Again, in all Deliberations, and in all Pleadings, the faculty of solid Reasoning, is necessary: for without it, the Resolutions of men are rash, and their Sentences unjust: and yet if there be not powerfull Eloquence, which procureth attention and Consent, the effect of Reason will be little.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

A pretty female neighbor was amazed one morning at receiving a big bouquet; it was M. Gillenormand who had sent it to her.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

First, there are the Turcomans; these are worshippers of Mahommet, a rude people with an uncouth language of their own.[NOTE 1] They dwell among mountains and downs where they find good pasture, for their occupation is cattle-keeping.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Ideas introduce each other with a certain degree of method and regularity, 18 ; only three principles of association, viz.
— from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

He became a great favourite through his skill in business, his suggestions and superintendence of public works after European models, and by his presents of many articles regarded by the people of those days as great curiosities, such as telescopes, &c. “King Nárái, the most distinguished of all Siamese rulers, before or since, being highly pleased with the services of Constantine, conferred on him the title of Chau Phyá Wicha-yentrá-thé-bodi, under which title there devolved on him the management of the government in all the northern provinces of the country.
— from Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860 by Henri Mouhot

He advanced a step or two, and then turned to look once more at Rastignac.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

Rev. Sunderland was ably answered by Matilda Joslyn Gage over the signature of "M." and replied in the Star: "If the author should turn out to be a man, I should have no objection to point out his inaccuracies through your columns, but if the writer is a lady, why, really, I don't know what I shall do.
— 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

I turned cold all over, and at once made a resolution to give up seeing them, to run away from them, to go home at once. . .
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

I was like a wild beast that had broken the toils; destroying the objects that obstructed me, and ranging through the wood with a stag-like swiftness.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

While, then, the notion of the “good” implies a relation of the appetite or natural tendency of a being towards its end, the notion of “perfection,” or “perfecting,” conveys to our minds actual reality simply, or the actualizing of reality.
— from Ontology, or the Theory of Being by P. (Peter) Coffey

Terrific explosions burst out high up in the air, vast dazzling masses of flame blazed out, mocking the sunlight with their brightness, and then vanishing in an instant, and after them came showers of bits of metal and ragged fragments of human bodies, all that remained of some great cruiser of the air and her crew.
— from Olga Romanoff by George Chetwynd Griffith

On April 17, 1861, I issued a proclamation in which I offered to grant letters of marque and reprisal to seamen.
— from The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2 by Jefferson Davis

But, as we [Pg 24] shall see more definitely below, art is far from being the highest form of mind, and receives its true ratification only from science.
— from The Introduction to Hegel's Philosophy of Fine Arts Translated from the German with Notes and Prefatory Essay by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Thiers delivered a public speech upon the law of mortgages, and Royer-Collard approached him with open arms, exclaiming, "Your fortune is made!"
— from Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business by D. W. (David W.) Bartlett

The influence which “blood” and “bile” or any other predisposition may have upon temperament and character can be obviated or modified through education, or transformed and guided into new channels through strong psychical impressions and experiences, most of all by great experiences in the domain of morals and religion.
— from Naturalism and Religion by Rudolf Otto

It is true that the Chief of Military Administration Reeder informed me that this answer was due to a misunderstanding.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 6 by Various

O merciful God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is | the resurrection and the life; in whom whosoever believeth | shall live, though he die; and whosoever liveth, and believeth | in him, shall not die eternally; who also hath taught us (by | his holy Apostle Saint Paul) not to be sorry, as men without | hope, for them that sleep in him: We meekly beseech thee, O | Father, to raise us from the death of sin unto the life of | righteousness; that, when we shall depart this life, we may | rest in him, as our hope is this our brother doth; and that, | at the general resurrection in the last day, we may be found | acceptable in thy sight, and receive that blessing, which thy | well-beloved Son shall then pronounce to all that love and fear | thee, saying, Come, ye blessed children of my Father, receive | the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world: | Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful Father, through Jesus | Christ, our Mediator and Redeemer.
— from The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland

Of course the animal men outside made a rush for the cage door, but before they could reach it with their irons in hand the plucky performer was on his feet again and fighting his own battle.
— from Sawdust & Spangles: Stories & Secrets of the Circus by W. C. (William Cameron) Coup