That which is at present called a "nation" in Europe, and is really rather a RES FACTA than NATA (indeed, sometimes confusingly similar to a RES FICTA ET PICTA), is in every case something evolving, young, easily displaced, and not yet a race, much less such a race
— from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

As he saw the abbé rise from his seat and go towards the door, as though to ascertain if his horse were sufficiently refreshed to continue his journey, Caderousse and his wife exchanged looks of deep meaning.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

He was sure that a royal family of cats would answer every purpose.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

If doubtful this, one truth may be proposed: There's nothing sweeter than a real friend: Not only is he prompt to lend-- An angler delicate, he fishes The very deepest of your wishes, And spares your modesty the task
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

he said, to a ragged fellow, without any brim to his hat, who was officious in his attentions.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

The kind Chevalier prefaced it by saying, that he was for the present boarding in the Minorite convent at Brussels; that he had thoughts of making his salut there, and retiring for ever from the world, devoting himself to the severest practices of religion.
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

So they are ringing for me?
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

But still the Apostle refrains from using the plain word ἔκλεψεν.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

For example, if the Germans stop talking about rations for Jews (in the World War II situation), it may be that their own people, filled with anti-Semitic poison, have been protesting the issuance of rations.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

“Well then, the fact is, friend Sancho,” said the duke, “that unless you become softer than a ripe fig, you shall not get hold of the government.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

In spite of the boasted advantages of Protection, it is evident that some manufacturers are not happy under it, as is shown by the fact of my having some time ago received from an important manufacturing firm in Victoria an application for my business agency in the Colony.
— from Reminiscences of Travel in Australia, America, and Egypt by Tangye, Richard, Sir

Everything portended a constitutional crisis, when the summons to arms rang forth; and the chief, warning the deputies not to imitate the Greeks of the late Empire by discussing abstract propositions while the battering-ram thundered at their gates, cut short these barren debates by that appeal to the sword which had rarely belied his hopes.
— from The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2) by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose

In such a case, this is what occurs to political philosophers: at the same time as wearied men claim rest, accomplished facts demand guarantees, for guarantees for facts are the same thing as repose for men.
— from Les Misérables, v. 4/5: The Idyll and the Epic by Victor Hugo

Thus the argument ran in a circle, and no one could foresee the splendid traffic and receipts from tolls that would result from the completed canal.
— from The Paths of Inland Commerce; A Chronicle of Trail, Road, and Waterway by Archer Butler Hulbert

" "And this too," shouted the man, "as a little token of our affection," throwing at the same time a rotten fig.
— from Lords of the World: A story of the fall of Carthage and Corinth by Alfred John Church

It is an interesting relic of bygone days, black with age, and carved with many a quaint device, and, withal, of such excellent design and workmanship as to prove that our forefathers were by no means deficient in the higher graces of architecture; the cornice is battered and broken in places, but upon it you may still trace a running figure representing the stem and foliage of the briar, with the figure of a cask or tun, and the letters V and B frequently repeated.
— from Historic Sites of Lancashire and Cheshire A Wayfarer's Notes in the Palatine Counties, Historical, Legendary, Genealogical, and Descriptive. by James Croston

But often on some dreamy day, Out where the old green woods were swaying, When the blue skies stretched far away, And the glad sunshine’s every ray Seemed with each bud and floweret playing, And misty air and sunny beams Grew tempting-full of foolish dreams; Then would she sit in quiet mood, With thoughtful face and gentle tone; I dreamed the spirit of the wood Had come to tryst with me alone, And speak such earnest words as tell That human hearts may love too well: Such exquisite, sweet thoughts as rise From souls that artless passion moves, And mounting upward through the eyes Betray the heart that loves, And whisper, ere the lips can part, That love lies brooding at the heart.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXVI, No. 6, June 1850 by Various

Vice and despotism in the palace, license and intrigue at the Court, penury in the cottage, and degradation everywhere, such is hardly an exaggeration of the general condition of the Continent at that time, and simple truth as regards France, who then, as since, boasted her leadership of civilization.
— from British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Vol. LIII January and April, 1871 by Various