Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by Angels whose faint foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

I vow That not for all Thy power furled and unfurled, For all the temples to Thy glory built, Would I assume the ignominious guilt Of having made such men in such a world."
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

Break not your solemn promise, Break not your plighted faith, And use not deceit or wiles,” etc.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

Thenceforth Defoe's pleasant comment upon passing follies appeared under the single head of Advice from the Scandalous Club.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

Nevertheless, ambitious men are interested in the creation of parties, since it is difficult to eject a person from authority upon the mere ground that his place is coveted by others.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Deep hearts, sage minds, take life as God has made it; it is a long trial, an incomprehensible preparation for an unknown destiny.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

On the other hand, Isagani was a provincial native who dreamed of forests infested with leeches, he was of doubtful family, with a priest for an uncle, who would perhaps be an enemy to luxury and balls, of which she was very fond.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

Indianapolis courts sentenced a white man in September to eight years in prison for assault upon a twelve-year-old white girl.
— from The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States by Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Every train that came in was loaded to its utmost capacity, and there were demands at many points for special trains to bring the people here to see the unparalleled punishment for an unparalleled crime.
— from The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States by Ida B. Wells-Barnett

OLD POETS Poetry (I am clear) is eligible of something far more ripen'd and ample, our lands and pending days, than it has yet produced from any utterance old or new.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

"Why, yes, Sir; that's plain enough to be understood; but such poor folks as us can't afford to rest from labour on a Sunday."
— from The Sheepfold and the Common; Or, Within and Without. Vol. 1 (of 2) by Timothy East

So tonight I'm asking Democrats and Republicans to simplify the system, get rid of the loopholes, level the playing field, and use the savings to lower the corporate tax rate for the first time in 25 years without adding to our deficit.
— from State of the Union Addresses of Barack Obama, 2009-2016 by Barack Obama

Without this irradiating Power the proudest Fair One ought to know, whatever her Glass may tell her to the contrary, that her most perfect Features are Uninform'd and Dead.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

The Indian name of pirarucú is given to it from the native words pira , fish, and urucú , red; in allusion, says Mr Bates, to the red colour of the borders of its scales.
— from The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston

He saved us by the laver of regeneration and renovation of the Holy Ghost, whom He hath poured forth abundantly upon us, through Jesus Christ our Savior, that being justified by His grace, we may be heirs, according to the hope of life everlasting.”
— from The Faith of Our Fathers by James Gibbons

We lay panting for awhile upon the scorching rocks, and then sat up and looked about us.
— from From Veldt Camp Fires by H. A. (Henry Anderson) Bryden

The form for such a cover page is given below To be paid for at usual rates, or to be returned with the ten (10) cents in stamps enclosed, to Arthur W. Milton, 582 Wilson Street, Des Moines, Iowa.
— from How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer

Were this principle fully acted up to in all ships, how rapidly might not our punishments subside!
— from The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels by Basil Hall

Again Pateley felt an unreasoning fury rising in his mind that people who were so easily satisfied should not be allowed to have their heart's desire.
— from The Arbiter: A Novel by Bell, Florence Eveleen Eleanore Olliffe, Lady