He knows that the permanent grandeur of his family depends upon the prosperity of his people, and he will never knowingly ruin that prosperity for the sake of any momentary interest of his own.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Will not King Richard let me speak with him?
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Nagtakip kug ritrátu sa ákung sulat, I enclosed a picture in my letter.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

This messenger was Michaud, a Frenchman who did not know Russian, but who was quoique étranger, russe de cœur et d’âme, * as he said of himself.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Mutúu giyud ang mga táwu níya kay rispitádu kaáyu siya
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

He knew not why, arriving at this pass, Stopp'd for a minute, as perhaps he ought For a much longer time; then, like an as (Start not, kind reader; since great Homer thought This simile enough for Ajax, Juan Perhaps may find it better than a new one)— Then, like an ass, he went upon his way, And, what was stranger, never look'd behind; But seeing, flashing forward, like the day Over the hills, a fire enough to blind Those who dislike to look upon a fray, He stumbled on, to try if he could find A path, to add his own slight arm and forces To corps, the greater part of which were corses.
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

“How!” said Athelstane, “is this the noble King Richard?”
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

"I do not know," replied the tarter, "for I could not see who sat in the chariot, but I heard the voice of Eulaeus, and then a woman's laugh.
— from The Sisters — Volume 3 by Georg Ebers

Thailand Royal Thai Army (Kongthap Bok Thai, RTA), Royal Thai Navy (Kongthap Ruea Thai, RTN, includes Royal Thai Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force (Kongtap Agard Thai, RTAF) (2009) Timor-Leste Timor-Leste Defense Force (Forcas de Defesa de Timor-L'este, Falintil (F-FDTL)): Army, Navy (Armada) (2009) Togo Togolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Togolaise, FAT): Ground Forces, Togolese Navy (Marine du Togo), Togolese Air Force (Force Aerienne Togolaise, FAT), National Gendarmerie (2009)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

But for this book we could not know right from wrong.
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete by Abraham Lincoln

Karen would open each letter and read the signature; letters from those known to Madame von Marwitz, or from her friends, were handed to her; the letters signed by unknown names Karen read aloud:—begging letters; letters requesting an autograph; letters recommending to the great woman's kindly notice some budding genius, and letters of sheer adulation, listened to, these last, sometimes with a dreamy indifference to the end, interrupted sometimes with a sudden " Assez ."
— from Tante by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

By Lieutenant R. N. Kelly , Royal Navy.
— from Peregrine in France: A Lounger's Journal, in Familiar Letters to His Friend by William Bromet

It was here that in 1653 the Tsaritsa Marie Ilyinichna received the Tsaritsa of Georgia, and later the Tsaritsa Natalia Kyrilevna received the homage of the Princes of Kasimof and Siberia.
— from The Story of Moscow by Wirt Gerrare

A young, muscular man with a long neck, kindly, round eyes and small beard, stood beside his cot, hastily donning his prison coat and, with frightened face, looking at the two men who had entered.
— from The Awakening (The Resurrection) by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

[Pg 49] " E noho ki raro " ("Sit down"), said Te Ua, pointing to the floor-mat in front of him.
— from The adventures of Kimble Bent: A story of wild life in the New Zealand bush by James Cowan

I—I never knew really nice people before,—my
— from Patty and Azalea by Carolyn Wells