In the writings of Ratzenhofer and Small human interests are postulated as both the unconscious motives and the conscious ends of behavior.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Only remember, a secret has its price.”
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Robert Audley seated himself in a Windsor chair by the cold hearth-stone, and stared disconsolately about him.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

A shallow hole rose on red, a shallow hole in and in this makes ale less.
— from Tender Buttons Objects—Food—Rooms by Gertrude Stein

About midnight, when they were sleeping unguarded through scorn of their enemies, the Carthaginians surrounded them on every side at once and by using from a distance javelins, slings, and arrows they killed some still in their beds, others just seizing their arms, without receiving any serious harm in return.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

But, in order to determine through what channel this general control may most expediently be exercised, and what portion of the business of government the representative assembly should hold in its own hands, it is necessary to consider what kinds of business a numerous body is competent to perform properly.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

and calls the gods to rival his blast, jealous Triton, if belief is due, had caught him among the rocks and sunk him in the foaming waves.
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

In the dining-room they were met by Samoylenko, crimson in the face, wrathful, perspiring from the heat of the kitchen; he looked at them furiously, and with an expression of horror, took the lid off the soup tureen and helped each of them to a plateful; and only when he was convinced that they were eating it with relish and liked it, he gave a sigh of relief and settled himself in his deep arm-chair.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The inspector who directed Nekhludoff to the women's ward, evidently becoming interested in him, came into the room, and, seeing him in the middle of the passage, asked him why he was not speaking with the prisoner he had inquired about.
— from The Awakening (The Resurrection) by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

He retired to a short distance, and no sound coming from his direction, we looked round and saw him in ecstatic raptures, rocking himself backward and forward.
— from The Professional Aunt by Mary C. E. Wemyss

A traveler finds them in their ordinary state in repose and serenity; he is surprised and startled to find them so different from what {25} he imagined; he admires and extols them, and inveighs against the prejudice which has slandered them to the European world.
— from Selections from the Prose Writings of John Henry Cardinal Newman For the Use of Schools by John Henry Newman

Accordingly, the next year we find the explorer back at the mouth of the St. Lawrence, this time with three vessels and with a number of gentlemen who had embarked in the enterprise, believing that they were on their way to reap a splendid harvest in the Indies, like that of the Spanish cavaliers who sailed with the conquerors of Mexico and Peru.
— from French Pathfinders in North America by William Henry Johnson

I will not that my servant Frederick G. Williams should sell his farm, for I, the Lord, will to retain a strong hold in the land of Kirtland, for the space of five years, in the which I will not overthrow the wicked, that thereby I may save some; 22.
— from History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Volume 1 Period 1. History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet by Smith, Joseph, Jr.

It troubles me that I appear to you ungrateful; but now, in this mysterious presence which awaits us all, I repeat"— Bella returned and said,— "He is still asleep.
— from Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach

Let's forget about the moral aspects for a moment: Is it in any way conceivable that such an extensive conspiracy to commit these assassinations will remain a secret here in Venice for as long as it would take for it to achieve the goal of intimidating their enemies?"
— from Andrea Delfin by Paul Heyse

Emma's spirit rose and tempted her strongly to rebel; her first impulse was to go to her own room, and shut herself in there; but she remembered that she was powerless, and totally without effectual support in the house.
— from The Younger Sister: A Novel, Volumes 1-3 by Mrs. (Catherine-Anne Austen) Hubback

Since they were supposed to be David's responsibility, and since he is a typical forgetful boy, they were frequently hungry.
— from Four and Twenty Beds by Nancy Casteel Vogel

A hooded man gave Stonecypher the Magnum revolver and shut him into a space resembling a windowed closet with a door on either side.
— from Thy Rocks and Rills by Robert E. Gilbert