“God,” said I, “has shown mercy to us in giving us this excellent boat to save us in our imminent danger; and He seems to say to us now, ‘Go back to the wreck, and rescue your fellow-sufferer.’
— from Frank Mildmay; Or, the Naval Officer by Frederick Marryat

"I have, upon some chance occasion it may be; but since that ugly noise got wind, to which my own ears bear testimony, I was not over-curious to pass within hearing, though it were only the rogues, some said, that were mulcting the flour-sacks."
— from Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby

“But, you know, what you say to us never goes to other ears.
— from Won from the Waves by William Henry Giles Kingston

The relations among allies may at first thought seem to be moral relations, but when we observe closely we see that usually nations go to war together because their common interests are endangered.
— from The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History by G. E. (George Everett) Partridge

With that he took his book, and left An awkward silence to my care, That soon I filled with questions deft And debonair; And slid into an easy vein, The favorite picture of the year; The grouse upon her lord's domain— The salmon weir; Till she could fain a sudden thought Upon neglected guests, and rise, And make us her adieux, with nought In her dark eyes Acknowledging or shame or pain; But just unveiling for our view A little smile of still disdain As she withdrew.
— from Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Jean Ingelow

Therefore the Hellenes, since they use no good way, when I had marched as far as the land of Macedonia, did not come to the resolution of fighting with me.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 2 by Herodotus

People who shut themselves up never get on, Ewen.
— from Lady Connie by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.