Articles such as his were like certain poisonous rums that are manufactured in Europe, good enough to be sold among the negroes, good for negroes , 2 with the difference that if the negroes did not drink them they would not be destroyed, while Ben-Zayb’s articles, whether the Filipinos read them or not, had their effect.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

Those who in virtue's path delight, And with the virtuous live,— Whose flames of holy zeal are bright, Whose hands are swift to give, Who injure none, and good and mild In every grace excel, Whose lives by sin are undefiled, We love and honour well.”
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

A ce propos, je vous avais dit combien j'étais comme aimanté par ce continent et en particulier par le Sénégal où je me suis découvert de nombreuses attaches au point que, si Dieu le veut - mais il est grand et miséricordieux :-), je me suis proposé en personne pour concourir à un projet social, éducatif et
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

They met in eager groups, each demanding to know who had first given the alarm and its cause.
— from The Copper Princess: A Story of Lake Superior Mines by Kirk Munroe

The minestrone is equally good eaten cold.
— from The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well; Practical Recipes of the Italian Cuisine, Pastries, Sweets, Frozen Delicacies, and Syrups by Maria Gentile

Kann sich doch die Philosophie überhaupt und insbesondere die Metaphysik ihrer eigenen geschichtlichen Entwickelung nicht entschlagen, sondern hat eine Geschichte der Philosophie als eigene und zwar zugleich historische und spekulative Disziplin, in deren geschichtlichen Entwickelungsphasen und geschichtlich aufeinanderfolgenden Systemen der Philosophen die neuere Spekulation seit Schelling and Hegel zugleich die Philosophie selbst als ein die verschiedenen geschichtlichen Systeme umfassendes ganzes in seiner dialektischen Gliederung erkannt hat.—
— from A Lecture on the Study of History by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

"Though," he qualified abruptly, as if a sudden [17] thought had struck him, "ef ye air countin' on buyin' it, a leetle money spent ter keerful purpose will go a long way toward makin' it ez good ez new."
— from The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge, and Other Stories by Mary Noailles Murfree

Here it grated on my ear to listen to the familiar tones of the English tongue as the medium by which the transfer was effected, and it was painful to see decent-looking men in European garb engaged in the work before me.
— from The Civil War in America Fuller's Modern Age, August 1861 by Russell, William Howard, Sir

The black was kneeling, out of sight, stooping over a basin of water and his abominable sack, and Ryder was facing that silent, sardonic face, with its fantastic mustache, its evil, gloating eyes....
— from The Fortieth Door by Mary Hastings Bradley