He first takes their property, and when that fails, and pleasures are beginning to swarm in the hive of his soul, then he breaks into a house, or steals the garments of some nightly wayfarer; next he proceeds to clear a temple.
— from The Republic by Plato

I saw the glint of a knife, and I lashed at him with the hammer.
— from The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle

The streets swarm strangely with busy crowds, pacific yet restless and loquacious; at intervals, is seen the gleam of military muskets; especially about the Palais, where Parlement, once more on duty, sits querulous, almost tremulous.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

And Harold stands upon this place of skulls, The grave of France, the deadly Waterloo!
— from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

Still they go on, just as before, in a sort of droning panegyric on themselves, talking of these regulations as prodigies of wisdom; and, instead of appealing to those who are most affected and the best judges, they turn round in a perpetual circle of their own reasonings and pretences; they hand you over from one of their own pamphlets to another: "See," say they, "this demonstrated in the 'Regulations of the Colonies.'" "See this satisfactorily proved in 'The Considerations.'
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

These unforeseen stoppages, which I own I had no conception of when I first set out;—but which, I am convinced now, will rather increase than diminish as I advance,—have struck out a hint which I am resolved to follow;—and that is,—not to be in a hurry;—but to go on leisurely, writing and publishing two volumes of my life every year;—which, if I am suffered to go on quietly, and can make a tolerable bargain with my bookseller, I shall continue to do as long as I live.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

Often on the street the glance of strange eyes had lingered in her memory, and sometimes had disturbed her.
— from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin

You must therefore be content to slubber the gloss of your new fortunes with this more stubborn and boisterous expedition.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

And again, as a young man, when the ever rising, upward fleeing, goal of all thinking had ripped him out of and up from the multitude of those seeking the same goal, when he wrestled in pain for the purpose of Brahman, when every obtained knowledge only kindled new thirst in him, then again he had, in the midst of the thirst, in the midst of the pain felt this very same thing: "Go on!
— from Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

But you of your plenty will charter a ship to go out and fetch this poor man?"
— from The Admirable Lady Biddy Fane Her Surprising Curious Adventures In Strange Parts & Happy Deliverance From Pirates, Battle, Captivity, & Other Terrors; Together With Divers Romantic & Moving Accidents As Set Forth By Benet Pengilly (Her Companion In Misfortune & Joy), & Now First Done Into Print by Frank Barrett

While the energy of the labourers has merely resulted in a bottle, or a cage, we may say, of sufficient strength, the genius of the man who directed them has captured and imprisoned an elemental slave in it, who, so long as the cage confines him, will supplement the efforts of human muscle with his own.
— from A Critical Examination of Socialism by W. H. (William Hurrell) Mallock

In order to secure the greatest obedience he deemed it necessary to secure such tenants as differed from the people near him in manners, language, and religion, and that class trained to whom the strictest personal dependence was perfectly familiar.
— from An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean

"Besides, I always told you that the only possible place to live in in town was the top left-hand corner of the Hotel Cecil, with this view up the river, and a nice open breezy space in front of you." Lord Crosland, who was walking up and down the room as he talked, stopped to gaze out of the window at Westminster, and Sir Tancred lighted another cigarette.
— from The Admirable Tinker Child of the World by Edgar Jepson

Abe seized the glass of ice-water and flung its contents into Pincus Levin's face.
— from Abe and Mawruss: Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter by Montague Glass

At the head of the cove was a stony beach, a valley covered with wood, and a stream of fresh water, so that there was every thing we could expect to find in such a place, or rather more; for we shot three geese out of four that we saw, and caught some young ones, which we afterwards let go.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 by Robert Kerr

"Keep thy peace about it," says Eyjolf, "and then we shall be sure to gain our point."
— from The Story of Burnt Njal: The Great Icelandic Tribune, Jurist, and Counsellor by Unknown

And should these few sink in the struggle the greatness of the ideal is proven in the last hour; as they fall their country awakens to their dream, and he who inspired and sustained them is justified; justified against the whole race, he who once stood alone against them.
— from Principles of Freedom by Terence J. (Terence Joseph) MacSwiney

He seems to give one reason for hating and dreading oneself.
— from Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol. 1 of 2) by John Morley