The physical repulsion, however, which everybody feels to habits and interests which he is incapable of sharing is no part of rational estimation, large as its share may be in the fierce preju dices and superstitions which prerational morality abounds in.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

Sometime I am [50] going back to Red Eagle Lake, and I shall take with me a tin of coral-colored salmon eggs—a trick I learned from George Locke on the Flathead River later on.
— from Through Glacier Park: Seeing America First with Howard Eaton by Mary Roberts Rinehart

In that case Deuteronomy must be held to regard every Levite as in some sense priestly.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Deuteronomy by Andrew Harper

In front, rode the knights in complete armor,--he could even distinguish Barbarossa's banner with its richly embroidered lion, and it seemed as though he could recognize the lofty stature of the Emperor himself.
— from Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. by Conrad von Bolanden

The Sun set frowning, and refreshing Eve Lost all its sweets, obscur'd in double gloom.
— from The Prince of Parthia A Tragedy by Thomas Godfrey

They had seen the sights of the great French metropolis, but were they really enjoying life as it should be.
— from Marguerite Verne; Or, Scenes from Canadian Life by Rebecca Agatha Armour

I recollect that at the close of the last session of Congress, I went over to Arlington, the estate formerly of Robert E. Lee, and I saw there the great National cemetery into which that beautiful place has been converted.
— from The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes by J. Q. (James Quay) Howard