"Much of our lives is spent in marring our own influence," says George Eliot, "and turning others' belief in us into a widely concluding unbelief, which they call knowledge of the world, but which is really disappointment in you or me."
— from Stray Thoughts for Girls by Lucy Helen Muriel Soulsby

“It’s of no use mourning over our loss,” I said at length.
— from Snow Shoes and Canoes Or, The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory by William Henry Giles Kingston

Feeling that this was the turning moment of our lives, I spoke to her in the tone that commands attention; I told her that all women whom I had ever seen were nothing to me; but when I met her, I, whose life was studious, whose nature was not bold, I had been, as it were, possessed by a frenzy that no one who once felt it could condemn; that never heart of man had been so filled with the passion which no being can resist, which conquers all things, even death— “And contempt?”
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

He was afraid that if he gave them battle he might in some way offend the gods, but at last through his priests he addressed the divine beings and made offerings of lambs in sacrifice to them.
— from Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria by Lewis Spence

—The pigment known as orange mineral or orange lead is simply minium which has been imperfectly calcined.
— from Pigments, Paint and Painting: A practical book for practical men by George Terry

Moreover, only one look into Slosson's eyes was needed for making sure that the accusing soldier was not going to keep still about it.
— from Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants; or, Handling Their First Real Commands by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

But how can such sums of money be lawfully made out of life insurance stock as to justify the price the records of the Committee on Insurance show have been paid for it?
— from The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. by Various