Swift, to Camp of Sablons; to secure the Artillery, there are not twenty men guarding it!
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

You fasten on such things as these, and neglect the main truth!
— from Servetus and Calvin A Study of an Important Epoch in the Early History of the Reformation by Robert Willis

[Pg 271] But between seeing these things as they are and seeing them as they are not, the difference is not trifling, but fundamental.
— from The Unpopular Review Vol. I January-June 1914 by Various

She had gained in decision without becoming hard; had learned to see things as they are, not through the rose mist of early girlhood; and, far from being daunted, had developed a philosophy that had for its basis God in His heaven and all well with the world.
— from K by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Cleave ye unto the cord of refinement with such tenacity as to allow no trace of dirt to be seen upon your garments.
— from The Kitáb-i-Aqdas by Bahá'u'lláh

They throw into the fire a cloth containing rice, and another in which they carry betel leaves, and her comb and mirror with which she adorned herself, saying that all these are needed to adorn herself by her husband's side.
— from A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India by Nunes, Fernão, active 16th century

Dorothy swung her little white feet from under the covers and crinkled her toes delightedly ere she thrust them in the cozy satin slippers that awaited them; a negligee to match, with little dangling bunches of blue flower buds, she threw over her shoulders with a delicate shiver, as the maid closed the window and admitted the full light of day.
— from Out of the Ashes by Ethel Watts Mumford Grant

You who ought to be preparing yourself to shine in the beau monde , and who have still to acquire the accomplishments needful to your exalted station!
— from The Infidel: A Story of the Great Revival by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Cannot you see how unworthy they are of you—you who are more beautiful than all women, whose heart can speak such true and tender and noble things!
— from Isabel Clarendon, Vol. 2 (of 2) by George Gissing

Vegetation springs up on these flat swampy lands; animals, too, find food and shelter there; and thus a new territory is made by the work of the river.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, December 1883 by Chautauqua Institution