Their parents have a sort of rule and jurisdiction over them, when they come into the world, and for some time after; but it is but a temporary one.
— from Second Treatise of Government by John Locke

Can a man of perception respect himself at all? V Come, can a man who attempts to find enjoyment in the very feeling of his own degradation possibly have a spark of respect for himself?
— from Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

V Come, can a man who attempts to find enjoyment in the very feeling of his own degradation possibly have a spark of respect for himself?
— from White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

As for Miran, the fellow would probably heave a sigh of relief, because he'd be rid of a troublesome fellow who could carry damaging stories of a certain conspiracy to the Duke of Tropat.
— from The Green Odyssey by Philip José Farmer

The entrance of Father Tendilla ended the conversation, and Pedro heaved a sigh of relief.
— from The Crimson Conquest: A Romance of Pizarro and Peru by Charles B. (Charles Bradford) Hudson

At every pause in the worthy man’s fire of witticisms the charming pair heaved a sigh of relief, and their looks said plainly, “At last!
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Purpose is idle, the will impure; over the past hangs a shadow of remorse, and life that must yet be lived shows lurid, a steep pathway to the hopeless grave.
— from The Odd Women by George Gissing

He permitted himself a sigh of relief; Ninety-fifth Street was bare, the door set flush with the outside of the wall afforded no concealment to the trespasser, while the direct light of a street lamp at the corner made his lonely figure uncomfortably conspicuous.
— from The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf by Louis Joseph Vance

The prisoners had all sorts of requests.
— from Resurrection by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

I think the people have a sort of respect for him, but they don't come to church.
— from Chateau and Country Life in France by Mary King Waddington

Another small picture of Our Lady, the background gold; the pendant has a shutter of red silk.
— from The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Eleanor E. Tremayne

Petrus heaved a sigh of relief, for he had not till now been perfectly convinced of his son's innocence; but, far from triumphing or making Phoebicius feel the injustice he had done him, he said kindly—for he felt some sympathy with the Gaul in his misfortune: "I wish the messenger could also give some news of your wife's retreat; she found it hard to accommodate herself to the dull life here in the oasis, perhaps she has only disappeared in order to seek a town which may offer more variety to such a beautiful young creature than this quiet spot in the desert."
— from Homo Sum — Volume 03 by Georg Ebers