But, as from extreme hights who downward looks, Sees men at childrens shapes, Rivers at brookes, And loseth younger formes; so, to your eye, These (Madame) that without your distance lie, 15 Must either mist, or nothing seeme to be, Who are at home but wits mere Atomi .
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

But I well remember that I lay there on my straw, meditating for some time, half asleep and half awake, until I fancied I heard the musical voice of Dus, murmuring in my ear my own name.
— from The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

For all wise men know that it is not riches, nor material possessions nor great territories that make either men or nations noble.
— from Lafayette, We Come! The Story of How a Young Frenchman Fought for Liberty in America and How America Now Fights for Liberty in France by Rupert Sargent Holland

My explanation must, of necessity, be cursory and brief.
— from Redemption and two other plays by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

I was now holding him by the wrist, for the feeling of the public began at this affecting exhibition to turn against me, even my own natives urging me to let the little fellow go; had I followed the dictates of my own heart I should have done so, but I knew that by being in this instance very determined I should effect eventually much good.
— from Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 by Grey, George, Sir

: “I send you a little of the poison known as ‘dita’ that you may put it on the points of the ‘balatik’ and ‘sura’ (spears and traps) admonishing you to take care that none of our people are wounded with the said poison, and if by misfortune any one is wounded, immediately apply the stem of the ‘Badian’ mixed with that of the ‘lingaton’ in the wound, as this is the most efficacious means of neutralizing and removing the effect of said poison.
— from The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 2 of 2) by Dean C. (Dean Conant) Worcester

"A little way off the main-travelled road in the town of Raymond there stood an old house which has much in common with houses of its day, but which is distinguished from them by the more evident marks of neglect and decay.
— from Yesterdays with Authors by James Thomas Fields

THE SPLENDID TRIUMPHS OF STEAM: IT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT MEANS OF NATIONAL PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT:
— from Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post by Thomas Rainey

We have now eighty-four, all we need, and may expect marching orders next.
— from An Artilleryman's Diary by Jenkins Lloyd Jones