How is it strange then, since the farmer does not cut down the thorn till he has taken his asparagus, nor do the Libyans burn the twigs till they have gathered the ledanum, that god does not exterminate the wicked and rugged root of an illustrious and royal race till it has produced its fit fruit?
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

He had bouts of boredom when he could not endure the workshop and refused to go near it, however great the pressure of business might be.
— from Mendel: A Story of Youth by Gilbert Cannan

Hence, besides the expression of Christian humility, in thus nakedly exhibiting the wrecks and ruins made by sin, there is also a [Pg 74] latent profession indicated of Christian hope.
— from The Collected Writing of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II by Thomas De Quincey

Though he knew, indeed, that she was still holding back something from him, he made no effort to wring a reluctant statement from her.
— from The Silver Poppy by Arthur Stringer

Moreover, suppose that lands down to grade three paid rent when A took the farm; now, if the price of produce rises slightly, grade four may pay something, but possibly not enough to warrant any rent going to a landlord.
— from Principles of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill

Some of the Zouaves engaged in this combat about Daigny, cut off [p 305] from the main body of fugitives, turned northward, entered the woods, and reached Paris after traversing the Belgian border.
— from The Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire, August-September 1870 by George Hooper

[81] You might eat some of it, too, if you like, for no one ever visits it now except the wind and rain."
— from As the Goose Flies by Katharine Pyle

Where the neck ended there was a ring of curdled blood; the dark triangle revealed its mystery below.
— from The World's Illusion, Volume 2 (of 2): Ruth by Jakob Wassermann