Every year I condemn myself to the torture of seeing this animal raking the manure, imagining that he resembles me, and endeavoring, always vainly, to render him some assistance.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

The object of the bombardment was to cut gaps in the barbed wire in front of the Battalion, and for seven minutes the torrent of sound tore and rent the air.
— from The Story of the Munsters at Etreux, Festubert, Rue du Bois and Hulloch by Jessie Louisa Moore Rickard

"They, and they only," says the African Repository, the society's organ, "are qualified for colonizing Africa.
— from The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume VII, Complete The Conflict with Slavery, Politics and Reform, the Inner Life, and Criticism by John Greenleaf Whittier

EAST ENTRANCE Just beyond the parking area, near the foot of the old Serpents Trail, a road turns left to a larger parking area for the Devils Kitchen Picnic Area, where covered tables, grills, and water are available.
— from The Geologic Story of Colorado National Monument Revised Edition by Stanley William Lohman

"They, and they only," says the African Repository, the society's organ, "are qualified for colonizing Africa."
— from The Conflict with Slavery Part 1 from The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume VII by John Greenleaf Whittier

Robert Southey says— "When the poor are incapable of contributing any longer to their own support, they are removed to what is called the workhouse.
— from The White Slaves of England by John C. Cobden