However, the stamp of its power is there also, and the Titanic sink of Paris realizes, among monuments, that strange ideal realized in humanity by some men like Macchiavelli, Bacon and Mirabeau, grandiose vileness.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

He said in reply, “I have not eaten anything and am hungry.”
— from Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Faries by Yuk Yi

So it runs its hundred nights, and all France runs with it; laughing applause.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

As a young man, I had devoted a great deal of time to philosophy as a discipline; but after I began to fill the high offices of state and devoted myself heart and soul to the public service, there was only so much time for philosophical studies as was left over from the claims of my friends and of the state; all of this was spent in reading; I had no leisure for writing.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

As Enjolras walked towards this place, he passed the whole situation in review in his own mind.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Perhaps I am not saying it right, I have drunk a good deal—but that is how I feel, and so do you too!
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

The general effects, as summated by Sollmann [253] are, for small doses , pleasant stimulation; increased respiration; increased heart rate, but fall of blood pressure; muscular restlessness; insomnia; perspiration; congestion; for large doses , increased peristalsis and defecation; depression of respiration and heart; fall of blood pressure and temperature; paralytic phenomena.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

The words of the minister, who he thought had gone suddenly insane, rang in his ears.
— from Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life by Sherwood Anderson

Towards this house, which announced itself to the world under the title of "The Golden Griffin," he now hastened with long measured strides, carrying the still insensible Russian in his arms.
— from Under Lock and Key: A Story. Volume 1 (of 3) by T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight

But suddenly it raised its head, drew the air into its distended nostrils, stopped, quivered in every limb, and then, with a strange cry, bolted like a mad thing.
— from Flames by Robert Hichens

He was unarmed, but held a short ivory rod in his right hand.
— from Captured at Tripoli: A Tale of Adventure by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

For if he hath but the ideas of two such beings in his mind, and will turn his thoughts that way, and consider them, he will as certainly find that the inferior, finite, and dependent, is under an obligation to obey the supreme and infinite, as he is certain to find that three, four, and seven are less than fifteen; if he will consider and compute those numbers: nor can he be surer in a clear morning that the sun is risen; if he will but open his eyes, and turn them that way.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 3 and 4 by John Locke

Since we have already described Ariosto's character and shown its reflection in his minor works, now that we are examining the material of the Furioso, we shall find the same character, that is to say, the same complex of sentiments which it will be desirable to illustrate and to distinguish in a somewhat different manner, with an eye no longer directed to the psychology of the man or to the minor works, but just to the Furioso.
— from Ariosto, Shakespeare and Corneille by Benedetto Croce

“You credit it, surely?” interrupted Rose, in haste.
— from Oliver Twist, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Charles Dickens

The brother would allow it was so; he would allow that my advice was good; but still I read in his countenance, even if he should not have actually said so, "How should I get on, if I were to carry out your advice?"
— from A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller. Part 1 by George Müller

Having a sharp axe in my belt, while the doctor stood ready to fire should it raise its head, I rushed forward and severed the tail about six feet from the end.
— from The Young Llanero: A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela by William Henry Giles Kingston

Ever since I remember, I have liked such things.
— from Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book by Anna Chapin Ray

Note 27 ( return ) This little tale (written in 1830) is founded on a striking incident related in Humboldt's narrative.
— from Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad, Vol. 3 (of 3) With Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson