“She is naturally indelicate,” Mrs. Walker declared.
— from Daisy Miller: A Study by Henry James

replied Bianca; “I fear my hair—I am sure I never in my life—
— from The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

I cannot bear it.—You shall see it, indeed, ladies, said my master; and pray, Pamela, not always as you please, neither.—Then, pray sir, said I, not in my hearing, I hope.—Sure, Pamela, returned he, you would not write what is not fit to be heard!—But, sir, said I, there are particular cases, times, and occasions, that may make a thing passable at one time, that would not be tolerable at another.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

The unkind instrument to wrong another, And one she knows not, ay, and to persever; In my poor judgment, is not warranted From being a solecism in our sex, If not in manners.
— from Volpone; Or, The Fox by Ben Jonson

When I throw myself against an obstacle, I have a sensation of hindrance and trouble; but the force causing this sensation is not in me, but in the obstacle, and is consequently outside the circle of my perception.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

At last, when rather tipsy, (which soon occurred,) he began to talk about music, and sang a canon, saying, "I never in my life heard anything finer."
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

H2 anchor Chapter VII: Political Jurisdiction In The United States H2 anchor Chapter Summary Definition of political jurisdiction—What is understood by political jurisdiction in France, in England, and in the United States—In America the political judge can only pass sentence on public officers—He more frequently passes a sentence of removal from office than a penalty—Political jurisdiction as it exists in the United States is, notwithstanding its mildness, and perhaps in consequence of that mildness, a most powerful instrument in the hands of the majority.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

“She is never in my room at this time and she must be in bed long ago, but...
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

And the family scepticism, which up to this time has been sufficiently strong, is now, I may fairly say, overborne by the facts.
— from Raymond; or, Life and Death With examples of the evidence for survival of memory and affection after death. by Lodge, Oliver, Sir

The expression that "soul occupies a locality different from matter" means only that the soul is not in matter; that is, that the soul is not united to matter; that the soul does not together with matter constitute something unitary; and that for the soul matter is not a substrate that could contain the soul.
— from Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4 In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods by Plotinus

I can see it, now, in my mind's eye, with dimity curtains at the windows, and roses growing over the porch."
— from Patty at Home by Carolyn Wells

He was prayed for in the churches of the Puritans: Cartwright was one of his friends; the Scotch doctrine, that the Supreme Power, if it showed itself negligent in matters of religion, could be compelled by those immediately under it to take them in hand, is said to have been preached with reference to him.
— from A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Leopold von Ranke

What have they done in Sicily, in Naples, in Milan, in the low countries?
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Robert Kerr

Our foreign trade requires men of this type to travel in all parts of the world as commercial ambassadors, diligently collecting, compiling, and sending back to the United States information necessary in manufacturing goods for foreign consumption; also information regarding credits, prices, shipping, packing—in short, complete and detailed knowledge about commerce with foreign lands, how to secure it and how to hold it.
— from Analyzing Character The New Science of Judging Men; Misfits in Business, the Home and Social Life by Arthur Newcomb

In this same ingle nook it may be that Burns spent an occasional evening with Highland Mary—for Mary Campbell was for a short time employed as governess in the vicinity, and it is not unlikely that she was a frequent guest at the Burns cottage—a probability that has supplied Mr. Dobson with another of his happiest themes.
— from On Old-World Highways A Book of Motor Rambles in France and Germany and the Record of a Pilgrimage from Land's End to John O'Groats in Britain by Thos. D. (Thomas Dowler) Murphy

A larva, a flying spirit, is not, indeed, more extraordinary than a microbe coming from afar and poisoning one without one's knowledge, and the atmosphere can certainly convey spirits as well as bacilli.
— from Là-bas by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans

On the right is a green level, a smiling meadow, grass of the richest decks the side of the slope; mighty trees also adorn it, giant elms, the nearest of which, when the sun is nigh its meridian, fling a broad shadow upon the face of the pool; through yon vista you catch a glimpse of the ancient brick of an old English hall.
— from Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2) by George Borrow