I answered that at present I scarcely knew how I felt, except that I ached all over.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

There was one stepping along, proud of his purse; another, of the key he carried behind him, though he had nothing to lock up; another took a pride in his moth-eaten coat; and another, in his mortified body.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

Of that School of Arts and Trades, of which I have been the most enthusiastic supporter and the realization of which I shall greet as the first streak of dawn for these fortunate islands, of that School of Arts and Trades the friars have taken charge—” “Or the cat of the canary, which amounts to the same thing,” added Pecson, in his turn interrupting the speech.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

It is true, however, that it is not customary to pull down all the houses of a town with the single design of rebuilding them differently, and thereby rendering the streets more handsome; but it often happens that a private individual takes down his own with the view of erecting it anew, and that people are even sometimes constrained to this when their houses are in danger of falling from age, or when the foundations are insecure.
— from Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences by René Descartes

Who wouldn't like to give an advice to a poor, ignorant Samana, who is coming from the jackals of the forest?" "Dear Kamala, thus advise me where I should go to, that I'll find these three things most quickly?" "Friend, many would like to know this.
— from Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

On the plate he engraved the true name of God, or the tetragrammaton, and placing it on a cubical stone, known thereafter as the Stone of Foundation, he deposited the whole within the lowest arch.
— from The Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philosophy, Its Legends, Myths and Symbols by Albert Gallatin Mackey

In a way, of course, it is an awful relief, for he has been threatening to take a place in the country ever since I’ve lived with them—and I must say the house and garden are awfully nice—a million times better than that awful cubby-hole in town.
— from Bliss, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

The Amber prince in his genealogies traces the descent of the Mewar [6] family from Rama to Sumitra, through Lava, the eldest brother, and not through Kusa, [7] as in some copies of the Puranas, and in that whence Sir William Jones had his lists [47].
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

Thou needst say no more to him, nor will I say anything more to thee, save to tell thee to bear in mind that this Second Part of "Don Quixote" which I offer thee is cut by the same craftsman and from the same cloth as the First, and that in it I present thee Don Quixote continued, and at length dead and buried, so that no one may dare to bring forward any further evidence against him, for that already produced is sufficient; and suffice it, too, that some reputable person should have given an account of all these shrewd lunacies of his without going into the matter again; for abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued; and scarcity, even in the case of what is bad, confers a certain value.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The only way to avoid this conclusion in connection with the assumed premises is, to maintain that “the infant, from his birth, is a voluntary agent; and thus, in fact, to a certain extent, sinful.”
— from Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. by Wilbur Fisk

But when the season arrives for the revelation of truth, a person is endowed with this degree of knowledge upon whom God bestows the robes of royalty, such as is the Emperor of our time.”
— from Akbar: An Eastern Romance by P. A. S. van (Petrus Abraham Samuel) Limburg Brouwer

That was the question that absorbed public interest, not only in New York, but in baseball circles all over the country.
— from Baseball Joe, Home Run King; or, The Greatest Pitcher and Batter on Record by Lester Chadwick

He did the same [1076] at Thera, and afterwards was at [1077] Thasus: and proceeding in his travels partook of the Cabiritic mysteries in [1078] Samothracia.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Jacob Bryant

At the dull maunderings of a long dead sage, Fling up the windows, fling aside his lies; Choosing to breathe, not stifle and be wise, And let the air pour in upon my cage.
— from Young Adventure: A Book of Poems by Stephen Vincent Benét

Her cause depended upon the replication she was to put in to a plea in special pleading: she thought she saw the way straight before her, and exclaimed vehemently against that love of the crooked path by which her lawyers seemed possessed.
— from Tales and Novels — Volume 07 Patronage [part 1] by Maria Edgeworth

The officer explained that the general was then on the Tigress, which had moved up from below, to a point in the river just above the fort; and not understanding his orders, I concluded to go and see him in person.
— from Project Gutenberg Edition of The Memoirs of Four Civil War Generals by John Alexander Logan

The principal character is, perhaps, one J. Henley Smollet, whose well-to-do father decrees that he shall go to the nearby public school instead of to the aristocratic private institution on which the boy’s heart had been set.
— from The Pirate of Jasper Peak by Cornelia Meigs

"It would go better into a poem," said Claud, tossing a pebble into the water.
— from The Tree of Knowledge: A Novel by Reynolds, Baillie, Mrs.