On the idea taught by the creeds, codes and customs of the world, that woman was made for man, we declare war to the death, and proclaim the higher truth that, like man, she was created by God for individual moral responsibility and progress here and forever.
— 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

True he had flung Hook's arm to the crocodile, but even this and the increased insecurity of life to which it led, owing to the crocodile's pertinacity [persistance], hardly account for a vindictiveness so relentless and malignant.
— from Peter Pan by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

PUBLIUS H2 anchor FEDERALIST No. 56.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

But at last she presented herself and found him standing near the lamp.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James

If a rich man would have his advice and paid him a fee, he never looked to see whether it were much or little.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

I believe that I have made the wiser choice for you, since psychoanalysis deserves the interest of every educated person because of its profound hypotheses and far-reaching connections.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

The Meaning of Taboo THUS in primitive society the rules of ceremonial purity observed by divine kings, chiefs, and priests agree in many respects with the rules observed by homicides, mourners, women in childbed, girls at puberty, hunters and fishermen, and so on.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

The sentence in itself therefore required an interpretation; the more so from an author who, when he sent it to the press, had a friend retired from the world.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

They arouse the dull, calm the excitable, prevent headaches, and fit the brain for work.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Her daughter longed to suggest that it might be more convenient to postpone her appearance for a day; but as Mrs. Rolleston said nothing, she could not either.
— from Bluebell A Novel by Huddleston, G. C., Mrs.

Early in the evening Nike glided down at Charleston, W. Virginia, where Mrs. Pollzoff had arranged for refueling and accommodations for the night at a small hostelry near the flying field.
— from The Mystery of Seal Islands by Harrison Bardwell

As if their conscience rolled upon oiled wheels, so do they go any way the wind bloweth them; and, because Christ is not market-sweet, men put Him away from them.
— from Letters of Samuel Rutherford (Third Edition) by Samuel Rutherford

It is some satisfaction to see that Buonaparte is in no situation to push his advantages further as yet; and before he is, I hope and trust the Emperor will have collected an army, better generalled and able to resist the French, who are, however, drawing all their strength to that side.
— from Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of

These embrace well-organized orphan asylums, institutions for the relief of indigent widows with families, homes for the aged and infirm, public hospitals, and free schools in nearly every district.
— from Due West; Or, Round the World in Ten Months by Maturin Murray Ballou

The sealing ship Ranger passed her a friendly rope, and she at length felt the joyful life of the rolling ocean beneath her once more, and soon lay safely ensconced in the harbour at St. John's.
— from A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir

He paced up and down, his face flushed; evidently he was struggling with himself, trying to prevent his anger from bursting forth.
— from Count Brühl by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski

Carried away by the enthusiasm of Laharpe, who had returned to Russia from Paris, Alexander began openly to proclaim his admiration for French institutions and for the person of Bonaparte.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

But only turn into any old street and follow its windings, in and out between white walls, under arches through gloomy passages, here a few stairs, there a gentle incline always up, and always the cool deep shade leading to the bright blue of the sky above.
— from Algeria and Tunis by Frances E. Nesbitt

Before you went back to Mrs. Paine's house, did you discuss whether you would be paying her anything for board and room?
— from Warren Commission (01 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission