But if the time be passed at which such a choice was possible, and if some superhuman power impel us towards one or the other of these two governments without consulting our wishes, let us at least endeavor to make the best of that which is allotted to us; and let us so inquire into its good and its evil propensities as to be able to foster the former and repress the latter to the utmost.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Just as he took one very high note, someone high up among the audience uttered a loud exclamation: “Auntie!” cried a child’s voice, “why it’s Kashtanka!”
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Helgi and Svava were united, and loved each other ardently.
— from The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Snorri Sturluson

Rows of large pearls mark the upper and lower edges of the rim, from which rise the four crosses-patée and four fleurs-de-lis alternately, adorned with diamonds and other gems.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Many a life has turned upon a few moments' conversation, upon a little encouragement, upon the suggestion of an inspiring book.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

Thus with songs and jesting and laughter that echoed through the deeper and more silent nooks of the forest, the night passed quickly along, as such merry times are wont to do, until at last each man sought his couch and silence fell on all things and all things seemed to sleep.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

When I saw the abbe I told him what had happened, and he uttered a loud exclamation of astonishment.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

He foolishly compelled them to undergo a long, exhausting march, in the scorching sun, and then, without water or other refreshment, ordered them to encamp in this open plain.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

“The Custer Lodge is getting up a little entertainment for their own good, and they'd like a little newspaper notice.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

Certainly one might suppose that, since the empirical character, as the phenomenon of the intelligible, is unalterable, and, like every natural phenomenon, is consistent with itself, man would always have to appear like himself and consistent, and would therefore have no need to acquire a character artificially by experience and reflection.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

They have brain, but not ballast, and their whole life is usually a lopsided effort to "play to the gallery".
— from Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia: Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Isaac George Briggs

Only we can each moment brace ourselves in a kind of resistance against what is evil in us, and leave every door open to the good which comes from without.
— from Letters of a Soldier, 1914-1915 by Eugène Emmanuel Lemercier

The brain is usually at low ebb at three o'clock in the afternoon.
— from Supreme Personality: Fun in Living. A Doubt, Fear, and Worry Cure by Delmer Eugene Croft

You said it leaked and had to be repaired, and this morning—" She glanced up at Louis entreatingly.
— from A Little Girl in Old Washington by Amanda M. Douglas

By the way, he promised us a last edition of Smoke en voyage .
— from The Secrets of a Kuttite An Authentic Story of Kut, Adventures in Captivity and Stamboul Intrigue by Edward O. (Edward Opotiki) Mousley

The whirling figures are interesting and new, [Pg 136] and the child with developed eye and growing artistic taste will delight in their oddity, and yet be able to find opposites and their intermediates and make them as correctly as in the more methodical figures, where the exact right and left balanced the upper and lower extremes.
— from Froebel's Gifts by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

At length, I saw I was admired—I read it in his eyes a thousand times, and no longer unoccupied and listless, every faculty at its fullest stretch, both to feel and to conceal what I felt; for I dreaded either the world, or
— from Kate Vernon: A Tale. Vol. 3 (of 3) by Mrs. Alexander

Catching sight of the small white form gliding along on the other side of the road, it uttered a low exclamation of mingled wonder, awe and superstitious dread.
— from Elsie's Motherhood by Martha Finley

Opposite the president stand tables for the ministers of state; at the upper and lower end of the hall are galleries for the public, and one is specially assigned to the diplomatic body.
— from Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl, Ritter von

This message I obeyed, and underwent a long examination; much I believe to the satisfaction of every Lord present.
— from Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767 and 1768 by Jonathan Carver