Thus it is in this case; whereas the lioness, which is the strongest and most courageous of creatures, produces one cub once only in her life; for when she produces young she casts out her womb together with her young; and the cause of it is this:—when the cub being within the mother 98 begins to move about, then having claws by far sharper than those of any other beast he tears the womb, and as he grows larger he proceeds much further in his scratching: at last the time of birth approaches and there is now nothing at all left of it in a sound condition.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

If anyone tells you that a friendship can be deeper and bigger and more worth while than dollars and cents, or even more worth while than state politics, you snicker and laugh."
— from Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life by Sherwood Anderson

HOW slightly soever I am esteemed in the common vogue of the world, (for I well know how disingenuously Folly is decried, even by those who are themselves the greatest fools,) yet it is from my influence alone that the whole universe receives her ferment of mirth and jollity: of which this may be urged as a convincing argument, in that as soon as I appeared to speak before this numerous assembly all their countenances were gilded oyer with a lively sparkling pleasantness: you soon welcomed me with so encouraging a look, you spurred me on with so cheerful a hum, that truly in all appearance, you seem now flushed with a good dose of reviving nectar, when as just before you sate drowsy and melancholy, as if you were lately come out of some hermit's cell.
— from In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts by Desiderius Erasmus

Then, it is said, Hercules really did appear, saying: "Put your shoulder to the wheel, man, and urge on your horses.
— from The Aesop for Children With pictures by Milo Winter by Aesop

Hast thou a pleasant life there?” “In truth, yes, so please you, sir, save when one is hungry.
— from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

“And I am so plain, you see, Die.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

He was so earnest that Ruth could not help feeling the force of what he said, and she was at heart secretly pleased, yet she resented his attitude.
— from Red Rock: A Chronicle of Reconstruction by Thomas Nelson Page

for yet I am not pure enough To touch these Lips, in that sweet Peace ye spoke of. Live now for ever, and I to serve your Vertues— Cel .
— from Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (2 of 10) - the Humourous Lieutenant by John Fletcher

For the same Formosus began to gouerne the Romane see about the yéere of our Lord 892, and liued in the papasie not past six Polydor. yéeres, so that he was dead before king Edward came to the crowne.
— from Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete by William Harrison

St. Paul, you say, put us in our proper place some twenty centuries ago, and we are to remain there for all time.”
— from The Inside of the Cup — Complete by Winston Churchill

It is a sweltering day, the air breathless, the glare intense—one loses sight of the fact that the temperature is low (-22°)—one's mind seeks comparison in hot sunlit streets and scorching pavements, yet six hours ago my thumb was frostbitten.
— from Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Being the journals of Captain R. F. Scott by Robert Falcon Scott

The sun had recently set, and the west heaven was hung with rosy cloud, which seemed permanent, yet slowly changed.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

I can see Peter yet, standing in the ring of lamplight, supporting himself by a chair back, wrinkling his brows and, as he always did in moments of excitement, scratching gently the tip of his left ear.
— from Mr. Standfast by John Buchan