For, as already shown, the study of psychology has evolved no more certain result than that there are uniformities of mental action which are so entirely conformable to those of bodily action as to indicate their intimate relation to a 'mechanism of thought and feeling,' acting under the like conditions with that of sense and motion.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Then, as if gifted with the spirit of prophecy, he exclaimed: "Not always shall the servants of the Most High be persecuted unto death.
— from Valeria, the Martyr of the Catacombs: A Tale of Early Christian Life in Rome by W. H. (William Henry) Withrow

As I was saying, oh Prince, His eyes never closed.
— from The Vampire Cat A Play in one act from the Japanese legend of the Nabeshima cat by Gerard Van Etten

But the youth at length caught a fearful signal of preparation; his ear noted the sharp click of the lock, as the rifle was referred to in the final resort; and his ready sense conceived but of one, and the only mode of evading the danger so immediately at hand.
— from Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by William Gilmore Simms