And why not, if Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Diogenes, Zeno, Antipater, so many sages of the sourest sect, readily abandoned their country, without occasion of complaint, and only for the enjoyment of another air.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

But he clearly and indubitably realized that the icon, its frame, the candles, the priest, and the thanksgiving service, though very important and necessary in church, could do nothing for him here, and that there was and could be no connexion between those candles and services and his present disastrous plight.
— from Master and Man by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Composée a l'âge de 13 ans, par Napoleon I . César, chien d'arrêt renommé, Mais trop enflé de son mérite, Tennait arrêté dans son gîte Un malheureux lapin de peur inanimé.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

Dílì ku makalimbung (makapanglimbung) sa paghigugma nímu, I cannot commit deception by pretending to love you.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

"Now I can come down," said the priest, perhaps he regretted having shouted at K. As he took down the lamp from its hook he said, "to start off with I had to speak to you from a distance.
— from The Trial by Franz Kafka

No Italian community could declare war against any foreign state, or even negotiate with it, or coin money for circulation.
— from The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) by Theodor Mommsen

Why, that very night I crossed Castle Down to Merchant's Point; that very night I entered the house.
— from The Watchers: A Novel by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

"Yes," said Dorothy; "there is no reason why not; it can certainly do no harm, and it makes everything seem more shipshape.
— from The Dorrance Domain by Carolyn Wells

“Now, I can chase Dixon out of the motor room,” muttered Joe, in a low voice.
— from The Motor Boat Club in Florida; or, Laying the Ghost of Alligator Swamp by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

Nature, in certain countries, demands and obtains pernicious and deadly snakes to live in her bosom.
— from Flames by Robert Hichens

The number of children and domestics of each family in the lower neighborhood I cannot correctly determine, but contemplate the number of children to have been nearly as follows, to wit: Anthony Van Etten 15 Daniel Van Auken
— from A History of Deerpark in Orange County, N. Y. by Peter E. Gumaer

‘No, I cannot, cannot deny my Lord—my Lord that bought me!’
— from A Modern Telemachus by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

A Tale of the West ," written as we are assured, by a novice in composition, certainly displays much ability, although a little more experience would have taught the writer the value of compression.
— from The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. I., No. 8, April, 1835 by Various