The change on Mrs. Elton's side soon afterwards appeared, and she was left in peace—neither forced to be the very particular friend of Mrs. Elton, nor, under Mrs. Elton's guidance, the very active patroness of Jane Fairfax, and only sharing with others in a general way, in knowing what was felt, what was meditated, what was done.
— from Emma by Jane Austen
I'm in town three or four days in the week, and you know a line to the club will always find me, but you don't seem to remember my existence nowadays unless you want to get a tip out of me.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
There was an air of oddity, in short, about the dress of the whole party, which, at first, caused me to recur to my original idea of the “soothing system,” and to fancy that Monsieur Maillard had been willing to deceive me until after dinner, that I might experience no uncomfortable feelings during the repast, at finding myself dining with lunatics; but I remembered having been informed, in Paris, that the southern provincialists were a peculiarly eccentric people, with a vast number of antiquated notions; and then, too, upon conversing with several members of the company, my apprehensions were immediately and fully dispelled.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe
TO MISS ELLEN NUSSEY ‘ Upperwood House , October 17 th , 1841.
— from Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Clement King Shorter
An occasional anterior fourth or fifth Cervical which may escape notice unless the head is flexed far toward or the transverse processes examined.
— from Technic and Practice of Chiropractic by Joy Maxwell Loban
She looked at him a moment, evidently not understanding; but she tossed him a retort at a venture, turned away, and took her course homeward.
— from The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) by Henry James
Both men, Edith Nolan understood, were competent, honest, not deliberately wasting time.
— from The Trial of Callista Blake by Edgar Pangborn
You are, therefore, invited to observe the following considerations: I. GENERAL LIFE-PRINCIPLES: 1. Magnetism entertains no unnecessary thought of evil concerning others.
— from Mastery of Self for Wealth, Power, Success by Frank C. (Frank Channing) Haddock
To her entered Mother Eyebright, now unworthy of her name; and sobbing, writhing, crushing anguish is a thing which even Frida, simple and open-hearted one, would rather keep to her own poor self.
— from Tales from the Telling-House by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
It is the first stage in our progress towards that which is the final object of moral education, namely, universal love.
— from A General View of Positivism Or, Summary exposition of the System of Thought and Life by Auguste Comte
It was, of course, addressed to Mr. Kyser, and Edward was about to place it unopened in his pocket, when his uncle's voice came from the stairs above— "That for me, Edward?" "No, uncle; it's—mine."
— from The Princess Galva: A Romance by David Whitelaw
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