If the one proposed any amusement, the other constantly objected to it: they never loved or hated, commended or abused, the same person.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

But Levin was in love, and so it seemed to him that Kitty was so perfect in every respect that she was a creature far above everything earthly; and that he was a creature so low and so earthly that it could not even be conceived that other people and she herself could regard him as worthy of her.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

In Lucian's account of Alexander, the false prophet, which we have condensed in Ancient Faiths , second edition, there is a reference to one of his dupes, who was a distinguished Roman officer, but so very superstitious, or, as he would say of himself, so deeply imbued with religion, that at the sight of a stone he would fall prostrate and adore it for a considerable time, offering prayers and vows thereto.
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, on the Assyrian Sacred "Grove," and Other Allied Symbols by Thomas Inman

Arrived now, definitely, at an apex for these Vistas, I confess that the promulgation and belief in such a class or institution—a new and greater literatus order—its possibility, (nay certainty,) underlies these entire speculations—and that the rest, the other parts, as superstructures, are all founded upon it.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

At the moment when Jean Valjean paused in front of the bed, this cloud parted, as though on purpose, and a ray of light, traversing the long window, suddenly illuminated the Bishop’s pale face.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

In a democracy private citizens see a man of their own rank in life, who rises from that obscure position, and who becomes possessed of riches and of power in a few years; the spectacle excites their surprise and their envy, and they are led to inquire how the person who was yesterday their equal is to-day their ruler.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

This is the only pragmatic application of the substance-idea with which I am acquainted; and it is obvious that it will only be treated seriously by those who already believe in the 'real presence' on independent grounds.
— from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James

We must, therefore, turn to the other side, and suppose that our perceptions are no longer interrupted, but preserve a continued as well as an invariable existence, and are by that means entirely the same.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

This affiliation had accredited him to a Dutch lodge, and it seems that, either spontaneously or in response to a request, he thought of proposing an organization of which we possess the plan, written not by his hand....
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

“Women,” wrote the professors of love, in that time of peace and enjoyment, “can be divided into four classes.
— from Women of India by Otto Rothfield

However, his offences carry their own punishment, and I have nothing to say against him.”
— from Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 by Charles Herbert Sylvester

As redemptioners many rogues came hither, sure thus of passage across-seas and trusting to luck or craft to escape the succeeding years of bound labor.
— from Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle

"Gentlemen," the old professor addressed the little group gathered in the office allotted them in the I. T. C. building, "as you know, this is the tenth.
— from The Moon Destroyers by Monroe K. Ruch

This was done, and the evening meal had been taken, and Thekla had gone to bed before some flashes of lightning made the two sisters wish to see the other pair at home, especially as Vera was much afraid of lightning, and Paula apt to be made quite ill by it.
— from Modern Broods; Or, Developments Unlooked For by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

MARY sits at the table opposite, pecking at a walnut.
— from Complete Plays of John Galsworthy by John Galsworthy

It was not his mental weakness that repelled her, for he was virile enough; nor was it the touch of provincialism against which his [Pg 346] intelligence struggled.
— from A Bed of Roses by Walter Lionel George

Mediocre natures continued to rehearse the old platitudes and tread the slippery middle courses of one orthodoxy or another; but distinguished minds could no longer treat such survivals as more than allegories, historic or mythical illustrations of general spiritual truths.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

— Antalkidas goes up with Tiribazus to Susa — his success at the Persian court — he brings down the terms of peace asked for by Sparta, ratified by the Great King, to be enforced by Sparta in his name.
— from History of Greece, Volume 09 (of 12) by George Grote