In fact, we shall see that each clan has its individual totems which are its exclusive property; the members of the other clans cannot make use of them.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

But before he had thought of anything, Dólokhov, looking straight in his face, said slowly and deliberately so that everyone could hear: “Do you remember we had a talk about cards... ‘He’s a fool who trusts to luck, one should make certain,’ and I want to try.”
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Had Zoroaster, in all his institutions, invariably supported this exalted character, his name would deserve a place with those of Numa and Confucius, and his system would be justly entitled to all the applause, which it has pleased some of our divines, and even some of our philosophers, to bestow on it.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

“No, thank ye, Bunger,” said the English Captain, “he’s welcome to the arm he has, since I can’t help it, and didn’t know him then; but not to another one.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

George Borrow, in his [10] Account of the Gipsies in Spain , thus eloquently concludes his second volume; speaking of the connexion of the Gipsies with Europeans, he says:—“Yet from this temporary association were produced two results; European fraud became sharpened by coming into contact with Asiatic craft; whilst European tongues, by imperceptible degrees, became recruited with various words (some of them wonderfully expressive), many of which have long been stumbling-blocks to the philologist, who, whilst stigmatizing them as words of mere vulgar invention, or of unknown origin, has been far from dreaming that a little more research or reflection would have proved their affinity to the Sclavonic, Persian, or Romaic, or perhaps to the mysterious object of his veneration, the Sanscrit, the sacred tongue of the palm-covered regions of Ind; words originally introduced into Europe by objects too miserable to occupy for a moment his lettered attention—the despised denizens of the tents of Roma.”
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

Without apprehension of attack, not because he trusted to the neutrality of the port but because he thought his destination secret, the English commodore had not anchored with a view to battle.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

27 ( II. p. 514) ‘Sic enim et vulgo dicitur qui divitem affectat thelodives, et qui sapientem thelosapiens, et cetera hujusmodi’.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

After this review, Cortes ordered the artillerymen Mesa, Bartolome de Usagre, Arbenga, and a certain Catalonier whose name I forget, to keep all our firearms bright and in good order, to see that each cannon had its right-sized ball, to prepare the cartridges, and distribute the powder properly.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

Du Pont made no reply, but supported Emily, while, with a steady, though eager, countenance, he awaited their appearance, and, in the next moment, Ludovico, alone, mounted the landing-place.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

, invariably supported this exalted character, his name would deserve a place with those of Numa and Confucius, and his system would be justly entitled to all the applause, which it has pleased some of our divines, and even some of our philosophers, to bestow on it.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

And besides this, it seems that every composer has something different in the note forms.
— from Great Violinists And Pianists by George T. (George Titus) Ferris

Since that evening, Camille had been unwontedly attentive to the attorney, who approved of her liking for Ernest de Restaud.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Guarding against sudden starts, the Epeira casts her armfuls of bands on the front- and hind-parts, over the legs and over the wings, here, there and everywhere, extravagantly.
— from The Wonders of Instinct: Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Jean-Henri Fabre

Although it is easy to give an account of the structures which are of importance to the student of the stratified rocks, actual observation of these structures is frequently attended with difficulties owing to the close imitation of one structure by another, and the past history of the science shows that erroneous conclusions have been reached again and again on account of the incorrect interpretation of structures.
— from The Principles of Stratigraphical Geology by J. E. (John Edward) Marr

The thing was such a closely guarded secret that even Colonel Hix hadn't known.
— from The Flying Saucers are Real by Donald E. (Donald Edward) Keyhoe

We suggested that every cloud has its silver lining.
— from Glories of Spain by Charles W. (Charles William) Wood

Over them all stood the exorbitant Corrigan, harrying them like the captain of a galley crew.
— from Sixes and Sevens by O. Henry

To the girl it had seemed that everything concerning her father must be cold and quiet.
— from Triumph of the Egg, and Other Stories by Sherwood Anderson

He could dart so swiftly the eye could hardly follow his form, and by a slight 214 swerve upwards he could spring high into the air above, leaving the sea ten feet or more below him, and then with head pointed gracefully downward, he would plunge into the blue depths, slipping his long, sinuous body so easily into the unresisting medium that there would be hardly a splash to mark his entrance.
— from The Strife of the Sea by T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins) Hains