As God is surrounded by persons full of charity, who ask of Him the blessings of charity that are in His power, so ... Recognise then and learn that you are only a king of lust, and take the ways of lust.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

The entrance hall was mostly stripped and empty; but the pale, sneering faces of one or two of the wicked Ogilvies looked down out of black periwigs and blackening canvas.
— from The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

There, out of sight, Under the hanging, a sharp nail was stuck: It pricked him deeply, by the worst of luck.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

That we our largest bounty may extend Where nature doth with merit challenge.—Goneril, Our eldest born, speak first.
— from The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare

OF THE WAGES OF LABOUR.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

To avoid it, I own, would have been the work of literary talent: I tried, but without success.
— from On Love by Stendhal

Not only were the passengers carried free of charge, but they were offered light refreshments gratis as well!
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore

I avoid entering upon a discussion as to whether our language means the same or distinct things by the words anxiety, fear or fright.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

There is only one perfect flower in the wilderness of Life.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

It will require a determined heart and more than a little courage to wrench ourselves loose from the grip of our times and return to Biblical ways.
— from The Pursuit of God by A. W. (Aiden Wilson) Tozer

You are not surprised to learn that it has been brought about through the efforts of a few earnest and faithful missionaries who have given their lives to the work of lifting up this people.
— from The Pansy Magazine, Vol. 15, Dec. 1887 by Various

He subsequently commanded, we believe, the first steamer on the waters of Lake Ontario, the Princess Charlotte , which plied, as regularly as could be expected from a steamer of fifty years back, between the Bay of Quinté, Kingston, and Prescott.
— from History of the settlement of Upper Canada (Ontario,) with special reference to the Bay Quinté by William Canniff

There were other lines as well.
— from Project Daedalus by Thomas Hoover

The writings of Lafcadio Hearn.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1950 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

The natives had previously built a number of dams parallel to each other across the river in a shallow and still reach, and they now proceeded to bale out the water from each inclosure until there was only liquid ooze left, in which the fishes hid, and whence they were presently scooped up by hundreds of natives armed with calabashes.
— from A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland The adventures, observations & experiences of a cinematograph actress in West African forests whilst collecting films depicting native life and when posing as the white woman in Anglo-African cinematograph dramas by Meg Gehrts

Brother Ivins and my son riding ahead of the wagon, our little watch dog that had been of great service to us many times, gave notice that someone was approaching in the road.
— from Forty Years Among the Indians A true yet thrilling narrative of the author's experiences among the natives by Daniel W. (Daniel Webster) Jones

That is to say:— "'The whole of Lower Silesia, Neisse Town included; Neisse River for boundary:—Glatz withal.
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 13 by Thomas Carlyle

[Pg 88] the girl kneeling on the rough board floor, her sightless eyes raised to the wall of logs and mud, her frantic prayer to have this only brother kept safe and sent back to her; but, if he were about to sin a certain sin, to strike him dead.
— from Sunlight Patch by Credo Fitch Harris

George at the Wheel; or, Life in a Pilot House.
— from Footprints in the Forest by Edward Sylvester Ellis