We are holden to men by every sort of tie, by blood, by pride, by fear, by hope, by lucre, by lust, by hate, by admiration, by every circumstance and badge and trifle, but we can scarce believe that so much character can subsist in another as to draw us by love.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Conqueror had given them the moderate estate on which they now lived, and which, in spite of so many civil conflicts and religious changes, they had handed down to each other, from generation to generation, for eight centuries.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

" "That man is clean crazy on the subject of his life-book," said Miss Cornelia compassionately.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Air, again, when inflamed, becomes fire; and again fire, when condensed and extinguished, passes once more into the form of air; and once more, air, when collected and condensed, produces cloud and mist; and from these, when still more compressed, comes flowing water, and from water comes earth and stones once more; and thus generation appears to be transmitted from one to the other in a circle.
— from Timaeus by Plato

“You are completely mistaken, sir,” said Monte Cristo coldly, who felt the perfidious manœuvre of the young man, and understood the bearing of his words; “you only acquired my protection after the influence and fortune of your father had been ascertained; for, after all, who procured for me, who had never seen either you or your illustrious father, the pleasure of your acquaintance?—two of my good friends, Lord Wilmore and the Abbé Busoni.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

" "Well, he thought that since he couldn't serve God and Mammon he'd better stick to Mammon," said Miss Cornelia crisply.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Thence I to White Hall, and there saw Mr. Coventry come to towne, and, with all my heart, am glad to see him, but could have no talke with him, he being but just come.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

SYN: Matrimonial, conjugal, connubial, nuptial, hymeneal.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

Even if she sees me!" cried Charles IX.
— from The Works of Honoré de Balzac: About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita, and Other Stories by Honoré de Balzac

The use of property in the acquisition of women is not a particular expression of the male nature, since property is accumulated by females as well; but where this form of marriage exists it means practically that the male relatives of the girl are using her for profit, and that her suitor is seeking more complete control of her than he can gain in her group; and viewed in this light the purchase and sale of women is an expression of the dominant nature of the male.
— from Sex and Society: Studies in the Social Psychology of Sex by William Isaac Thomas

The half-interpreted longing, the hesitating glance, and maiden bashfulness with which she turned to him and said: "Did you call, sir?— Sir, you have wrestled well, and overthrown More than your enemies," —her eyes first seeking his face, and then being cast down, as the words became almost inaudible—provoked the house into a sudden tempest of applause which covered her disappearance from the scene, Mrs. Christmas caught her as she came off, and kissed her, with nervous tears in her eyes.
— from In Silk Attire: A Novel by William Black

My other selfe, my Counsailes Consistory, My Oracle, My Prophet, my deere Cosin, I, as a childe, will go by thy direction, Toward London then, for wee'l not stay behinde.
— from Richard III by William Shakespeare

M. Salet has proposed two excellent methods for the observation of phosphine by the spectroscope: — (1) He projects the phosphorus-flame on a plane vertical surface, maintained constantly cold by means of a thin layer of running water; the green colour is especially produced in the neighbourhood of the cool surface.
— from Poisons, Their Effects and Detection A Manual for the Use of Analytical Chemists and Experts by Alexander Wynter Blyth

She must circle, come out down yonder behind a pile of rocks, slip behind the great cedar right at the base of the cliffs, and edge on from there on her hands and knees.
— from The Short Cut by Jackson Gregory

Certainly they include multitudes of doctors, lawyers, professors, scientists, magistrates, clergymen, close students, keen intellects, even such men as Alfred Russell Wallace, Profs.
— from Moral Principles and Medical Practice: The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence by Charles Coppens

Why exactly many savages have made it a rule to refrain from women in time of war, we cannot say for certain, but we may conjecture that their motive was a superstitious fear lest, on the principles of sympathetic magic, close contact with women should infect them with feminine weakness and cowardice.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer