The Jews, however, are beyond all doubt the strongest, toughest, and purest race at present living in Europe, they know how to succeed even under the worst conditions (in fact better than under favourable ones), by means of virtues of some sort, which one would like nowadays to label as vices—owing above all to a resolute faith which does not need to be ashamed before "modern ideas", they alter only, WHEN they do alter, in the same way that the Russian Empire makes its conquest—as an empire that has plenty of time and is not of yesterday—namely, according to the principle, "as slowly as possible"!
— from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

"It was when I heard of the racking," explained Mary, "I could not help it.
— from By What Authority? by Robert Hugh Benson

I rested every moment I could, never stood when I might sit, made no useless motions, spent no strength in sorrow, had no sentiment, was simply the engineer of a machine—my own body; could fall asleep soon as I lay down, and wake any moment with my senses all alert, outlived my prejudice about china cups, and drank tea from brown earthen mugs used for soup, and never washed save in cold water; often ate from a tin plate with my left hand, while my right held a stump to prevent that jerking of the nerves which is so agonizing to the patient, many a time eating from the same tin plate with my patient, and making merry over it; and think I must have outstanding engagements to dance cotillions with one hundred one-legged men.
— from Half a Century by Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm

"It is no use, Dora," he said; "you must really excuse me; I cannot help enjoying my triumph; I would not laugh if I could help it, but, my dear Dora, I cannot help it.
— from A Fair Mystery: The Story of a Coquette by Charlotte M. Brame

[34] Majus fidei impedimentum ex inveterata consuetudine proficiscitur: ubique consuetudo magnas vires habet; sed in barbaris longe maximas: quippe ubi rationis est minimum, ibi consuetudo radices profundissimas agit.
— from A Christian Directory, Part 3: Christian Ecclesiastics by Richard Baxter

“Roussettes et microbes” (in collaboration with MM. Weinberg, Pozersky, Distaso, Berthelot), Annales de l’Institut Pasteur, xxiii.
— from Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916 by Olga Metchnikoff

"Rob," exclaimed Merritt, "it comes from near where that gun lies hidden back of the bushes; and that's the rattle of a Maxim, as sure as you live.
— from The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields by John Henry Goldfrap

Suddenly a low but heavy rumble, and a trembling of the ground, roused every man in camp, and, rushing out of their huts, the miners saw a mass of stones and earth had been loosened far up the hillside, and were breaking over the barricade in one place, and coming down in a perfect torrent.
— from Romance of California Life Illustrated by Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pathetic and Humorous by John Habberton

[Pg 105] CHAPTER X EFFORTS TO EXCITE MUTINY IN THE ENGLISH FLEET Of Duckett, an amateur rebel envoy, mentioned in connection with the arrest of Napper Tandy, [259] something remains to be said.
— from Secret Service Under Pitt by William J. (William John) Fitz-Patrick