Fundamentally indeed they are still the same; in this most important respect especially, That they have penetrated both of them into the sacred mystery of the Universe; what Goethe calls "the open secret."
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

He would have been an awkward member of the party; for, though the most appreciative humanist, the most ideal religionist, even the best-versed Christologist of the three, there was alienation in the standing consciousness that his squareness would not fit the round hole that had been prepared for him.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

" And the ghost of Amphimedon answered, "Agamemnon, son of Atreus, king of men, I remember everything that you have said, and will tell you fully and accurately about the way in which our end was brought about.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

[52] form of marriage is respected, even though it is formed under unfavourable circumstances, because it fulfils the object sought for.
— from The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks by Vatsyayana

The story of Rizal’s separation from La Solidaridad, however, is really not material, but the following quotation from a letter written to Carlos Oliver, speaking of the opposition of the Madrid committee of Filipinos to himself, is interesting as showing Rizal’s attitude of mind: “I regret exceedingly that they war against me, attempting to discredit me in the Philippines, but I shall be content provided only that my successor keeps on with the work.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig

It is probable that Mrs. Inglethorp returned earlier than he expected.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

When it is arrived at D , let the stone be turned upon its axle, till its attracting end points towards E , and then the island will be carried obliquely towards E ; where, if the stone be again turned upon its axle till it stands in the position E F , with its repelling point downwards, the island will rise obliquely towards F , where, by directing the attracting end towards G , the island may be carried to G , and from G to H , by turning the stone, so as to make its repelling extremity to point directly downward.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift

Every whereas and aforesaid rolled out with due majesty, its resonance echoing to the ceiling of the chilly little parlor.
— from The Wall Between by Sara Ware Bassett

“Matilda is ready,” exclaimed the youthful member of the gang, picking up his swag from the floor, and hitching it on to his shoulders.
— from The Tale of Timber Town by Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus) Grace

Every man is rightly expected to make use of whatever power he has.
— from The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Books of the Bible, Volume 15 (of 32) The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Volume I by Alfred Tucker

Thus the Ideal which Kant here declares to be a necessary Idea of Reason is denounced in the Analytic as based on false principles peculiar to the Leibnizian philosophy, and as “without the least meaning in regard either to nature or to any thing in itself.”
— from A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' by Norman Kemp Smith

Distinctions of style occupy but a small share of academical attention; and that most important rhetorical exercise, the analysis of the Period, has fallen into general disregard.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66, No. 407, September, 1849 by Various

He answered the sneers and the silence, so hot and eager he grew; But my hope full well he answered, and when he called again On men to band together lest they live and die in vain, In fear lest he should escape me, I rose ere the meeting was done, And gave him my name and my faith—and I was the only one.
— from The Pilgrims of Hope and Chants for Socialists by William Morris

And when the old building shall have mouldered into ruins, even these will be trodden with veneration as sacred to the recollection of genius of the highest order.
— from Three Years in Europe: Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met by William Wells Brown

If Captain Warden has succeeded in crossing the Sahara, when and where may I reasonably expect to hear of him?”
— from The Message by Louis Tracy