The gardeners were busy with the flower beds around the fountain, and the freshly turned earth smelled sweet and spicy.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

But because there be many false Prophets "gone out into the world," other men are to examine such Spirits (as St. John advised us, 1 Epistle, Chap.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

But were they ever so secret and successful, the honest man, if he has any tincture of philosophy, or even common observation and reflection, will discover that they themselves are, in the end, the greatest dupes, and have sacrificed the invaluable enjoyment of a character, with themselves at least, for the acquisition of worthless toys and gewgaws.
— from An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals by David Hume

"Yes, my dear sir," said he, "it is my firm belief and hope that these terms of roof and hearth-stone, which have so long been held to embody something sacred, are soon to pass out of men's daily use, and be forgotten.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Qur’án 39:68–69: “And there shall be a blast on the trumpet, and all who are in the heavens and all who are in the earth shall swoon away, save those whom God shall vouchsafe to live.
— from Memorials of the Faithful by `Abdu'l-Bahá

"Here is the enigma," said she, as she brought her to the door.
— from Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The External Sensory Stimuli Affecting Selection in Man—The Four Senses Involved.
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Havelock Ellis

I speak somewhat feelingly on the necessity that every science should answer some practical purpose, because I am aware that the science of language has but little to offer to the utilitarian spirit of our age.
— from Lectures on the Science of Language by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

One word of God the Eternal Son suffices, "And shall not God avenge His own elect which cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them?
— from The Warfare of the Soul: Practical Studies in the Life of Temptation by Shirley Carter Hughson