Such a precious relic will be for this country an eternal monument to your splendor, your presence of mind, your gallantry!” In this rather confused way he concluded the article and before dawn sent it to the printing-office, of course with the censor’s permit.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

Every mode of religious worship which had been practised by the saints, every mysterious doctrine which they believed, was fortified by the sanction of divine revelation, and all the manly virtues were oppressed by the servile and pusillanimous reign of the monks.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

In the Gospel, and the Epistles of St. Paul, his faithful follower investigated the Creed of primitive Christianity; and, whatever might be the success, a Protestant reader will applaud the spirit, of the inquiry.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Thus, far from having been able to furnish to religion the fundamental notion upon which it rests, they suppose a previous religious system, upon which they depended.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

We adopted each method at different periods of the stowing, and parties ran high in the forecastle, some siding with "old Bill" in favor of the former, and others scouting him, and relying upon "English Bob" of the Ayacucho, who had been eight years in California, and was willing to risk his life and limb for the latter method.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

The anti-atrocity rule was not lifted in World War II (save for one or two notable exceptions, such as President Roosevelt's delayed announcement of the Japanese having executed the Doolittle flyers) except for the specific purpose of preventing some atrocity that seemed about to occur in a known situation from actually occurring.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

Don Quixote, feeling the roughness of the rope on his wrist, exclaimed, “Your grace seems to be grating rather than caressing my hand; treat it not so harshly, for it is not to blame for the offence my resolution has given you, nor is it just to wreak all your vengeance on so small a part; remember that one who loves so well should not revenge herself so cruelly.”
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

‘I have noticed in him, anyway,’ she said, ‘a perpetual restlessness and a tendency to peculiar impulses.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I had not expected such a philosophic remark from the mouth of a Spaniard.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

What can be more sounding and poetical, resemble more the majestic Simplicity of the Ancients, than the following Stanzas?
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

Do you suppose desperate men will stop at anything to secure such a prize?" Ray turned to her sister.
— from The Mask: A Story of Love and Adventure by Arthur Hornblow

But weariness is, after all, a great blessing, 13 stupefaction a priceless remedy and the stupor in which one lives is as soporific as a feather-bed.
— from The Wicker Work Woman: A Chronicle of Our Own Times by Anatole France

Dr. Doseall, however, with a countenance of stern composure, and a portentous shake of the head, maintained that the accident was by no means so trifling as Mr. Seymour appeared to suppose; and, in conformity with this view of the case, he had prudently bled his patient largely, and directed sundry mixtures and lotions, together with a quantum sufficit of laudanum, in order, as he said, “to keep down the swelling and puffing of the head,” although there were those present who were uncharitable enough to hint, that the swelling and puffing related rather to the Doctor’s bill and character, than to the patient’s pericranium.
— from Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of Popular Toys and Sports by John Ayrton Paris

Sir: A. P. Risley, the Postmaster at Springville, County of Linn, State of Iowa, with 58 citizens, recommends the change of site and name of the office to Lindon.
— from History of Linn County Iowa From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time [1911] by Luther Albertus Brewer

He had not seen that same boy, his passion over, pick up every scattered bit of stone, and patiently raise his walls once more.
— from The Making of William Edwards; or, The Story of the Bridge of Beauty by Banks, G. Linnaeus (George Linnaeus), Mrs.

In a few days I was able to sit a horse, and soon after, perfectly restored.
— from Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia by H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise

As entries in a scenic beauty contest, I offer for first prize either the gorgeous view of Xochimilco in Mexico, where mountains, skies, and poplars reflect themselves in myriad lanes of water amidst the playful fish, or the jewel-like lakes of Kashmir, guarded like beautiful maidens by the stern surveillance of the Himalayas.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

Curdie retreated into the recess of the stair, and peeping round the corner of it, watched him, thinking what he could do to prevent him from locking them in.
— from The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald