Neither of our pedestrians had much heart for these things, and they looked around for a refreshment tent among the many which dotted the down.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

It is not that I have no opinions or preferences on the many grave questions which distract and divide the parties; but it is that, in my judgment, the right of self-government for one-half the people is of far more vital consequence to the nation than any or all other questions.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

But how is it with the application of this category of causality (and all the others; for without them there can be no knowledge of anything existing) to things which are not objects of possible experience, but lie beyond its bounds?
— from The Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant

The overland road from Peking to Tabriz was not only of portentous length for such a tender charge, but was imperilled by war, so the envoys desired to return by sea.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

I computed the number of our people, by reckoning how many millions there might be of each religious sect, or political party among us.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift

[8] el hombre está de más, man is not needed ( out of place ).
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

On him Dante’s hopes were long set as the man who should ‘save Italy;’ and it seems not out of place to draw attention to what is said of him by John Villani, the contemporary and fellow-townsman of Dante: ‘He was of a magnanimous nature, though, as regarded his family, of poor extraction’ ( Cronica , ix. 1).
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

The opinion of our politicians, who were assembled in consultation, was that the matter might still be settled by peaceful means, if it were possible to induce the Saxon troops to take up a similar attitude, as by this means the King would at least be placed under the wholesome necessity of offering patriotic resistance to the Prussian occupation of his country.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

The Sceptic is another enemy of religion, who naturally provokes the indignation of all divines and graver philosophers; though it is certain, that no man ever met with any such absurd creature, or conversed with a man, who had no opinion or principle concerning any subject, either of action or speculation.
— from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

No order or profession of men is so sacred, no place so remote or solitary, but that temptations and troubles will find them out and intrude upon them.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

"Whereas," said Davison, "it was supposed that Ste. Aldegonde had commission from the Prince of Parma to make some offer of peace, he assured them of the contrary as a thing which neither the Prince had any power to yield unto with the surety of religion, or himself would, in conscience, persuade without it; with a number of other particularities in his excuse; amongst the rest, allowing and commending in his speech, the course they had taken with her Majesty, as the only safe way of deliverance for these afflicted countries—letting them understand how much the news thereof—specially since the entry of our garrison into this place (which before they would in no sort believe), hath troubled the enemy, who doth what he may to suppress the bruit thereof, and yet comforteth himself with the hope that between the factions and partialities nourished by his industry, and musters among the towns, especially in Holland and Zeeland (where he is persuaded to find some pliable to a reconcilement) and the disorders and misgovernment of our people, there will be yet occasion offered him to make his profit and advantage.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

I had numbers of other patients all day; my Epsom is fast going.
— from Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by James Richardson

The position itself is occupied by a small garrison only, with the necessary outguards or patrols in front.
— from Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by James A. (James Alfred) Moss

It must be admitted, that it requires some study to comprehend the nature of our political fabric, as a nation, with the relations of its parts to each other, and to the Unity; but still, like a mathematical problem, though obscure and misty to the intellect, before it is laid
— from Abolition a Sedition, by a Northern Man by Calvin Colton

He saluted us with respect, and though none of our party could understand his language, we could easily perceive that he was not displeased with our visit.
— from The Mission to Siam, and Hué, the Capital of Cochin China, in the Years 1821-2 by George Finlayson

The biographer of Cobb is Robert H. Davis, editor of Munsey’s Magazine, whose authoritative account I take pleasure in reprinting here—the more so because it appeared some time ago in a booklet which is now out of print.
— from When Winter Comes to Main Street by Grant M. (Grant Martin) Overton

He was mistaken, for justice —[the civil authority]—has cognizance and jurisdiction over those that do nothing , or only PLAY at WORKING….
— from The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Delia Salter Bacon

Gives interesting Narrative of our present Business too, as gathered from his "Father" and other good sources and testimonies.
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 17 by Thomas Carlyle

Not only our pupils, but our teachers, are mainly women.
— from Women and Economics A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution by Charlotte Perkins Gilman