I begged him to leave Soleure at once and come and receive her in my presence from the hands of her worthy mother.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

I am not sure that the "rules" now exist in any more potent form than that up to the present time those particular patterns happen to have been assigned in the circumstances stated.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Thou therefore take my brand Excalibur, Which was my pride: for thou rememberest how In those old days, one summer noon, an arm Rose up from out the bosom of the lake, Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful, Holding the sword—and how I rowed across And took it, and have worn it, like a king; And, wheresoever I am sung or told In aftertime, this also shall be known: But now delay not: take Excalibur, And fling him far into the middle mere: Watch what thou seest, and lightly bring me word.'
— from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

"It is more possible for the sun and moon to interchange their positions in space than it is for you to fail in getting your degree!"
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

Moreover I offer unto Thee all pious desires of the devout, necessities of parents, friends, brothers, sisters, and all who are dear to me, and of those who have done good to me, or to others for Thy love; and those who have desired and besought my prayers for themselves and all belonging to them; that all may feel themselves assisted by Thy grace, enriched by consolation, protected from dangers, freed from pains; and that being delivered from all evils they may joyfully give Thee exceeding thanks.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas

It was one of those journeys on which a man perpetually feels that now at last he must have come to the end of the universe, and then finds he has only come to the beginning of Tufnell Park.
— from The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

From the point of view of experience this prior dialectical relation of form to form is merely potential; for the thoughts between which it would obtain need never exist or be enacted.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

That some documents bearing on this question were either discovered or fabricated under the direction of Frederick the Great seems the more probable from the existence of a masonic tradition to this effect.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

We may pass from the physical relation to the object with these few examples, because it cannot often come into consideration except in the case of living and wild things.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Wife took physick this day, I all day at home, and all the morning setting my books in order in my presses, for the following year, their number being much increased since the last, so as I am fain to lay by several books to make room for better, being resolved to keep no more than just my presses will contain.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

I said, "You must pray for that."
— from Journal in France in 1845 and 1848 with Letters from Italy in 1847 Of Things and Persons Concerning the Church and Education by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

If all Christians thought thus, they would not suffer much pain for the world, which pays so ill, and they would do much for God, who rewards so magnificently.
— from The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi by Candide Chalippe

I had had that bracelet in my possession for three days; during those three days I had, if not exactly shown it, at least let it be seen by several people, and, among others, by my mother and my cousins the Deviolaines, before whom I posed as a gallant youth; but at length I had been moved by Laure's distress, as she had thought it lost.
— from My Memoirs, Vol. II, 1822 to 1825 by Alexandre Dumas

'I can understand that emigration may be the cause that more people may be produced in a country; but the country will not therefore be the more populous; for the people issue from it.
— from Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 by James Boswell

Lay the canvas evenly on the frame and nail it over the back; when all four sides are thus secured, take the wedges, and hammer them into the holes made purposely for them until the canvas is sufficiently stretched.
— from Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) by Various

Carheil wrote that they threatened openly to throw themselves into the arms of the Iroquois and the English; that they declared that the protection of Onontio was an illusion and a snare; that they 202 once mistook the French for warriors, but saw now that they were no match for the Iroquois, whom they had tamely allowed to butcher them at Montreal, without even daring to defend themselves; that when the French invaded the Senecas they did nothing but cut down corn and break canoes, and since that time they had done nothing but beg peace for themselves, forgetful of their allies, whom they expected to bear the brunt of the war, and then left to their fate; that they had surrendered through cowardice the prisoners they had caught by treachery, and this, too, at a time when the Iroquois were burning French captives in all their towns; and, finally, that, as the French would not or could not make peace for them, they would make peace for themselves.
— from France and England in North America, Part V: Count Frontenac, New France, Louis XIV by Francis Parkman

A curious smile crossed Melton’s lip as he nodded shortly and turned away, going straight back to his chambers in Duke Street, Saint James’s, and walking impatiently up and down till he was fain to cease from utter exhaustion, when he flung himself impatiently in his chair, and sat trying to make plans for the future.
— from Lady Maude's Mania by George Manville Fenn

For two years she made preparations for this expedition.
— from The Girls' Book of Famous Queens by Lydia Hoyt Farmer

At San Sebastián, the most fashionable summer resort in Spain, and still gay with Madrid people, for the season holds till October, we saw the first bull-ring, a circular building of red and yellow brick in the Moorish style.
— from Heroic Spain by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

Listen and I will tell thee something at once more profitable for thyself and of more effect against the enemy.
— from Claudian, volume 1 (of 2) With an English translation by Maurice Platnauer by Claudius Claudianus