The quality of this early poetry, with its strong suggestion of Blake, may be seen in such poems as "A Day Dream," "The Devil's Thoughts," "The Suicide's Argument," and "The Wanderings of Cain."
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

But now we ourselves are the object of our own sympathy; with the most benevolent disposition we are ourselves most in need of help; we feel that we suffer more than we could see another suffer; and in this very complex frame of mind, in which the directly felt suffering only comes to perception by a doubly circuitous route, imagined as the suffering of another, sympathised with as such, and then suddenly perceived again as directly our own,—in this complex frame of mind, I say, Nature relieves itself through that remarkable physical conflict.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

So he left me, and I him, and walked home, seeing people all almost distracted, and no manner of means used to quench the fire.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

I had now some hopes of being delivered; for we had advanced but a little way before I discovered some people at a distance, on which I began to cry out for their assistance: but my cries had no other effect than to make them tie me faster and stop my mouth, and then they put me into a large sack.
— from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written By Himself by Olaudah Equiano

"I was delivered from the Enemy by the virtue of Christ's Passion" After this the Fiend came again with his heat and with his stench, and gave me much ado, [1] the stench was so vile and so painful, and also dreadful and travailous.
— from Revelations of Divine Love by of Norwich Julian

Accordingly he made a second public appearance and delivered a speech; and his words put the senators to shame, so that they did not, to be sure, release him from his command, but sent Marcus Junius, an elderly man, to accompany him.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

Another behaving so absurdly would have been deemed a bore, but his transparent simplicity pleased all and drew them to join in his gaiety.
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore

You may paint it if you choose, but I apprise you that no “little” receptacle would, even in 1816, answer my purpose, who was at a distance from the “stately Pantheon,” and all druggists (mortal or otherwise).
— from Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey

The work had been so persistent and assiduous during part of the 18th and all of the 19th, that General Rosecrans came to understand the plan as well as his adversary, and to arrange accordingly.
— from From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet

The southern part, an arid district, is only inhabited in the vicinity of the Chinese frontier, where numerous tribes of Mongol origin, direct tributaries of the Chinese Empire, are to be found.
— from The Human Race by Louis Figuier

49 119.png 107 CHAPTER XI Glost Firing “When Fortune bringeth thee affliction, console thyself by remembering that one day thou must see prosperity, and another day difficulty.” —From El Koran .
— from Pottery, for Artists, Craftsmen & Teachers by George James Cox

By the second provision, any act done by or for any prelate under such title, is absolutely null and void; so that any bequest or endowment made to him under such title falls to the Crown.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XI.—April, 1851—Vol. II. by Various

And I may venture to say with confidence, that a British cottager, however indigent, would divide his scanty pittance among a dozen children rather than consent to let some of them perish, that he and the rest might fare the better, were even our laws as tacit on this subject as those of China.
— from Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton by Barrow, John, Sir

silver pieces at a different and higher rate than the larger silver pieces.
— from The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw

Once, at a distance, Bruce caught a glimpse of a pair of peculiar, little, sawed-off, plump-breasted ducks that wagged their tails, as if in signals, in a still place above a dam.
— from The Strength of the Pines by Edison Marshall

Planché tells us dukes and marquises were allowed sixteen yards for their gowns, sloppes (or mourning cassocks) and mantles; an earl, fourteen; a viscount, twelve; a baron, eight; a knight, six; and all inferior persons, two yards only; but an archbishop had the same privilege as a duke.
— from The Evolution of Fashion by Florence Mary Gardiner

Our marks for questions and exclamations were also derived from the same source, probably at a date somewhat earlier.
— from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

The proximity of the Indians at times rendered the surrounding country somewhat dangerous for individuals or small parties at a distance from the fort; but few thought the savages would come near, so many risks were doubtless run by various officers, who carried the familiar six-shooter as their only weapon while out horseback riding, until suddenly we were awakened to the dangers we had been incurring.
— from Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army — Complete by Philip Henry Sheridan