And where any person can excite these sentiments, he soon acquires our esteem; unless other circumstances of his character render him odious and disagreeable.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

The death of Mr. Allan, in whose will his name was not mentioned, soon after relieved him of all doubt in this regard, and he committed himself at once to authorship for a support.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

Further, the holy milkman never cuts his hair or pares his nails so long as he holds office; he never crosses a river by a bridge, but wades through a ford and only certain fords; if a death occurs in his clan, he may not attend any of the funeral ceremonies, unless he first resigns his office and descends from the exalted rank of milkman to that of a mere common mortal.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

But I believe the house was a curse, For father's fortune was little beside it; And when my husband found he had married A girl who was really poor, He taunted me with the spires, And called the house a fraud on the world, A treacherous lure to young men, raising hopes Of a dowry not to be had;
— from Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters

When the chief arrives in the grand court of the palace with his retainers, he halts under the balcony till intimation is given to the prince, who from thence receives his obeisance and duty.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

Hence, it clearly appears, that the same advantage which a republic has over a democracy, in controlling the effects of faction, is enjoyed by a large over a small republic,—is enjoyed by the Union over the States composing it.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

that should have no more power of love or pity than a block or stone, that remains heedless of all dangers?
— from In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts by Desiderius Erasmus

I remember how once at dinner an officer went so far as to make an insulting remark about one of the ladies.
— from Life in a German Crack Regiment by Baudissin, Wolf Ernst Hugo Emil, Graf von

An officer was on duty there as on the night when I had first made acquaintance with the green eyes of the woman of mystery; but I did not know the man and I walked on deep in meditation, until, arriving at the Red House, other and dreadful reflections were aroused by the sight of that deserted building.
— from The Green Eyes of Bâst by Sax Rohmer

Nearly everything on which she cast her eye reminded her of a different train of thought, so that by the time Edith was announced by the footman she had forgotten what she wanted to tell her.
— from Love at Second Sight by Ada Leverson

At her word Sped Lucia, of all cruelty the foe, And coming to the place, where I abode Seated with Rachel, her of ancient days, She thus address'd me: "Thou true praise of God!
— from Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Hell by Dante Alighieri

He had escaped unobserved by the Bailie, immediately when the brawl was ended, yet not before I had recognised, in his wild features and shaggy red hair, our acquaintance Dougal, the fugitive turnkey of the Glasgow jail.
— from Rob Roy — Volume 02 by Walter Scott

168 , B, having a spiral oil tube running in a suitably formed channel, provides communication between the point of the drill and a suitable receiving hole on a drilled shank.
— from Aviation Engines: Design—Construction—Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pagé

We would not rob Joe Cotton of his laurels honestly won, still we believe Bersan is a better race horse over a distance of ground.
— from History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 by John Lawrence O'Connor

Belle said it reminded her of a deep, heavy sound, such as she had once heard in a blast furnace.
— from The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise; Or, The Cave in the Mountains by Margaret Penrose

The Painter , as he sometimes called it, had on several occasions robbed him of a dead deer; and to these exploits the squatter added several remarkable feats of audacity which it had performed, to give me an idea of the formidable character of the beast.
— from Ornithological Biography, Volume 1 (of 5) An Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America by John James Audubon