Let all the powers and elements of nature conspire to serve and obey one man: Let the sun rise and set at his command: The sea and rivers roll as he pleases, and the earth furnish spontaneously whatever may be useful or agreeable to him: He will still be miserable, till you give him some one person at least, with whom he may share his happiness, and whose esteem and friendship he may enjoy.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Out they swarmed about Reff Ritter and his cronies, who slapped right and left to ward them off.
— from The Putnam Hall Encampment; or, The Secret of the Old Mill by Edward Stratemeyer

Early on the morning of the second day they once more inspanned, and the team being freshened considerably by their twenty-four hours “play,” they got over the ground in capital style, and reached Ralfontein an hour before sundown.
— from The War of the Axe; Or, Adventures in South Africa by J. Percy (John Percy) Groves

The oxen would traverse the woods and the thickets; the mules would walk securely among rugged rocks and hilly countries; the dromedaries would cross the sandy deserts.
— from The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 by Ernest Favenc

The temptation to do so was great, particularly to one whose days were shadowed by much physical suffering, which made it the harder for him to rise up and energetically quell such a rebellious rising as he had had lately to cope with.
— from The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys by M. B. Manwell

The rector, of course, took the rebuke as humility dictated; but we should certainly be sorry that he had not written his Connexion between Science and Revealed Religion , and his Lectures on the Eucharist .
— from Life of Father Ignatius of St. Paul, Passionist (The Hon. & Rev. George Spencer). by Pius a Sp. Sancto (Pius a Spiritu Sancto)

The immense rotunda of the wrestlers' association suggests a rather rickety Albert Hall and holds 13,000 people.
— from The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by J. W. (John William) Robertson Scott

Under Maggie's advice she became a member of the Debating Society and rather reluctantly allowed her name to be entered in the Dramatic Club.
— from A Sweet Girl Graduate by L. T. Meade

"Yes," said Capitola; "but, as you say, there is no danger; and as for me, if it will give you any comfort or courage to hear me say it, I am not the least afraid, although I sleep in such a remote room and have no one but Patty, who, having no more heart that a hare, is not near such a powerful protector as Growler."
— from Hidden Hand by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth