He attempted in vain to rally; for I pursued him with all the severity in my power, and ceased not painting the enormity of his crime till I stung him to the quick, and, in a voice of passion and impatience, he said, ‘No more, Madam,-this is not a subject upon which I need a monitor.’
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

This effect seems to me to result from a general cause which it is useful to investigate, since it may produce analogous consequences elsewhere.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Among these, for example, it will be sufficient to mention the composite or mixed nature of his drama, and his general neglect of the unities of time and place, features in the conduct of his plays which, though they have for a long period heaped upon his head a torrent of contemptuous abuse, are, at length, acknowledged to have laid the foundation, and to have furnished the noblest model of a dramatic literature, in its principles and spirit infinitely more profound and comprehensive than that which has descended to us from the shores of Greece.
— from Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 2 of 2] Including the Biography of the Poet; criticisms on his genius and writings; a new chronology of his plays; a disquisition on the on the object of his sonnets; and a history of the manners, customs, and amusements, superstitions, poetry, and elegant literature of his age by Nathan Drake

But the Countess Mathilda is peerless; she is more perfect and charming than any other lady on earth!"
— from The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann

They have shown in many productions a conscientious spirit of research, patient industry, and not a little literary skill in the management of their material.
— from Our Intellectual Strength and Weakness A Short Historical and Critical Review of Literature, Art and Education in Canada by John George Bourinot

Of course I do not mean the valuable necklace you have reserved for one who will one day be still dearer to you than any of us, but the dozen or two of pearls that you bestowed on your sister, in my presence, at Clawbonny.
— from Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" by James Fenimore Cooper

Mary has arranged the small salon (which they always sit in) most prettily and comfortably—with bibelots and quantities of books about in all languages—there are usually four going in the establishment—Charles and his daughter speak always German to each other—the rest of us either French or English—it depends rather upon what we are talking about—and always an undercurrent of Italian with the servants and "parlatrice" (such a sweet, refined looking girl who comes every day to read and speak Italian with my belle-mère).
— from Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Wife: January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Mary King Waddington

Each sunset marked a new stanza in my poem, a completed phrase, a recovered figure.
— from A Daughter of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland

His many excellent science books for the public cover subjects in mathematics, physics, astronomy, chemistry, and biology, such as The Genetic Code , Inside the Atom , Building Blocks of the Universe , Understanding Physics , The New Intelligent Man’s Guide to Science , and Asimov’s Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology .
— from Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy, Volume 1 (of 3) Atomic Weights; Energy; Electricity by Isaac Asimov

Like rivers born amidst the clouds of heaven, and lost in the deep and eternal ocean,—some in youth, rapid and short-lived torrents; some in manhood, powerful and copious rivers; and some in age, by a winding and slow course, half lost in their career, and making their exit by many sandy and shallow mouths."
— from Famous Men of Science by Sarah Knowles Bolton