The note he had received was from Brazon, demanding a retraction of the language used last evening, and an apology in the presence of both ladies, or the usual satisfaction.
— from Sea-gift: A Novel by Edwin W. (Edwin Wiley) Fuller

The fact was that he had decided not to open any letters from his relations throughout this month, alleging to himself the interruption they caused to his work and trusting to the old superstition that if left unanswered long enough all letters, even the most disagreeable, answered themselves.
— from Poor Relations by Compton MacKenzie

The exposure of children appears to have been a common practice, and looked upon leniently even after direct infanticide was visited with some degree of general disapproval.
— from A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Cora May Williams

"Then she didn't pass through the office, but through the less used Ladies' Entrance at the side."
— from Mary Louise Solves a Mystery by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

For, as well said by one believed to have sacrificed himself for Humanity—"Strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life" eternal, and therefore "few there be that find it."
— from Studies in Occultism; A Series of Reprints from the Writings of H. P. Blavatsky No. 1: Practical Occultism—Occultism versus the Occult Arts—The Blessings of Publicity by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

—Or here again, in Mickiewicz, 'I shall love until life ends … and after life ends!'—While one English writer has said: 'Love is stronger than death!'"—The biblical sentence acted with peculiar force on Arátoff.
— from A Reckless Character, and Other Stories by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

Ask the popular Irish leaders whether they would like better to remain as they are, with Lord Ebrington as Lord Lieutenant, or to have the Municipal Bill, and any other three bills which they might name, with Lord Roden for Viceroy; and they will at once answer, "Leave us Lord Ebrington; and burn your bills."
— from Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron