and afterwards, when she stood at the open window looking up through the dark blue water, she thought of the great city, with all its bustle and noise, and even fancied she could hear the sound of the church bells, down in the depths of the sea.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

No doubt he was hungry, but that was not an excuse for stealing.
— from The Aesop for Children With pictures by Milo Winter by Aesop

Of course I know that it is not always easy for strangers to understand me, but it will be by and by; and in the meantime I have the unspeakable happiness of knowing that my family and friends rejoice in my ability to speak.
— from The Story of My Life With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Helen Keller

Not altogether, either; for she argued that she had narrowed the thing down to domestic service.
— from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

But who could conclude from this that there was not an endless free space stretching far in front of them, and that they had flown as far as they possibly could?
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

What merit this lady had as an actress, or what was her figure, or her manner, I have not been informed: but, if we may believe Mr. Garrick, his old master's taste in theatrical merit was by no means refined; he was not an elegans formarum spectator.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

I understand this to be the number whom he taught at one time, or who attended what we would call one course of lectures; a number which will not appear extraordinary from so great a city to so famous a teacher, who taught, too, what was at that time the most fashionable of all sciences, rhetoric.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

The dream of Sir Waiter Raleigh, concerning the golden city and country of El Dorado, may satisfy us, that even wise men are not always exempt from such strange delusions.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

He tore Joyce away—the word is not an exaggeration for she fought him at every point and only yielded to positive compulsion.
— from Joyce's Investments: A Story for Girls by Fannie E. (Fannie Ellsworth) Newberry

That agreement does not affect England, for she possesses a waterway for her gunboats from the sea to the lakes.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, June 1884, No. 9 by Chautauqua Institution

When La Truaumont had kissed the hand she held out to him and she had motioned him to a chair in front of the now almost extinct fire, she said: "What of him?
— from Traitor and True: A Romance by John Bloundelle-Burton

“Well, let’s commission Nita to dig up some new and entertaining folk songs that can be acted out in a dance,” suggested Zan, looking to the Guide for approval of the idea.
— from The Woodcraft Girls in the City by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

Sir John Isaac Thornycroft ( b. 1843), LL.D., F.R.S., Vice-President of Inst. of Naval Architecture, etc.; founded shipbuilding works at Chiswick, 1866; introduced improvements in naval architecture and marine engineering, which have promoted high speeds at sea.—[“Who's Who.”
— from Noteworthy Families (Modern Science) An Index to Kinships in Near Degrees between Persons Whose Achievements Are Honourable, and Have Been Publicly Recorded by Francis Galton

Laws derive no additional force, nor additional excellence from such mummery.
— from The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Thomas Paine

Already we are perfecting a new and elaborate filing system to take care of the business, which is increasing by leaps and bounds."
— from Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford A Cheerful Account of the Rise and Fall of an American Business Buccaneer by George Randolph Chester

The theologians of the thirteenth century, however, began to draw a distinction between this godly sorrow and a certain amount of sorrow which might arise from a variety of causes of a less worthy nature, and especially from servile fear.
— from A History of the Reformation (Vol. 1 of 2) by Thomas M. (Thomas Martin) Lindsay

[Pg 484] to prohibit the state treasurer from paying out money for the support of families of deceased Confederate soldiers, for wooden legs for Confederate soldiers, etc., since the convention soon to meet would probably not approve expenditure for such purposes.
— from Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama by Walter L. (Walter Lynwood) Fleming