When the commonplace "We must all die" transforms itself suddenly into the acute consciousness "I must die—and soon," then death grapples us, and his fingers are cruel; afterwards, he may come to fold us in his arms as our mother did, and our last moment of dim earthly discerning may be like the first.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

And, for similar reasons, we seem forced to conclude, more generally, that it is impossible to obtain clear premises for a reasoned method of determining exactly different amounts of Good Desert.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

- Internet a généré de nouveaux besoins dans les entreprises et, en conséquence, les sociétés de conseil en management ont développé (et développent) des solutions de commerce électronique pour répondre à ces préoccupations.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

He may keep me on duty every day, or may place me under arrest, but no one can make me apologize, because if he, as commander of this regiment, thinks it beneath his dignity to give me satisfaction, then...” “You just wait a moment, my dear fellow, and listen,” interrupted the staff captain in his deep bass, calmly stroking his long mustache.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

no, not you, mamma—Emily will—a mouthful of drink, Emily dear, and let it be pure water, Emily; I think it agrees with me best.”
— from The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton

When remote posterity comes to read of the millions and millions of dollars expended during the late war in curing soldiers untouched by bayonet or bullet, the enthusiasm of readers will not be excited by the generosity displayed in bestowing those millions.
— from Smoking and Drinking by James Parton

"Spoken like my own dear eldest daughter," he returned with a gratified look, and giving her a slight caress.
— from Elsie in the South by Martha Finley

Close to his bed-room was an immense room (where was carried on his manufactory of draperies, etc.), divided, yet open over the partitions.
— from Art in England: Notes and Studies by Dutton Cook

In breadth of canvas, massing of dramatic effect, depth of feeling, and rare wholesomeness of spirit, it has seldom, if ever, been surpassed by an American romance."— Chicago Tribune.
— from Arethusa by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

Mrs. Evans’s skill as a laundress, which was in the inverse ratio to her mildness of disposition, enabled Dick to appear in white duck trousers and a shirt-front which distanced all rivalry.
— from Babes in the Bush by Rolf Boldrewood

More than a million of dollars, every day, were received into the treasury from six thousand agents, for whose official integrity the head of the department was responsible.
— from Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men by Various

Over the wide scene there was a general gloom; but there was a continual vicissitude of bright sunshine flitting over it, now resting for a brief space on portions of the heights, now flooding the valleys with green brightness, now making out distinctly each dwelling, and the hotels, and then two small brick churches of the distant village, denoting its prosperity, while all around seemed under adverse fortunes.
— from Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 by Nathaniel Hawthorne

M. OElsner (Des Effets de la Religion de Mohammed, Paris, 1810) has cited several others of the same liberal import.
— from The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 by William Hickling Prescott