On the 13th of April, part of this force, under the rebel General Buford, summoned the garrison of Columbus, Kentucky, to surrender, but received for reply from Colonel Lawrence, 34th New Jersey Volunteers, that being placed there by his Government with adequate force to hold his post and repel all enemies from it, surrender was out of the question.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

Doubtless you will be able to discover prodigious beauties in them, which you must point out to me, as I only admire by hearsay; and many elegant curiosities besides, which I purchased at Rome and elsewhere; and, finally, you shall see my new home—the splendid house and grounds I used to covet so greatly.
— from Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë

Men of great achievements are not to be set on pedestals and reverenced as exceptions to the average of humanity.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

I should be still Plucking the grass to know where sits the wind, Peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads; And every object that might make me fear Misfortune to my ventures, out of doubt, Would make me sad.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

[Pg 547] What we find, in effect [continues Professor Cairnes], is not a whole population competing indiscriminately for all occupations, but a series of industrial layers, superimposed on one another, within each of which the various candidates for employment possess a real and effective power of selection, while those occupying the several strata are, for all purposes of effective competition, practically isolated from each other.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Besides, although she avoided coming within speaking distance, Valentine arranged so that Maximilian could see her pass and repass, and each time she went by, she managed, unperceived by her companion, to cast an expressive look at the young man, which seemed to say, “Have patience!
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

The executive and legislative bodies of each State will be so many sentinels over the persons employed in every department of the national administration; and as it will be in their power to adopt and pursue a regular and effectual system of intelligence, they can never be at a loss to know the behavior of those who represent their constituents in the national councils, and can readily communicate the same knowledge to the people.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

You will profit greatly by this exchange, for the sufferings are real and frequent, the pleasures are rare and empty.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Earthly pleasures are regarded as evil by both.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

… I saw afterwards, though I could hardly believe my eyes, the girl student (Virginsky’s sister) leap on to the platform with the same roll under her arm, dressed as before, as plump and rosy as ever, surrounded by two or three women and two or three men, and accompanied by her mortal enemy, the schoolboy.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

v), the deeds of certain persons are related as examples of perfect virtue: and we must not believe that such persons were liars.
— from Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

After infinite puffing and perspiring, and resting at every big stone, I reached the top in thirty-five minutes.
— from The Greville Memoirs, Part 1 (of 3), Volume 1 (of 3) A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV by Charles Greville

And to crown all, there is the ever-present, ever-conscious life of God Himself, potent and responsive at every point of his realm,—that all-pervading, all-embracing, all-sustaining Life of Love, in which we live and move.
— from The Life Radiant by Lilian Whiting

It does put a rainbow around every branch and every little tuft of green needles.
— from Georgina of the Rainbows by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

A pulley, a rope, an endless chain, have been unknown, and hearts and feet have strained up the thirteen stories of the pagodas with the coping stone and upcurled eaves.
— from China Revolutionized by John Stuart Thomson

The next morning Hemstead appeared at breakfast as calm, pale, and resolute as ever.
— from From Jest to Earnest by Edward Payson Roe

In the following year, A.D. 1554, Cardinal Reginald Pole, who had fled during Henry’s reign, returned as papal legate, absolved the repentant Parliament, and received all England back again into the fold of the Romish church.
— from Church History, Volume 2 (of 3) by J. H. (Johann Heinrich) Kurtz

Thou needst a wife to associate with, and whom thou canst rule, and who will not care about pomps, and run about every day to parties and marriages.
— from The Century of Columbus by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh