Not through the front door, but—so to speak—up the back steps, it gets, in this case, directly into the inner rooms of the soul.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

What were alone sufficient to prove the grandeur and excellence of his sentiments in general, is, that they have so remarkable a parity with those of the Scripture.
— from The Iliad by Homer

Finally the devils succeed in getting into the assembly-house, and the bravest of the men enter and hold a parley with them.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

[Footnote: Sir A. Cooper (Crural Hernia) is of opinion that the stricture is generally in the neck of the sheath.
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise

The evil he sees is ‘good in the making:’ what others call vices are voices in the wilderness preparing the way of the highest.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

And so inconceivably great is this sound which is produced by the rapid motion of the whole universe, that the human ear is no more capable of receiving it than the eye is able to look steadfastly and directly on the sun, whose beams easily dazzle the strongest sight.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Shall I give it to him to-morrow?
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

4 This great discussion between the animals and sages is given in ‘The Sacred Anthology’ (London: Trübner & Co.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

He held it up, swung it, glittering in the sun, offered it first to one, then to another, holding it out as far as he could reach toward the girl nearest him.
— from Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

All preparations were at last complete and with cavalry beneath and aeroplanes above, the American strategists planned a dash across the Japanese territory with the belief that the outlying lines of artillery would bring to earth those that succeeded in getting into the air.
— from In the Clutch of the War-God by Milo Hastings

The Divine Oracle, of which the substance is given in the central part of the psalm, affords but dubious indications of date.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2 Psalms XXXIX.-LXXXIX. by Alexander Maclaren

Even the twittering of the sparrows on the quaint housetops seemed less noisy than usual, and the women who stood in groups in the narrow street, with their clean mutch caps, their crimson hubbie jackets and coarse blue gowns, suppressed their voices almost into whispers as they talked of the growing quarrel between my father and his new rival, Carver Kinlay.
— from The Pilots of Pomona: A Story of the Orkney Islands by Robert Leighton

"Oh, Joe! see what you've done," cried Davie, in distress, trying to help in every direction, but only succeeding in getting in the way.
— from The Adventures of Joel Pepper by Margaret Sidney

But little space is given in the Bible to these two periods, for they are in reality preliminary to the third, which is of vastly more importance than the two put together.
— from Training the Teacher by Marion Lawrance

They used the sickle in gathering in the harvest.
— from The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races by Emory Adams Allen

This sentence, if genuine, is the most important evidence in Pagan literature.
— from The Christ: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Evidences of His Existence by John E. (John Eleazer) Remsburg

At present, the numerous "Patrakar Sanghs" in Goa include the Sanguem-Quepem Patrakar Sangh, Sanguem Patrakar Sangh, Murgao Patrakar Sangh, Pernem Patrakar Sangh, Mandrem Patrakar Sangh, Bicholim Patrakar Sangh and the Bardez-based Zunzar Gramin Patrakar Sangh.
— from Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press by Various

Thus it was during my service in Germany in the summer of 1845 also.
— from A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller. Part 4 by George Müller