Though impelled by a natural craving for human sympathy, she passed through a baptism of suffering, even in recounting her trials to me, in private confidential conversations.
— from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs

I much regret that I did not then begin to collect, when the blocks were comparatively fresh; a complete set of Hokusai's Mangwa, in perfect condition, could be had for a couple of dollars, and his Hundred Views of Fuji for about a couple of shillings.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

Es muy importante poder comunicar con el Net en diferentes lenguas, es más bien obligatorio, porque la información la tenemos a nivel mundial, ¿por qué
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Do I not remember how notably a late Lord Mayor raised the echoes of the Egyptian Hall to an explosion of laughter, by commencing grandiloquently, "When hi survey the dignity of my 'igh position," &c. &c.; and similarly what a disastrous effect a certain preacher caused in church by the announcement, "This is the hare, come let us kill him?
— from My Life as an Author by Martin Farquhar Tupper

In this sad plight he remained until a door near him opened and a man in plain clothes came stealthily in.
— from Officer 666 by Barton Wood Currie

The issue of events is uncertain; but whatever it be, the men in power cannot conduct a prosperous war nor obtain an honourable peace.
— from The Parisians — Volume 11 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Aristotle has expressed this as follows: πᾶσα ἐπιστήμη διανοητική, ἢ καὶ μετέχουσά τι διανοίας, περὶ αἰτίας καὶ ἀρχάς ἐστι ( omnis intellectualis scientia, sive aliquo modo intellectu participans, circa causas et principia est ).
— from On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason, and On the Will in Nature: Two Essays (revised edition) by Arthur Schopenhauer

Oswald gave the helm to two of the seamen, and with his knife cut adrift the axes, which were lashed round the mizen-mast in painted canvas covers.
— from The Pirate by Frederick Marryat

One man in plain clothes confronted a Korean who was walking quietly, slapped his face and knocked him down.
— from Korea's Fight for Freedom by Fred A. (Fred Arthur) McKenzie