He also there, pages 107–108, gives a description of the settlement as it was in 1869, and he has elsewhere in the columns of that magazine made important contributions to the immigration history of the years 1838–1840, which now are among the original sources of material for a history of Norwegian immigration.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

The practical difference between this objective sort of moralist and the other one is enormous.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

we must all turn back to the two blank chapters, on the account of which my honour has lain bleeding this half hour——I stop it, by pulling off one of my yellow slippers and throwing it with all my violence to the opposite side of my room, with a declaration at the heel of it—— ——That whatever resemblance it may bear to half the chapters which are written in the world, or for aught I know may be now writing in it—that 237 it was as casual as the foam of Zeuxis his horse; besides, I look upon a chapter which has only nothing in it, with respect; and considering what worse things there are in the world——
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

ential facts find their place in this description, unencumbered with any hypothesis save that of the existence of passing thoughts or states of mind.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Now what crimes were those other sons of mine guilty of like these of Antipater?
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

Some abuse their parents, yea corrupt their own sisters; others make long libels and pasquils, defaming men of good life, and extol such as are lewd and vicious.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

He had been captured, and was kneeling before the firing-party; I interfered, and I saved his life, together with that of some others, M., D., D., B., and that brave-hearted architect Rolland, who when an exile, later on, so ably restored the Brussels Palace of Justice.
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo

I arrived home at the little farm, found a royal, loving welcome from my father and brothers, and more than any other, my little step-sister, who never got tired of stories of my experience.
— from Adventures and Reminiscences of a Volunteer; Or, A Drummer Boy from Maine by George T. Ulmer

These facts would not have caused any talk, since the two persons who had died were both very old, had they not been followed almost immediately by the deaths of the old servant of Monsieur Noirtier and of Valentine, the blooming daughter of the procureur du roi, and the bride of a young officer named Morrel, under circumstances which looked very much like poisoning.
— from The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I by Jules Lermina

In this association I was conscious of a deep tinge of sentiment on my own part, a circumstance not without its queerness, considering how very distant the acquaintance really was.
— from Ponkapog Papers by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

We too have had more than our share of misery …
— from Jean-Christophe in Paris: The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House by Romain Rolland

And so, side by side, as he had once seen Bonaventure and Sidonie go, they went, Claude and Marguerite, away from all windings of disappointment, all shadows of doubt, all shoals of misapprehension, out upon the open sea of mutual love.
— from Bonaventure: A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana by George Washington Cable

Finally, her love of existence was not greater than her love of power; but her ambition was of that towering kind which women seldom feel, and superior even to the ordinary spirit of man."
— from Women of the Romance Countries (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 6 (of 10) by John R. (John Robert) Effinger

She could hear the occasional sound of Mr. Bellows’ creaking boots and his loud authoritative voice, as he answered questions and arranged the chairs, which two of the shabby men under his direction were bringing from various parts of the house.
— from To the Highest Bidder by Florence Morse Kingsley

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