ttering the government with restrictions that cannot be observed, because they know that every breach of the fundamental laws, though dictated by necessity, impairs that sacred reverence which ought to be maintained in the breast of rulers towards the constitution of a country, and forms a precedent for other breaches where the same plea of necessity does not exist at all, or is less urgent and palpable.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

And still shall brighter gild all skiey peaks Of noble daring, with this perfect day.
— from The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various

Were this true, it were indeed a sad picture of national degradation; was it the fact that such books, and such there are in abundance, composed the light literature of the day—were to be found in every drawing-room—to be seen in every hand—to be read with interest and discussed with eagerness—to have that wide-spread circulation which must ever carry with it a strong influence upon the habits of those who read.
— from Nuts and Nutcrackers by Charles James Lever

The withdrawals of couples are marked, and their early return and ruffled appearance suggest patronage of not distant “hotels,” where no questions are asked.
— from Chicago, Satan's Sanctum by L. O. Curon

The attitude of the Administration with reference to Pearson's letter, it was believed by the press, was not of a character to inspire great confidence in the strict performance of neutral duties.
— from Neutral Rights and Obligations in the Anglo-Boer War by Robert Granville Campbell

Mrs. Gaylord rolled up the sewing in her work-basket, and packed it away against the side, bracing it with several pairs of newly darned socks and stockings neatly folded one into the other.
— from A Modern Instance by William Dean Howells

The placards were all emblazoned with the same piece of news, differently worded: "General Lingard in London," "Reception of Lingard at Victoria," "Return of a Famous Soldier."
— from Jane Oglander by Marie Belloc Lowndes

I never go to trains to see people off, nor down to piers to wave handkerchiefs, nor do I go to funerals.
— from Sister Teresa by George Moore

In the midst of the altercation between the monk and the serf, there appeared from behind a clump of trees, that rose at a distance from the abbey, a short procession of nuns distinguishable by their black and white robes, as well as by the long veils that covered their faces and that were intended to withdraw the saintly maids from the gaze of the profane.
— from The Iron Arrow Head or The Buckler Maiden: A Tale of the Northman Invasion by Eugène Sue