He said this with such evident surprise that I was perplexed what answer to make, and the more so because coupled with something feeble and wandering in his manner, there were in his face marks of deep and anxious thought which convinced me that he could not be, as I had been at first inclined to suppose, in a state of dotage or imbecility.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

He had no impulse to tell her the trouble which must soon be common to them both.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

And to add to her virtues, she presently found that she had letters to write, and retired into an adjoining library, leaving the door open between the two rooms, so that Margaret might still be considered as under her chaperonage, although conversation could be conducted without any fear of her overhearing what was said.
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

For which reason the art of money-getting seems to be chiefly conversant about trade, and the business of it to be able to tell where the greatest profits can be made, being the means of procuring abundance of wealth and possessions: and thus wealth is very often supposed to consist in the quantity of money which any one possesses, as this is the medium by which all trade is conducted and a fortune made, others again regard it as of no value, as being of none by nature, but arbitrarily made so by compact; so that if those who use it should alter their sentiments, it would be worth nothing, as being of no service for any necessary purpose.
— from Politics: A Treatise on Government by Aristotle

Prof. Dr. Edward Brandt, Munich, Germany Donald C. Brock, Chicago, Ill. Morton S. Brookes, Chicago, Ill.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

All over America an idea made itself felt that in the eyes of the law every man should be considered just as good as every other man, and that every man ought to have a fair and square chance {239}at all the good things that were to be had in a land of plenty.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

Accordingly, [Pg 452] so far as present comfort goes, the first man in Paradise was more blessed than any just man in this insecure state; but as regards the hope of future good, every man who not merely supposes, but certainly knows that he shall eternally enjoy the most high God in the company of angels, and beyond the reach of ill,—this man, no matter what bodily torments afflict him, is more blessed than was he who, even in that great felicity of Paradise, was uncertain of his fate.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

A reason no less conclusive is, that every provision of a law requires to be framed with the most accurate and long-sighted perception of its effect on all the other provisions; and the law when made should be capable of fitting into a consistent whole with the previously existing laws.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

Then, promising to return in time to meet Virgilio Poggi, who would cross the lake for tea, the two men sauntered beside Como and exchanged experiences.
— from The Red Redmaynes by Eden Phillpotts

Veda is a generic name for their four oldest and most sacred books, containing simply a revelation directly from Brahma.
— from The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, February, 1880 by Various

One argued, one assumed, the strong feeling which made such behaviour credible.
— from The Daughter Pays by Reynolds, Baillie, Mrs.

Saloons predominate, but between them are located tiny eating houses, cheap clothing shops, meat stalls, bargain "counters," and lodging-places, only about one in ten of the latter being fit for occupancy.
— from Richard Dare's Venture; Or, Striking Out for Himself by Edward Stratemeyer

" Thus, unknown to either of the parties to the alliance, a minor crisis was averted, because it may safely be conceded that the hard-headed policeman would have refused then and there to accept any sort of statement from such a lunatic as John Delancy Curtis, if he were given a full, true, and particular account of the night's proceedings while being whirled up Fifth Avenue in a fast moving automobile.
— from One Wonderful Night: A Romance of New York by Louis Tracy

The piece M should be cast with a lug projecting from the face PQ to chuck it by and all the turning done at one chucking.
— from The Ohio Journal of Science, Vol. XVI, No. 1, November 1915 by Various

Recent discoveries have no doubt benefited the toilets of the players, which, indeed, stood in need of assistance, the fierce illumination of the modern stage being considered.
— from A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Dutton Cook

Faith, senor, it’s my opinion the poor man should be content with what he can get, and not go looking for dainties in the bottom of the sea.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra