Ibarra resolves to forego all quarrels and to work for the betterment of his people.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

For his redemption all my Patrimony, If need be, I am ready to forgo And quit: not wanting him, I shall want nothing.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

She remained thus for a quarter of an hour, her eyes riveted on the door, motionless and apparently holding her breath.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

2 So sleeping, so aroused from sleep Thro' sunny decads new and strange, Or gay quinquenniads would we reap The flower and quintessence of change.
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

He had been unmanageable in youth and his genius for mischief was an inspiration, yet he was hostile to everything pusillanimous, haughty, aspiring, ready to fasten a quarrel on his shadow for running before, at first inclined to reduce his boy brother to a fag, but finally before his death became a great influence in his life.
— from Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by G. Stanley (Granville Stanley) Hall

Although there is much that belongs to the age, and much that is of only local interest, it is still read to find apt quotations, of which not a few have become hackneyed by constant use.
— from English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Henry Coppée

"My name is Randall—Miss Randall," replied Georgia, while a faint red, that faded as quickly as it came, tinged her cheek at the deception.
— from The Actress' Daughter: A Novel by May Agnes Fleming

In its own circle it therefore represents the Feræ among quadrupeds, the Raptores among birds, the Aptera among annulose animals, and the Scolopendridæ in the order Myriapoda .
— from Zoological Illustrations, Second Series, Volume 3 or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson

Think how awful they must have been in the summer, with not a breath of air reaching them from any quarter.
— from The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 15, February 18, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various

Treasures of art are in their churches and galleries, refining the feelings and quickening the intellect.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 15, Nos. 85-90, April 1872-September 1872 A Monthly Magazine by Various

It was always to some 49 material and visible object that the human intellect referred those forces and qualities which it drew from its own consciousness; forces which, when thus united with something tangible, constituted the first types of those divine beings whom mankind have so long adored, to whom they have turned for ages in their hope and fear.
— from A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Charles Chipiez

Wou’d that were all my stop to Happiness; But, Roderigo , this fond amorous Queen Sits heavy on my Heart.
— from The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Aphra Behn

The Committee then put to Joseph Foster the following questions, and received the following answers:— " Q. Are the Committee to understand that you attribute the insufficiency of your remuneration for your labour to the introduction of machinery?
— from Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Charles Knight

private amusements and debaucheries, which were, about that time, carried to an excess which our country never knew before, by reason of the raking together from all quarters of the empire, and indeed from most parts of Holland, the most dissolute and desperate adventurers who cared to play at hazard for their lives; and thus there seemed to be but little scrutiny into the characters of those who sought concealment.
— from The Purcell Papers — Volume 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu