. by James Russell Lowell

But having a hearty dislike to the strict discipline of which I had heard, and knowing also that I should meet there young men attending the university with whom I was acquainted, enjoying all the liberty of German students, whilst I myself was still at school: for these and other reasons I went to Nordhausen, and had myself examined by the director of the gymnasium, to be received into that school.
— from A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller. Part 1 by George Müller

Life of George Stubbs, R.A. Ten Chapters.
— from Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Volume 85 January to June, 1906 by Various

But since large ocean going steamers no longer call there, it now takes the more roundabout route via Guayaquil.
— from The Manufacture of Chocolate and other Cacao Preparations by Paul Zipperer