It is something that rays out of darkness, and inspires nothing but gloom and melancholy.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

On the other hand, there is a view of defence which asserts that safety for one's self, the real object of defensive preparation, is best secured by attacking the enemy.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

The earth, the sea, the radiant orb of day, The star-bespangled sky, the moon's soft lustre, These are all beautiful—the rest is fear And sorrow; and if aught of good may seem To bless thy lot, count it not happiness.
— from Margaret Capel: A Novel, vol. 2 of 3 by Ellen Wallace

On the left hand is seen the ruins of old Delhi,[247] called the Seven Castles and Fifty-two Gates, now only inhabited by Gogars , or cattle herds.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Robert Kerr

In that enchanted period of life, known as “before the War,” we used often to discuss the desirability of moving to an uninhabited island and spending the rest of our days there in unalloyed peace.
— from Between the Larch-woods and the Weir by Flora Klickmann

We have our full share of original sin; need, Page 175 greed, and vainglory beset us as they do other mortals; and our progress is, for the most part, like that of a tacking ship, the resultant of opposite divergencies from the straight path.
— from Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley

Gleefully they obeyed, and soon the roar of our deck gun echoed formidably along the slopes, as had no gun since the salt-seeking Union navy, in the Civil War, had pounded at the gates of Edouard’s father: and until scores of coots and rail chattered in excited chorus for answer, and long clouds of wild ducks arose and circled over the marsh.
— from The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive by Emerson Hough

But at any rate the remainder of the time thou hadst to live was short: and I should have lived and she the rest of our days, and I should not, bereft of her, be groaning at my miseries.
— from The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides

Now these same islands looked like creatures whose heads had been cut off, or like vast sarcophagi, like anything in short that reminds one of death and the grave.
— from Peru in the Guano Age Being a Short Account of a Recent Visit to the Guano Deposits, with Some Reflections on the Money They Have Produced and the Uses to Which It Has Been Applied by A. J. (Alexander James) Duffield

We'll spend the rest of our days in that nigger village back there.
— from Nedra by George Barr McCutcheon

So since a daily cup or two the thin end of the wedge is, And since this revelation of our danger has been made, We all will wear red ribbons and will sign the strictest pledges, And speedily inaugurate an "Anti-Tea" crusade.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, January 12th, 1895 by Various