Thus the Masai in Africa have hit upon the evasion of changing the name of the deceased immediately upon his death; he may now be mentioned without dread by this new name, while all the prohibitions remain attached to the old name.
— from Totem and Taboo Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics by Sigmund Freud

‘Or how,’ he added, looking more attentively at the child, ‘do you come to want a place of rest at this time of night?’
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

We may, therefore, rest assured that the opposite never will be demonstrated.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

In any case, we have in O'Meara the Emperor's statement (and this is rather against the theory of Napoleon being more than his brother Joseph, a mere patron of the craft) that he encouraged the brotherhood.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

At first he remained unconscious of anything whatsoever, for he was too much engaged in making sure that he was really clear of the town; but as soon as he saw that it had completely disappeared, with its mills and factories and other urban appurtenances, and that even the steeples of the white stone churches had sunk below the horizon, he turned his attention to the road, and the town of N. vanished from his thoughts as completely as though he had not seen it since childhood.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

‘The coward!’ said I (though, I confess, my mind was considerably relieved at the thoughts of not having killed him).
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

There is an African tribe, the Karens, whose representation [ 42 ] of the Devil (Kephn) is a huge stomach floating through the air; and this repulsive image may be regarded as the type of nearly half the demons which have haunted the human imagination.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

H2 anchor BOOK XXV Proud Music of the Storm 1 Proud music of the storm, Blast that careers so free, whistling across the prairies, Strong hum of forest tree-tops—wind of the mountains, Personified dim shapes—you hidden orchestras, You serenades of phantoms with instruments alert, Blending with Nature's rhythmus all the tongues of nations; You chords left as by vast composers—you choruses, You formless, free, religious dances—you from the Orient, You undertone of rivers, roar of pouring cataracts, You sounds from distant guns with galloping cavalry, Echoes of camps with all the different bugle-calls, Trooping tumultuous, filling the midnight late, bending me powerless, Entering my lonesome slumber-chamber, why have you seiz'd me? 2 Come forward
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

“Why, what the D-l,” cried the Captain, leaning forward with both his arms on the table,” are you going to Ranelagh at this time of night?”
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

They were kept waiting outside in the snow while the Queen considered whether to receive them; and she could hardly be persuaded to allow them to sleep under shelter at St. Germain, though on the road at that time of night they were in danger from brigands, traveling soldiers, and I know not what!
— from Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of Bellaise by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

Round Acre the traces of Napoleon’s siege-works may still be seen; and it was at the battle of Tabor that the simple-minded Junot won his fame, driving the Turks into the same swamps in which the forces of Sisera perished.
— from Palestine by C. R. (Claude Reignier) Conder

It was a bright May morning some twelve years ago, when a youth of still tender age, for he had certainly not entered his teens by more than two years, was ushered into the waiting-room of a house in the vicinity of St. James’s Square, which, though with the general appearance of a private residence, and that too of no very ambitious character, exhibited at this period symptoms of being occupied for some public purpose.
— from Coningsby; Or, The New Generation by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

The signal was now made for a party to land and take possession of the forts, with directions to capture all they could, but not to burn or destroy any part of the country, wisely remarking, according to their own narrator, that “they could do that another time.”
— from Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume 1 (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Mrs. Lanaghan

"How did he get up to the room at that time of night?
— from The Mystery of Lincoln's Inn by Robert Machray

To restore a trust to one not expecting it; to do good to him who deserves it; to elect to a position one worthy of it; or, what is still more heroic, to give one’s own position up to him, this evidently is doing good to others, and to those who have not done us any; but these are goods due , which already belong in some respects to those upon whom we confer them.
— from Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Paul Janet

Referring to the many rumours afloat that titles of nobility would be revived as a precursor to the monarchy the President declared that even if he seized the Throne that would not increase his powers, whilst as for transmitting the Imperial Yellow to his sons none were fitted for that honour which would mean the collapse of any new dynasty.
— from The Fight for the Republic in China by B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale

411 Great Britain, canals, 33 crossed by Roman roads, 27 recent origin of public roads and postal service, 32 Great Northern Railroad Co., 185 Grecian civilization passed to Romans and then to other nations, 24 Greek geographers, praise of highways of Hindostan, 19 Gresham, Judge, 212 Grinnell, Hon.
— from The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by William Larrabee

In light of the number of witnesses, the similarity of the descriptions of the man they saw, and the type of weapon they thought the individual was shooting, there is reason to believe that these witnesses did see the same person at the firing range, although the testimony of none of these witnesses is fully consistent with the reported observations of the other witnesses.
— from Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by United States. Warren Commission

In the year 1789 of the Christian era, the French nation, divided by caste, poor and oppressed, struggled in the triple net of royal absolutism, the tyranny of nobles and parliaments, and priestly intolerance.
— from What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon