Think what it is to a boy, to grow up to manhood in the [Pg 149] belief that without any merit or any exertion of his own, though he may be the most frivolous and empty or the most ignorant and stolid of mankind, by the mere fact of being born a male he is by right the superior of all and every one of an entire half of the human race: including probably some whose real superiority to himself he has daily or hourly occasion to feel; but even if in his whole conduct he habitually follows a woman's guidance, still, if he is a fool, she thinks that of course she is not, and cannot be, equal in ability and judgment to himself; and if he is not a fool, he does worse—he sees that she is superior to him, and believes that, notwithstanding her superiority, he is entitled to command and she is bound to obey.
— from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

When in the oracle of a married consultant, this card appears reversed, and near to her representative, its primary signification is pregnancy , which in her case can be expressed by the following synonyms: Conception; maternity; accouchement; childbirth.
— from Telling Fortunes by Cards A Symposium of the Several Ancient and Modern Methods as Practiced by Arab Seers and Sibyls and the Romany Gypsies by Mohammed Ali

“How funny!” laughed Virginia, “because see, here are all the hooks right in plain sight,” and she pointed under the stairs.
— from Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds by Lucy Sprague Mitchell

Every plant that had rejoiced in passing such a winter now was cowering, turned away, unfit to meet the consequence.
— from Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

He has a wedding face and a funeral face, but never forgets himself and cries over the bride or laughs at the mourners; he is great as a sexton, but it is only in his character of master of ceremonies at a party, that he rises into positive sublimity—he is the consoler of aspiring unfashionables, who have got plenty of money, and want to cut a swell, but don't know how to begin.
— from The History and Records of the Elephant Club by Edward F. (Edward Fitch) Underhill

There must be some fear that the agitation that has reigned in Paris since yesterday may spread."
— from The Galley Slave's Ring; or, The Family of Lebrenn A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 by Eugène Sue

7. Groups intending to join the organization must, after they have recognized its principles, send their application and list of members to the groups located nearest to them, whose duty it is then to forward such application to the Bureau of Information.
— from Anarchy and Anarchists A History of the Red Terror and the Social Revolution in America and Europe; Communism, Socialism, and Nihilism in Doctrine and in Deed; The Chicago Haymarket Conspiracy and the Detection and Trial of the Conspirators by Michael J. Schaack

Blood had been shed; it was seen the sword must decide the event; and from this time the American Congress may be said to have remained in permanent session until the government under the Constitution was inaugurated.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 23, April, 1876-September, 1876. A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

This Hotel Ravenna is probably some café, restaurant, or saloon in Soho, frequented by foreigners—a place where, perhaps, a man can get a room for a night or two.
— from The Herapath Property by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher