Now whenever things are so that a lot of people feel they ought to be doing something, the weak, and those who go weak with a lot of complicated thinking, always make for a sort of do-nothing religion, very pious and superior, and submit to persecution and the will of the Lord.
— from The War of the Worlds by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Therfore the postle bringith hem to mynde of his conuersacion and trewe preching of the gospel, and excitith hem to be stidfast in the trewe witt and loue of Crist, and to be of oo wil.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

The words and looks of charmers sweet Are oft deceptive—like their feet.
— from Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

" There was a loss of confidence in his voice, and it seemed to me that he hated the peasants as much as Masha.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Oh, what a legend one can set going!
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Establishing and organizing lines of operations and supplies, as well as lines of communications with these lines for detached bodies.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

By the fire stood a ruffianly child, strong in limb and dirty in garb, with a look of Catherine in his eyes and about his mouth.
— from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

“Without any light?” “Of course, or else the people of the house would notice it, and I should not like that.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Idūna ran away from them; she shook them off; she fought quite bravely against them; but they are by no means easy to get rid of; and when, at last, one crept within the folds of her dress, and twisted itself down to her heart, a new, strange feeling thrilled there—a feeling never yet known to any dweller in Asgard.
— from The Heroes of Asgard: Tales from Scandinavian Mythology by Eliza Keary

( she takes whiskey syphon and glass to window, and looks out ) Cray.
— from Lady Huntworth's Experiment: An original comedy in three acts by R. C. (Richard Claude) Carton

Real leisure was impossible to one of Mr. Ware's temperament, but here was a life of comparative leisure; and for Mrs. Ware, who shared all the joys and sorrows of her husband, the twelve years that follow brought a settled existence and very much happiness.
— from Daughters of the Puritans: A Group of Brief Biographies by Seth Curtis Beach

That the consent of the boys' parents to their long and hazardous trip had not been gained without a lot of coaxing and persuasion goes without saying.
— from The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash; or, Facing Death in the Antarctic by John Henry Goldfrap

We state as a result of extensive inquiries, embracing the last fifteen years, that a very great portion of the larger plantations, with from fifty to one hundred slaves, actually bring their proprietors in debt at the end of the short term of years, notwithstanding what would once, in Virginia, have been deemed very sheer economy; that much the larger part of the considerable land-owners are content if they barely meet their plantation expenses without a loss of capital, and that those who make any profit, it will, in 133 none but rare instances, average more than one to one and a half per cent, on the capital invested.
— from Virginia's Attitude Toward Slavery and Secession by Beverley B. (Beverley Bland) Munford

On the stairs they met Miss Clara Clifford with a load of catalogues going up.
— from An Act in a Backwater by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

The Valhalla's schedule had called for them to spend two days on Earth and then leave for Alpha Centauri with a load of colonists for Alpha C IV.
— from Starman's Quest by Robert Silverberg

At this precise moment it was that Ned, the lovely lad, flung his mother from him with brutal force, and that his eyes met those of Sally's baby-treasure, who was gazing upon him with a look of curious terror.
— from The Duchess of Rosemary Lane: A Novel by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

"Men and women," he said, in a voice which although low, one could see was accustomed to being obeyed, "I thank you for your cheers.
— from A Parody Outline of History Wherein May Be Found a Curiously Irreverent Treatment of American Historical Events, Imagining Them as They Would Be Narrated by America's Most Characteristic Contemporary Authors by Donald Ogden Stewart

Whenever we work in this way for a future purpose, we are living on capital and investing it.
— from Political economy by William Stanley Jevons