I shall use no arts that come of the devil, and no elements not created by the hand of God.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

[Pg 998] Let us now add the consideration of the human race.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Fanny agreed to it, and had the pleasure of seeing him continue at the window with her, in spite of the expected glee; and of having his eyes soon turned, like hers, towards the scene without, where all that was solemn, and soothing, and lovely, appeared in the brilliancy of an unclouded night, and the contrast of the deep shade of the woods.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

The cuneiform texts tell us nothing about the cause of the dispute, but tradition generally ascribes it to the creation of man by the supreme God; and it is probable that all the apocryphal stories which describe the expulsion from heaven of the angels who contended against God under the leadership of Satan, or Satnael, or Iblîs, are derived from a Babylonian original which has not yet been found.
— from The Babylonian Legends of the Creation by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir

"And now that we have cleared the way, I would say that the camp guardians have unanimously agreed on giving each of you two young ladies a full set of beads for your achievements of last night, for such achievements touch upon nearly all the crafts of our order.
— from The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea; Or, The Loss of The Lonesome Bar by Janet Aldridge

In utter gratitude and devotion my heart went out to him who was about to place in my keeping the honor of [194] his unsullied name, and the care of his motherless child.
— from Marie Tarnowska by Annie Vivanti

When the automobile drew up noiselessly at the corner of Market Street, a broad enough thoroughfare, but broken and battered in appearance, the only visible forms were those of three or four patrolmen, who were sauntering aimlessly along the sidewalk.
— from One Wonderful Night: A Romance of New York by Louis Tracy

Consequently he was under no apprehension that courtesy or kindness on his part would injure him with his master.
— from The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Volumes 1 and 2 by Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq

Everyone was understandably nervous about the chance of our being discovered and assailed.
— from Inside Earth by Poul Anderson

Tell, O Queen, and reject us not, All that can or that may be told, And healer be to this aching thought, Which one time hovereth, evil-cold, And then from the fires thou kindlest Will Hope be kindled, and hungry Care Fall back for a little while, nor tear The heart that beateth below my breast.
— from The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes by Aeschylus

The surprise was intended to be of a distinctly unpleasant nature, and to come on top of the defeat of the Police who had been just able to keep the Muhammadans from firing the houses of a few leading Hindus.
— from Indian Tales by Rudyard Kipling