It is in this region of social life that the individual gains, at the same time, a personal freedom and an opportunity for distinction that is denied him in the primary group.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

they dance with their Sholders together and pass from Side to Side, defferent parties passing each other, from 2 to 7. and 4 parties danceing at the Same time and Concluding the dance by passing promiscuisly throu & beetween each other.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

he exclaimed; and as she turned a puzzled frown on him he added: "I don't think I ever heard you say a cruel thing before." "Cruel?" "Well—watching the contortions of the damned is supposed to be a favourite sport of the angels; but I believe even they don't think people happier in hell.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

V. change one's mind, change one's intention, change one's purpose, change one's note; abjure, renounce; withdraw from &c. (relinquish) 624; waver, vacillate; wheel round, turn round, veer round; turn a pirouette; go over from one side to another, pass from one side to another, change from one side to another, skip from one side to another; go to the rightabout; box the compass, shift one's ground, go upon another tack.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

One dowager had said to another: "P. F. intends to marry, I assure you, for his sister told me so, with tears in her eyes.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

She is like the rich voluptuary accustomed to be waited upon by a crowd of servants toiling and planting for him, and who, on the day his slaves refuse him obedience, as he does not live by his own efforts, must die.
— from The Philippines a Century Hence by José Rizal

But yesterday, the same man-made forms of law declared it a crime punishable with $1,000 fine and six months' imprisonment to give a cup of cold water, a crust of bread or a night's shelter to a panting fugitive tracking his way to Canada; and every man or woman in whose veins coursed a drop of human sympathy violated that wicked law, reckless of consequences, and was justified in so doing.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

Wee (but no forraine tyrants could) remove 55 These not ingrav'd, but inborne dignities, Caskets of soules; Temples, and Palaces: For, bodies shall from death redeemed bee, Soules but preserv'd, not naturally free.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

But if they can be induced to apply to a competent and skilful dental surgeon, they are properly fitted with what they require, and the consequence is their sufferings almost immediately cease.
— from The Art of Living in Australia Together with Three Hundred Australian Cookery Recipes and Accessory Kitchen Information by Mrs. H. Wicken by Philip E. Muskett

No one, except travellers on business, with certificates [306] to that effect, is suffered to proceed, until a formal notification has been made to the governor of that district; the laws of which are so strict, that any person found within it, out of the regular road, is liable to be apprehended on suspicion, and subjected to an examination, which frequently occasions much trouble and delay.
— from Travels in the interior of Brazil with notices on its climate, agriculture, commerce, population, mines, manners, and customs: and a particular account of the gold and diamond districts. by John Mawe

She turned a puzzled face toward Florence.
— from The Crystal Ball A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

Mr. Westlake provided himself with a good saddle-horse and one pack-horse, a rifle, camp outfit, including a small tent, and provisions for himself and the Indian for twenty days.
— from Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing by G. O. (George O.) Shields

About the same time a petition from the Cyder counties met with the same fate on a division of 150 to 82.
— from Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third, Volume 2 (of 4) by Horace Walpole

We just happened to bump into something that any plane flying this route would have bumped into."
— from Dave Dawson at Casablanca by Robert Sidney Bowen

On the other hand, it would be an exaggeration of historical scepticism to absolve Philip from the murder of his son, solely upon negative testimony.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 15: 1568, part II by John Lothrop Motley

But there were things to be seen to and provided for--furniture and that like; and I was saving money for them secretly.
— from Jessie Trim by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

"This book contains a very high grade of thinking, with enough illustrations and anecdotes to stock the average preacher for many years of children's sermons."— Episcopal Register .
— from John Knox by William M. (William Mackergo) Taylor

Silently, but with doubting shakes of the head and little hope of success, the army prepared for the assault.
— from A Struggle for Rome, v. 2 by Felix Dahn