It makes the mind of the king and of the fatherless both one, of the bond and freeman, poor and rich; it turneth all his thoughts to joy and mirth, makes him remember no sorrow or debt, but enricheth his heart, and makes him speak by talents, Esdras iii. 19, 20, 21.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

There is no sign of drawing back in him; and as I recollect this place, we must be close upon the corner where we alighted that night.'
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

As they are not sustained or dignified by a lofty purpose, they ostensibly display the egotism of their character in their actions.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

God never shuts one door but He opens another.
— 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.

And, besides, it was obviously not said of design, but slipped out in the heat of conversation, so that he tried afterwards to correct himself and smooth it over, but all the same it did strike me as somewhat rude, and I said so afterwards to Dounia.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Up and to White Hall, and my Lord Treasurer’s to Sir Ph. Warwicke, about Tangier business, and in my way met with Mr. Moore, who eases me in one point wherein I was troubled; which was, that I heard of nothing said or done by my Lord Sandwich: but he tells me that Mr. Cowling, my Lord Chamberlain’s secretary, did hear the King say that my Lord Sandwich had done nobly and worthily.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

ther, friend and foe, In sympathy of levelling woe: No shade of difference between Foe, friend, or neutral, there was seen.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

The solemn butler knew and welcomed him; 13) he was subjected to no stage of delay, but ushered direct from the door to the dining-room where Dr. Lanyon sat alone over his wine.
— from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

As morals, one could detect no shade of difference between Gladstone and Napoleon except to the advantage of Napoleon.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

The marquis, not being able to help smiling at this conceit, which he saw had so strongly possessed her imagination, that she had no sort of doubt but that her cousin was dead, asked her, if she really believed Mr. Glanville loved her well enough to die with grief at her ill usage of him?
— from The Female Quixote; or, The Adventures of Arabella, v. 1-2 by Charlotte Lennox

Dr. Hayter was supposed to be the natural son of Dr. Blackburne, Archbishop of York.
— from Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third, Volume 1 (of 4) by Horace Walpole

For the supernatural, so careful had he been not to offend her conscience, and so highly had he appreciated religion in her, she had felt no sense of discordance, but only that he lacked a faith which she hoped and expected he would one day possess.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 15, Nos. 85-90, April 1872-September 1872 A Monthly Magazine by Various

Captain Hunter showed no symptom of discouragement, but continued a low but eloquent conversation with Mary, the only part of which intelligible to her companions was an engagement for the first two dances; for these were the days of country dances, before quadrilles, waltzes, and polkas had changed the face of the ball-room.
— from The Younger Sister: A Novel, Vol. I. by Mrs. (Catherine-Anne Austen) Hubback

Thus here, though his main purpose in the context is simply to declare the Gospel which he preached, he is obliged to turn aside in order to assert, and to back up his assertion, that there was no sort of difference between him and the other recognised teachers of Christian truth.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Alexander Maclaren

“Ah, well,” said the King, “we will not spoil our dinner; but I do not like to have hungry dogs watching while I make my meal.
— from The King's Esquires; Or, The Jewel of France by George Manville Fenn

And now, with Science for his trusty guide, The stranger comes to read her mystic lore, Tread her deserted cities, stand beside Her sculptured temples, eloquent once more; Not with man’s voice, but with the nobler speech Of days beyond our spirit’s utmost reach.
— from The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 by Various

He gave an affecting history of this poor woman; and we turned from the road to visit this new scene of desolation; but as it was growing quite dark, and the distance was considerable, we concluded to resume our way back to the village.
— from A Journal of a Visit of Three Days to Skibbereen, and its Neighbourhood by Elihu Burritt