I cannot remember ever having exerted myself, I can point to no trace of struggle in my life; I am the reverse of a heroic nature.
— from Ecce Homo Complete Works, Volume Seventeen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

I remember every hour, every moment," he said, and then their voices sank lower, and a murmur of reminiscences, one filling up another, ensued between the pair.
— from Sir Tom by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

De Rutenis et Hungaris, et Manis, et de mari Caspio.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 02 by Richard Hakluyt

Of the whole number present, it was believed that only the eleven who came from the remotest East had escaped mutilation in some ghastly form.
— from Arius the Libyan: A Romance of the Primitive Church by Nathan C. (Nathan Chapman) Kouns

wuz mo' ridin' er hosses en' mo' hitchin up er buggies d'n a little.
— from The Conjure Woman by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt

My recent experience had exhausted me, and I wished to regain strength before subjecting myself to another such ordeal.
— from A Mind That Found Itself: An Autobiography by Clifford Whittingham Beers

Religious emotion has enormous motive force, but it is the easiest thing in the world for it to sizzle away in high professions and wordy prayers.
— from The Social Principles of Jesus by Walter Rauschenbusch

He stood just within the room, rigidly erect, his eyes meeting hers in the silence of strong emotion.
— from The Orphan by Clarence Edward Mulford

Recent explorations have enabled M. Mariette to identify San, Zoan, or Tanis, a well-known site on the Bubastite branch of the Nile, with this Avaris.
— from A History of Architecture in all Countries, Volume 1, 3rd ed. From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by James Fergusson