After a partial cessation of his sensuous life, the soul of man, or its organs rather, are reinvigorated each day, and his Genius tries again what noble life it can make.
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

ANT: Recall, dispense, remit, absolve, release, exonerate, dissuade.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

H'm, this is a surprising reaction, a really energetic denial.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

Persons who want to pay a hundred dollars for a dead cat are getting rarer and rarer every day.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

Amor virorum rex, amor rex et deum , as Euripides, the god of gods and governor of men; for we must all do homage to him, keep a holiday for his deity, adore in his temples, worship his image, ( numen enim hoc non est nudum nomen ) and sacrifice to his altar, that conquers all, and rules all:
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

“Oh, I cannot read that—somebody else take it,” cried Agnes, running a rapid eye down the page; her cheeks are tingling, her eyes overflowing, her heart beating so loud that she does not hear her own voice.
— from The Athelings; or, the Three Gifts. Vol. 1/3 by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

To still further carry out the romantic resemblance, we were allowed an hour at noon for rest and refreshment each day that the examination lasted.
— from She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson

" The king, while performing these apish tricks about the picture of a lady with beady black eyes, a hooked nose, black teeth, and a red wig, who was now in the sixty-fourth year of her age, knew very well that the whole scene would be at once repeated to the fair object of his passion by her faithful envoy; but what must have been the opinion entertained of Elizabeth by contemporary sovereigns and statesmen when such fantastic folly could be rehearsed and related every day in the year!
— from History of the United Netherlands, 1590-99 — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

Still it may be taken that a badger, though occasionally eating rabbits and rarely eggs, does not hunt for game, ground or feathered, or do a hundredth part of the damage done by a fox or a cat.
— from The Badger: A Monograph by Pease, Alfred E. (Alfred Edward), Sir

The king, while performing these apish tricks about the picture of a lady with beady black eyes, a hooked nose, black teeth, and a red wig, who was now in the sixty-fourth year of her age, knew very well that the whole scene would be at once repeated to the fair object of his passion by her faithful envoy; but what must have been the opinion entertained of Elizabeth by contemporary sovereigns and statesmen when such fantastic folly could be rehearsed and related every day in the year!
— from History of the United Netherlands, 1595-96 by John Lothrop Motley

The combined effect was one of delicious coolness, retirement, and repose, even despite the glaring rays that strove to invade the sweet refuge through the silken window-nets.
— from The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok by Anna Harriette Leonowens

They were very fond of playing on the river bank because the best wild flowers grew there and when their work was done around their home they would run a race every day to see which would get into the woods first, and then, crashing through the bushes and between the big trees, they would scamper until they came out into the sunshine again by the river.
— from Wenonah's Stories for Children by Warren Proctor

The government was contemplating the fortification of the more important points on the Pacific coast, and to an inquiry as to his willingness to be sent to that distant field, he writes the following characteristic reply:— “As regards engineer duty on the Pacific coast for a year or two, I should be well pleased with it did I feel certain that I was physically in condition to undertake it.
— from The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume 1 (of 2) by Hazard Stevens