Conceive therefore that, for Nature, the doing of her work and the fulfilling of her purposes are, as it were, her health; and welcome all that happens, even should it seem hard fortune, because it tends to the health of the Universe, and to the prosperity and felicity of Zeus.
— from The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus A new rendering based on the Foulis translation of 1742 by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

I know that he exists Somewhere, in silence.
— from Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete by Emily Dickinson

It was useless for me to explain to him that his presence was an intrusion, for my Italian was even more limited than his English, so I shrugged my shoulders resignedly, and continued to look out anxiously for my friend.
— from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Huns eventually settled in south-eastern Europe, and their dominion dwindled away.
— from The Roman Empire in the Light of Prophecy The Rise, Progress, and End of the Fourth World-empire by W.E. (William Edwy) Vine

A great general with similar resources at his command would certainly have annihilated the blacks much more quickly than Mowaffak did; the latter in the campaign plays the part rather of the prudent statesman who acts only with hesitation, does not place much at stake, and strives towards his end slowly, if surely.
— from Sketches from Eastern History by Theodor Nöldeke

Though the Queen's sweet voice trembled, though her eyes said, "I sorrow with you," Madame von Stork would not be comforted.
— from Two Royal Foes by Eva Annie Madden

But the most obsequious of English Parliaments might be regarded as an independent and high spirited assembly when compared with any Parliament that had ever sate in Scotland; and the servile spirit of Scottish Parliaments was always to be found in the highest perfection, extracted and condensed, among the Lords of Articles.
— from The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Madame is a good deal altered in the course of the twelve years that have elapsed since I saw her, but says she is much better than she was.
— from Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Thomas Henry Huxley

Serang-Palo, our Malay cook, made haste at the galleys to dress them a little arrowroot with condensed milk; and before half an hour the younger boy was sitting up in Jim's arms with his eyes and mouth wide open, craving eagerly for the nice warm mess we were obliged to dole out to his enfeebled stomach in sparing spoonfuls, and with a trifle of color already returning to his pale [pg 39] cheeks.
— from Wednesday the Tenth, A Tale of the South Pacific by Grant Allen

"And from the light in your eyes, and that hopeful, exultant smile, I suspect," said Uncle Richard, "that you have found the fair damsel who is to reign queen of this goodly domain, this new Crestlands.
— from Crestlands: A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Mary Addams Bayne