After the mechanism of the ritual had once been established, they served to make it more easily representable in the mind, but they are not conditions of its existence.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

Responsible for his own growth and happiness, man is made equally responsible for the happiness and welfare of those about him.
— from A Man's Value to Society: Studies in Self Culture and Character by Newell Dwight Hillis

[M ISS M EADOWS rises and comes forward, followed by M ISS M ACAW .
— from Single Life: A Comedy, in Three Acts by John Baldwin Buckstone

“I assure you, that company has been nothing but an annoyance to me ever since you cast longing eyes on the stock.” “Oh, I’ve become more modest in my expectations,” replied Mrs. Tucker cheerfully.
— from The Best Policy by Elliott Flower

Immense is my grief, inaccessible is this rainy season and mighty is my enemy, Rāvana; methinks it is impossible for me to bring about the discomfiture of my foe.
— from The Rāmāyana, Volume Two. Āranya, Kishkindhā, and Sundara Kāndam by Valmiki

“The ministry is much embarrassed,” remarked young Martener.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

To make no mistake I muttered "Eyes right" to myself for about a quarter of a mile, so as to make a good thing of the salute.
— from Bullets & Billets by Bruce Bairnsfather

" "Maps?" "We was made to do maps in Mile End Road." "What sort of maps?" "Heurope in red paint.
— from Dimbie and I—and Amelia by Mabel Barnes-Grundy

but I have one reserved for the conclusion, which illustrates the truth of the assertion, that the women of the Sandwich Islands are superior to the men in many exercises requiring skill, and also in their powers of endurance.
— from The World of Waters Or, A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea by Osborne, David, Mrs. (Fanny)