His profession was literature; as to that there is no sign that he was ever in doubt; and he understood from the first that for a writing man nothing could take the place of practice, partly because that is the one means of acquiring ease of expression, and partly because a man often has no suspicion of his own thoughts until his pen discovers them; and almost from the first—a friend (Emerson or another) having given him the hint—he had come to feel that no practice is better or readier than the keeping of a journal, a daily record of things thought, seen, and felt.
— from Journal 01, 1837-1846 The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 07 (of 20) by Henry David Thoreau

That I, with thoughts of hoar antiquity, Should now in this land dwell, Dishonoured, deemed a plague, I breathe out rage, and every form of wrath; Ah, Earth!
— from Æschylos Tragedies and Fragments by Aeschylus

[101] Celsus has long ago observed, that the Appearance of the Menses in Girls, and of Puberty in Boys, often removes this Disorder, lib. iii. cap.
— from An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Donald Monro

PART I. BOOKS OF REFERENCE.
— from English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald

It is worth noting that Provence is but once referred to in the entire work of the English poet.
— from Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Charles Alfred Downer

There is in my mind some recollection of another person, I believe our Rector, near us but a little behind us.
— from The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 by Various

The text of Campbell’s side of the discussion, as subsequently published, is based on Rigdon’s report.
— from An American Religious Movement : A Brief History of the Disciples of Christ by Winfred Ernest Garrison

“Since that period (mark this—for here the iniquity begins) the house of Curry and Co. effected sales for the purpose, I believe, of raising cash to conclude the winding-up of partnership, of 1000 copies of ‘Hinton’ at a mere minimum profit (6d, I think, per copy), and thus at one coup not only reduce my profit to a mere fraction, but seriously and gravely—as I am prepared to show—damage my character and that of my books in the London market.
— from Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Charles James Lever

He took off his own baseball cap and put it backward on Ratakka's head.
— from Half past Alligator by Donald Colvin