But ’tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell’d Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

'But, when the singing and dancing is done,' said Mahbub Ali, 'comes the Colonel Sahib's, and that is not so sweet.' 'A fair land—a most beautiful land is this of Hind—and the land of the Five Rivers is fairer than all,' Kim half chanted.
— from Kim by Rudyard Kipling

My grandchildren —As in most Indian languages, Cherokee kinship terms are usually specialized, and there is no single term for grandchild.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Inner senses are three in number, so called, because they be within the brainpan, as common sense, phantasy, memory.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

I have turned aside the Colonel's whip from thy skin, and that is no small service.' 'True.'
— from Kim by Rudyard Kipling

I have before observed that it is by prominences above the plane of the ordinary, that reason feels her way, if at all, in her search for the true, and that the proper question in cases such as this, is not so much ‘what has occurred?’ as ‘what has occurred that has never occurred before?’
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

If the record is as fragmentary as many geologists strenuously assert, there is nothing strange in new forms appearing as if suddenly developed.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

"That's what they've tellt me since," Simon agreed, "though I never see it plain.... Seems as if it might be a warning or summat," he added, with a shamefaced air.
— from The Splendid Fairing by Constance Holme

“No, sir; as there is no shooting allowed in the spring they are becoming more plentiful.
— from The Game-Birds of the Coasts and Lakes of the Northern States of America A full account of the sporting along our sea-shores and inland waters, with a comparison of the merits of breech-loaders and muzzle-loaders by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt

455, 4 Serpent's brood, no covenant with, 218 , 6 Servant , a, by nature, advantage of, 198 , 32; a wise, the loss of, 439 , 46; bad, worst part of, 458 , 8; being without a, 491 , 1; how to secure faithful, 177 , 35; negligent, how made, 2 , 35; never, never master, 150 , 43; qualification for, 175 , 3; the duty of, in misfortune, 188 , 12 Servants , a necessity, 172 , 27; ambition of, 116 , 20; evil of many, 66 , 49; greatest, in a house, 270 , 51; how to regard our, 527 , 38; many, little service, 42 , 39 no, without real masters, 559 , 45; of the great, airs of, 136 , 49; that wait on man, 283 , 35; the most abject, 70 , 16 Serve , what will, fit, 538 , 12 Served , how to be well, 177 , 30, 35, 36; the best, 37 , 51 Service , a, that is no slavery, 100 , 34; care or coldness in, 189 , 49; from below upwards, a necessity, 495 , 37; greater than the god, 488 , 19; measure of, 171 , 49; of self, best, 330 , 4; our domestic, 337 , 39; our highest, a watchword, 435 , 5; pride of, a merit, 150 , 43; proffered, 278 , 33; reciprocal, 1 , 14; remuneration for, 532 , 1 small, true, 394 , 32; the curse of, 488 , 48; the law of, 184 , 41; value of faithful, 313 , 11; who can do no, as a friend, 532 , 14; with noble ease, 153 , 18 Serving others, two ways of, 284 , 31 Servitude , a noble, 263 , 34 Set , one's own, mistake about, 149 , 16 Settlements , all, temporary, 472 , 31 Seventeenth century, how far of worth, 453 , 17 Severity , compared with love and justice, 285 , 13; our, thought of, at death, 543 , 18 Sex , either, imperfect, 80 , 8; virtue of, 460 , 43 Shackles , the, not therefore a slave, 539 , 11 Shade , we shall fight in, 397 , 12 Shadow , a, no measuring, 551 , 8; and the sun, 93 , 62; catch not at, 36 , 52; gazing on one's, 269 , 28; dependent on light, 548 , 37; on dial, 453 , 49; failing to grasp a, 195 , 9 Shadows , clutched at for substances, 162 , 44; kissing, 399 , 6; Nature's, 292 , 41 {pg 641} Shakespeare , a wonder to nature, 292 , 7; and wayside incidents, 436 , 16; art of, 534 , 10; Ben Jonson on, 149 , 25; characteristic of, 419 , 44; death of, without sign, 415 , 37; harmony of, 454 , 29; how made great, 489 , 1; M. Arnold on, 484 , 1; magic of, 33 , 23; Milton on, 55 , 35; 538 , 14; rank among poets, 503 , 48; the player, 465 , 14 Shakespeare's , critics, Carlyle on, 300 , 26; knowledge, 394 , 28; wit, 311 , 54 " Shall ," same as "can," 35, 1 " Shalt ," legibility of, 483 , 45 " Shalt, thou ," as a command, how softened, 421 , 10 Shame , a barrier, 140 , 24; false, 100 , 46; soil of virtue, 197 , 20; the moral virtue of, 289 , 24 Sharpness , a matter of degree, 330 , 40 Shekinah , the true, 459 , 9 Shell , delight in the, 186 , 31; lure to kernel, 333 , 18 Shelter , the only storm-proof, at present, 66 , 28; though given, to be wrought for, 125 , 40; under an old hedge, 209 , 1 Shepherd , a good, duty of, 31 , 31 Shepherds , contrasted with kings, 123 , 43 Sheridan , a witticism of, 451 , 38; to a creditor, 566 , 19 Sheridan's self-confidence, 167 , 32 Shiftlessness , poverty of, 474 , 51 Shine , how one may fail to, 566 , 32 Ship , the best captain of a, 551 , 39; with most sail, 453 , 23 Shoe , benefit of wearing, 197 , 11 Shoes , old, till new ones, 71 , 48 Shooting , often, effect of, 325 , 31 Shop , opening and keeping open, 201 , 29 Short-cuts , circuitous, 45 , 40 Shortcomings to be overlooked, 320 , 7 Shot , a good, 144 , 33 " Should " and "would" contrasted, 414 , 28 Showy , the, and the true, 453 , 29 Shrew , how to chastise, 145 , 48 Shrewdness , power of, 328 , 7 Shyness , meaning of so-called, 536 , 47 Sibyl , impersonation of the prophetic in nature, 291 , 26 Sick with too much, 109 , 18 Sickness , amendment after, rare, 105 , 19; mental, how relieved, 65 , 15; poor-spirited, 428 , 43 Sighing , plague of, 16 , 38; vanity of, 72 , 31 Sighs , the Bridge of, 300 , 28 Sight , effect on, of bodily anguish, 558 , 24; great, first impression of, 315 , 21; partial, better than none, 26 , 9; people vainest of their, 202 , 52; point of, not within, 427 , 37; requisites of, 300 , 27; the sense of, 2 , 54 Significant , and insignificant, diverse estimate of, 55 , 5 Silence , a, commended, 547 , 14; a necessity, 477 , 6; a preacher, 468 , 31; a Pythagorean, benefit of, 345 , 21; a temple, 457 , 5; a test of sagacity, 20 , 26, 30; a, to be imitated, 243 , 27; to maintain, ability, will, and obligation, 382 , 21; and speech, prompters of, 205 , 23; better than irrelevancy, 29 , 40; better than discourse, 129 , 4; better than propagating error, 170 , 8; confession, 42 , 31; compared with speech, 401 , 2; 402 , 2; contrasted with unrestrained talk, 488 , 4; essential for peace, 23 , 6; expressive, 74 , 19; great empire of, fascination of, 253 , 13; in these days preferable to speech, 256 , 28; incapacity for, a misfortune, 39 , 17; its significance, as induced, 490 , 2; misconstrued, 350 , 1; never recorded, 180 , 45; of fools and wise, 235 , 12; often safe course, 235 , 14; or saying better, 28 , 24; power of, 382 , 20; reaping, 152 , 20; rebuke for, 26 , 51; safety of, 19 , 27; sometimes offensive, 526 , 10; tact required for, 378 , 45; the significance of, 144 , 8, 13, 14; the wish of the strong, 397 , 27; tree of, fruit of, 458 , 27; value of, 171 , 35; 185 , 14; virtue of, 367 , 40; virtue of the foolish, 227 , 35; virtue there is in, 26 , 56; when a duty, 535 , 29 Silent , men, and objects to be guarded against, 29 , 64, 65; the noble, 253 , 13 Siller , want of, 3 , 20 Silver , love of, 147 , 54 Similes , always imperfect, 318 , 32 Simple , more difficult than the complex, 201 , 40; reasonings of, 498 , 48 Simpleton , a, advice of, 505 , 22 Simplicity , advantage of faith in, 333 , 14; and beauty, 507 , 34; as a grace, Ben Jonson on, 123 , 11; excellence of, 185 , 26; power of, 360 , 11; rare, 5 , 24; seal of truth, 54 , 29; 392 , 7 Sin , a, confessed, 344 , 21; and misery, 209 , 23; and repentance, experience of, 93 , 14; sundry attitudes to, Fuller on, 146 , 12; burnt into the blood by practice, 453 , 40; each, God-annihilating, 75 , 23; essence of, 425 , 33; evil of, 272 , 47; forsaking all, 148 , 39; found out, 28 , 41; guilt of, dependent on knowledge, 326 , 31; how to avoid, 149 , 32; how to save men from,565, 41; how to treat, 509 , 37; natural to man, 13 , 9; of hot heart and of cold, 471 , 28; source of all, 116 , 14; that hero atones for, 204 , 4; the unpardonable, 446 , 18 thinking about, waste, 481 , 21; truth of, not to be known, 527 , 18; without limits, 375 , 18 Sincerity , as a virtue, 100 , 28; how to constrain, 55 , 33; simple, commended, 87 , 20, 21; the happiness of, 171 , 25; without simplicity, 269 , 33; years of, 215 , 35 Sing , how learn to, 252 , 1; I, because I must, 165 , 42 Singer , the business of, 66 , 19 Singers , business of, 489 , 39; the general fault of, 328 , 37 Singing , according to gift, 93 , 31; as an accomplishment, 374 , 17; at work, Carlyle on, 123 , 36; true, worship, 500 , 38 Singularity , and fashion, 102 , 30; none without, 307 , 33; sign of genius, 133 , 22; taste for, how induced, 222 , 40 Sinned , more, against than sinning, 164 , 29 Sinner , a worn out, most denunciatory, 25 , 25; repentance of, joy of gods over, 532 , 5 Sinners , faintly condemned, 476 , 3; mercy of heaven to, but not fools, 154 , 14 Sinning , and bearing with the sin different, 105 , 6; occasion for pardon, 384 , 24 Sins , denied, 310 , 30; Emerson's advice in regard to, 438 , 42; the root of all, 68 , 22 Situation , to every, its own pleasures, 187 , 44 Sixpence , virtue in, 553 , 19 Skeleton , the, our mortal companion, 525 , 16 Skies , attempt to scale, vain, 322 , 7 Skill , and exertion, economy of, difficult, 201 , 40; and labour, value of, 94 , 35; compared with strength, 221 , 45; mead of, 497 , 19; not an estimable quantity, 358 , 10; not visible, 516 , 16; power of, 300 , 8; the greatest, 432 , 36 Skin , a living, blessedness of having, 473 , 31; a, natural to all living, 9 , 54 Sky , who aims at the, 392 , 51 Slackness breeds worms, 243 , 18 Slain , the, thrice he slew, 399 , 37 Slander , comfort under, 547 , 6; lives upon succession, 111 , 6; not to be believed, 27 , 31; provocation under, 490 , 36; to good man, 395 , 30; world's delight in, 226 , 15 Slave , a, defined, 150 , 39;
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

