It was so peculiar, he never remembered experiencing anything so peculiar before, her way of looking at him with her great eyes, without any respect for him or anyone else, absolutely unembarrassed and free, quite unconcerned whether anybody noticed it or not.
— from Royal Highness by Thomas Mann

He had to transact some important business with a nephew in Orange, New Jersey.
— from Death Points a Finger by Will Levinrew

We all notice in our neighbours this reference to names as guides in criticism, and all furnish illustrations of it in our own practice; for, check ourselves as we will, the first impression from any sort of work must depend on a previous attitude of mind, and this will constantly be determined by the influences of a name.
— from Impressions of Theophrastus Such by George Eliot

There was a noble innocence of nature in him which looked at hypocrisy with a puzzled and incredulous astonishment.
— from The Minister's Wooing by Harriet Beecher Stowe

In other parts of the world, and notably in or near the tropics, the distribution of the rainfall must be specially studied, and a diagram be prepared on the same principle as in the case of fig.
— from River and Canal Engineering, the characteristics of open flowing streams, and the principles and methods to be followed in dealing with them. by E. S. (Edward Skelton) Bellasis

Well, a navy is of no far-fighting value unless we have auxiliary ships and a lot of 'em.
— from The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II by Burton Jesse Hendrick

Our highest and best powers are framed for society; and we are never in our normal state except when in communion with our fellow-men.
— from The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus by F. J. Boudreaux

We should not recommend it to a preceptor to require regular themes at stated periods from his pupils; but whenever he perceives that a young man is struck with any new ideas, or new circumstances, when he is certain that his pupil has acquired a fund of knowledge, when he finds in conversation that words flow readily upon certain subjects, he may, without danger, upon these subjects, excite his pupil to try his powers of writing.
— from Practical Education, Volume I by Richard Lovell Edgeworth

Even the shoemaker worked at night in order not to deprive himself of this meeting.
— from The Shadow of the Cathedral by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

We are now indeed one Nation, one in fact as well as in name; we are united in our devotion to the flag which is the symbol of national greatness and unity; and the very completeness of our union enables us all, in every part of the country, to glory in the valor shown alike by the sons of the North and the sons of the South in the times that tried men's souls.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents