It is compatible with a very complex government, great empire, and an aristocratic society; it may retain, as notably in England and in all ancient republics, many vestiges of older and less democratic institutions.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

[ Return ] Note the essential elements of sonnet structure in metre, rhyme, and number of lines.
— from Browning's Shorter Poems by Robert Browning

“I am the busiest woman in Newport, so I must run away now.
— from The Automobile Girls at Newport; Or, Watching the Summer Parade by Laura Dent Crane

Here I had no special attendant by day, though one slept in my room at night.
— from A Mind That Found Itself: An Autobiography by Clifford Whittingham Beers

“She has refused to sleep in my room, and now that the whole house is quiet I am almost terrified at being alone, and to think that I must spend the night by myself.
— from Fan : The Story of a Young Girl's Life by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

She says it means ruin, and no one can prevent it but Charlie--unless someone came along with a little money, which is the last thing likely to happen.
— from The Hundredth Chance by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

They were afraid that I should be triste because I was so far from home and alone, and they inquired if I wanted a woman servant to sleep in my room at night.
— from A Woman's Impression of the Philippines by Mary H. (Mary Helen) Fee

Here I’ve done my best to be friends and invited you to a spread in my room; and now you won’t even let me go to the cupboard and get out the black currant jam and cake.”
— from The Cock-House at Fellsgarth by Talbot Baines Reed

I’ve promised Wynne I’ll be brave and if I can’t keep quiet and composed, I’ll stay in my room, and not upset the crowd.”
— from The Room with the Tassels by Carolyn Wells

Their appearance had slipped into my reflections as neatly as a good illustration slips into a discourse.
— from How to Cook Husbands by Elizabeth Strong Worthington