Not that, in a vote, the Jewish solidarity can accomplish anything it wishes; the Jew's political strength is not in his vote, but in the "pull" of, say, seven men at the seat of government.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

Yet so much is my poverty of spirit, So mighty
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Generally the purpose of studying style may be achieved by keeping in mind some definite quality presupposed and by asking oneself, while reading the manuscript of the person in question, whether this quality fuses with the manuscript’s form and with the individual tendencies and relationships that occur in the {59} construction of the thought.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

No vulgar profusion of vegetation: even a touch of aridity in the frequent patches of stones: Spanish magnificence and Spanish economy everywhere.
— from Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by Bernard Shaw

The consternation is inexpressible—the rage beyond description, and the case altogether so desperate, that I do not see any plan or scheme so much as thought of for averting the blow, so that I cannot pretend to guess what is next to be done.”
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

Then I praised the composition of a letter which had been addressed to the Mikado in the name of the Prince of Satsuma some months back.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

“The sufferings, the worries, the hard life in the prison, or the pain of seeing so much ingratitude, broke your father’s iron constitution and he fell ill with that malady which only the tomb can cure.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

"A table-service, all of simple white, of graceful forms, even though not of china, if arranged with care, with snowy, well-kept table-linen, clear glasses, and bright American plate in place of solid silver, may be made to look inviting; add a glass of flowers every day, and your table may look pretty;—and it is far more important that it should look pretty for the family every day than for company once in two weeks."
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

"The humanity of the generality of the laws and regulations of the Spaniards in the particular of slavery," says Mr Taylor, "contrast favourably with that of some of the States of the American Union."
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 69, No. 427, May, 1851 by Various

"On March 10, 1882, I was chosen by Sister M. I. Horne and nominated to act as her Counselor in the Relief Society of this stake of Zion in place of Sister S. M. Heywood (deceased) and God grant that I may come up to her standard and be able to labor faithfully with my sisters yet many years, in relieving and comforting the tried and afflicted, and enlightening the minds of those who are in darkness concerning the things of God and His people.
— from Representative Women of Deseret: A Book of Biographical Sketches by Augusta Joyce Crocheron

“Not even for money p-p-paid on Sundays,” says Mark. “Do you make no exceptions to rule?” “No.”
— from Mark Tidd's Citadel by Clarence Budington Kelland

The gospel was first preached there by Paul, and with such success, that “Many of them also which used curious arts, brought their books together, and burned them before all men; and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver: So mightily grew the word of God, and prevailed,” Ib.
— from A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse by Sylvester Bliss

Amid a good deal that was vaporous and fantastic, such as would characterise any general council, there were propositions of sound statecraft, maxims which it would have been good for the Central Government to lay to heart, and side-lights on their traditional conceptions of national policy well deserving to be studied by the Powers which have relations with the Chinese.
— from The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. 2 (of 2) As Illustrated in the Career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., D.C.L., Many Years Consul and Minister in China and Japan by Alexander Michie