Know then, that now, and only now, Thy people feel fully sure and satisfied of their freedom; and that only since they have themselves and of their own free will delivered that freedom unto our hands by placing it submissively at our feet.
— from The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Are not the pale faces thicker than the swallows in the season of flowers?” “Good!”
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

I hooked myself instead of the fish, tangled my line in every tree, lost my bait, broke my rod, until I gave up the attempt in despair, and passed the day under the trees reading old Izaak, satisfied that it was his fascinating vein of honest simplicity and rural feeling that had bewitched me, and not the passion for angling.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

The history of the Brents had been something similar, but showing the causes of decadence in their aristocratic and not their plebeian forms.
— from Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker

In answer to her son she spoke: “Long be thy life, my darling: now Thy prostrate foes before thee bow.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

So he took the paddle; but there was no need to paddle, for the water flowed steadily past all the islands till they came to the place called Pusat Tasek—the Heart of the Sea—where the great hollow is that leads down to the heart of the world, and in that hollow grows the Wonderful Tree, Pauh Janggi, that bears the magic twin nuts.
— from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

Again, as there are two kinds of propositions affecting action, universal and particular, there is no reason why a man may not act against his Knowledge, having both propositions in his mind, using the universal but not the particular, for the particulars are the objects of moral action.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

It will also be convenient to separate the discussion of the importance of Free Will in relation to moral action generally from the special question of its importance in relation to punishing and rewarding; since, in the latter species of action, what chiefly claims attention is [67] not the present Freedom of the agent, but the past Freedom of the person now acted on.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

"Madam, one of the first points given in my school was never to play faint heart.
— from Deficient Saints: A Tale of Maine by Marshall Saunders

What is a lamp or candlestick to us, if there be not light thereon; and how lighted without fire, and how shall we take up coals to light the lamps withal, if we have not tongs prepared for that purpose?
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

But when the sixth revolving year was run, And May within the Twins received the sun, 10 Were it by chance, or forceful destiny, Which forms in causes first whate'er shall be, Assisted by a friend, one moonless night, This Palamon from prison took his flight: A pleasant beverage he prepared before Of wine and honey, mix'd with added store Of opium; to his keeper this he brought, Who swallow'd unaware the sleepy draught, And snored secure till morn, his senses bound In slumber, and in long oblivion drown'd.
— from The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by John Dryden

It offers to all bona-fide creditors, American and European, the only really good chance to obtain that to which they are justly entitled, while it in return gives to Santo Domingo the only opportunity of defense against claims which it ought not to pay, for now if it meets the views of the Senate we shall ourselves thoroughly examine all these claims, whether American or foreign, and see that none that are improper are paid.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

But when the sixth revolving year was run, And May, within the Twins, received the sun, Were it by chance, or forceful destiny, Which forms in causes first whate'er shall be, Assisted by a friend, one moonless night, This Palamon from prison took his flight.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 11 by John Dryden

Lowering the cost of production and improving quality are considered to be essential prerequisites for expanding exports, which are needed to pay for imports of materials and equipment.
— from Area Handbook for Romania by Eugene K. Keefe

Goldsmith's Beau Tibbs, who "blasts himself with an air of vivacity" at seeing "nobody in town," is now the pleasantest fellow we encounter in the park for many a day.
— from The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events by Leigh Hunt

Not the place for inferiahs!'
— from Miss Cayley's Adventures by Grant Allen

“What am I working so hard for if not to provide for you and our child—our children!
— from The Squirrel-Cage by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Pour water into a glass until it is nearly three parts full; then almost fill it up with oil; but be sure to leave a little space between the oil and the top of the glass.
— from How to Behave and How to Amuse: A Handy Manual of Etiquette and Parlor Games by George H. (George Henry) Sandison