That Miss Cheviott gazed admiringly at Lilias, and made some remark about her to her partner, Mary felt sure, and thought it not surprising; but, besides this, she two or three times caught Mr Cheviott’s observant eyes fixed on her sister and herself with a curious expression, which half annoyed her.
— from Hathercourt by Mrs. Molesworth

She loves him, sir; and there is no selfishness in her heart and never has been.
— from Dark Hollow by Anna Katharine Green

In the case of an odor due to direct physical absorption, it will not appear in the inoculated sample, since the small amount transferred is not sufficient to be noted.
— from Outlines of dairy bacteriology, 10th edition A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by E. G. (Edwin George) Hastings

As soul it was under the phase of substantial universality; now, as subjective reflection in itself, it is referred to this substantiality as to its negative, something dark and beyond it.
— from Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

"The water supply is contaminated; drainage runs into the catchment area, and even fæcal matter is plainly evident in the samples analysed; there is no supervision of the milk supply; vegetables are grown under most dangerous conditions; stagnant drains are in almost all the streets; about public places of recreation there are fever beds; many of the population are crowded in small boarding-houses like rabbits, and ordinary precautions for the removal of filth neglected, even if that were enough in itself; houses are built on pestilential swamps; the wind blows the dust about spots where the typhoid excrement has been deposited to breed germs by the million; and bread, meat, and other food carts go about uncovered to collect it, as if to make sure that any who escaped all other sources of the danger should not be allowed to escape the plague.
— from The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Harry Furniss

And she watched Mrs. Stewart away, thinking, "I never saw any one with quite her combination of sadness and brightness of expression.
— from Six Girls and the Tea Room by Marion Ames Taggart

Alexander came upon Thebes like an avalanche, took it by assault, and sold into slavery all the inhabitants not slain in the assault.
— from Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 10 (of 15), Greek by Charles Morris