For it is generally held by Intuitionists that true morality prescribes absolutely what is in itself right, under all social conditions; at least as far as determinate duties are concerned: as ( e.g. ) that truth should always be spoken and promises kept, and ‘Justice be done, though the sky should fall.’
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

The laugh grew shriller and shriller, and became something like the bark of a lap-dog.
— from The Duel and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl: 'Tu-who; Tu-whit, To-who'- A merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

All the movement he dared to allow himself was to reach, as it were by stealth, after the shell of half a cocoa-nut floating between his shoes, and bale some of the water out with a carefully restrained action.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

"I have some luggage," he said, "at Bramblehurst station," and he asked her how he could have it sent.
— from The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

She lifted up her head and sighed, and believed she felt glad.
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Ruth and Barbara vainly tried to charm away her sulks by paying her special attention, but she merely curled her lip scornfully, and left the veranda soon after on plea of headache.
— from The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach; Or, Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies by Laura Dent Crane

Horses that are embarked for Ireland are generally conducted on board by means of gangways, as the ships are brought sufficiently near to the piers at Liverpool for that purpose.
— from The Young Dragoon: Every Day Life of a Soldier by Alfred W. (Alfred Wilks) Drayson

Finally, on one occasion he thought himself so neglected at his return that he made a most violent scene, and became so bitter and incoherent in his complaints that he was pronounced insane and imprisoned by order of the duke.
— from Women of the Romance Countries (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 6 (of 10) by John R. (John Robert) Effinger

And the strange and beautiful song, The groves are repeating it still: “A boy’s will is the wind’s will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.” {208} THE ROPEWALK.
— from Courtship of Miles Standish Minnehaha Edition by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

He felt quite secure against being seen by the two who were traveling together, for he was able to dispose of the undergrowth so as to increase its usefulness.
— from Camp-fire and Wigwam by Edward Sylvester Ellis

SEE Aldrich, Bess Streeter.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1967 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

The delicate tracery so frequently seen on the fronds of kelp, and on shells and stones along both shores of the [Pg 47] Atlantic indicate colonies, or their remains, of the lace coralline (Membranipora); and the dull red or pinkish crust so common on shells and stones in shaded tidepools represents successive colonies of the "red-crust" polyzoan ( Escharella variabilis ), layer crusting over layer.
— from Zoölogy: The Science of Animal Life Popular Science Library, Volume XII (of 16), P. F. Collier & Son Company, 1922 by Ernest Ingersoll

Many teachers and initiates lament the fact that certain secrets are being spread broadcast to-day; secrets that, in the past, were kept closely guarded.
— from Within You is the Power by Henry Thomas Hamblin

I gaze into the far distance, far over the barren plain of snow, a boundless, silent, and lifeless mass of ice in imperceptible motion.
— from Farthest North, Vol. I Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Fridtjof Nansen

No love for the man whose heart is calling you to come?" Pocahontas shivered, and bent slightly forward—her face was white as death, her eyes strange and troubled.
— from Princess by M. G. (Mary Greenway) McClelland