But if one has not done anything wrong,' she thought, 'nothing evil can harm one.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

And she obtained, not only boots, but also a muff, and she was neatly dressed; and when she was ready to go, there, at the door, she found a coach made of pure gold, with the coat-of-arms of the prince and princess shining upon it like a star, and the coachman, footman, and outriders all wearing golden crowns on their heads.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

Mr. George sealed it at a coffee-house, that it might lead to no discovery, and we sent it off by a ticket-porter.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

But how, indeed, can it be maintained that the mind cannot prescribe for itself, when she it is who has invented the medicines for the body, when, with regard to bodily cures, constitution and nature have a great share, nor do all who suffer themselves to be cured find that effect instantly; but those minds which are disposed to be cured, and submit to the precepts of the wise, may undoubtedly recover a healthy state?
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

He cast himself on his bed, where he lay abandoning himself to despair, and drowned in tears; not in such tears as flow from contrition, and wash away guilt from minds which have been seduced or surprized into it unawares, against the bent of their natural dispositions, as will sometimes happen from human frailty, even to the good; no, these tears were such as the frighted thief sheds in his cart, and are indeed the effects of that concern which the most savage natures are seldom deficient in feeling for themselves.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

He then appointed a place where his representative should meet us next day, and we separated, Pellmelli taking his staff, and going off to lead an excursion against the Ama-Tory, a brutal and licentious tribe.
— from He by Walter Herries Pollock

But what now does 'agreement' with such three-fold realities mean?—to use again the definition that is current.
— from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James

and Thou never departest, and we scarcely return to Thee.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

When Janet returned home she ran to her bedroom, and taking from the wardrobe the tissue paper that had come with her new dress, and which she had carefully folded, she wrapped the rose in it, and put it away in the back of a drawer.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

I have no debts, and whatever sum is derived from the sale of my personal effects, I wish to be given to the hospitals of the town."
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 by Various

"But she will never do any work," said Diana to herself; "and he will be quite willing that she should not."
— from Diana by Susan Warner

Our ancestors erroneously believed that praise was a good which every man must owe to the kindness of others, and could not confer upon himself: we have detected this mistake amongst many others committed by our forefathers, and it is now well known that men labour under no such natural disability as was supposed, but that any one can extol himself with much greater ease, confidence, and zeal, than any other person.
— from Adventures in the Moon, and Other Worlds by Russell, John Russell, Earl

For since faith knows no distinction among works, such exaltation and urging of one work above another cannot exist beside faith.
— from Works of Martin Luther, with Introductions and Notes (Volume I) by Martin Luther

It was the prison of luxury, the aristocratic prison of the ancien régime , the prison de luxe at a period when it was no dishonour, as we shall see later, to be confined there.
— from Legends of the Bastille by Frantz Funck-Brentano

She made no demur, and was silent for a time.
— from Sir Harry: A Love Story by Archibald Marshall

And in exultant tones Anne Askew began to sing a hymn, that had not died away when she entered the torture-chamber.
— from Henry VIII and His Court: A Historical Novel by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

And after she was taken away and buried, I said: 'She is not dead, and wherever she now is, in heaven or in purgatory, or in the sun, she will remember and come to me and comfort me.'
— from Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson