His first look was certainly directed towards Monte Cristo, but the second was for Andrea.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Durosoy's Placards tapestry the walls; Chant du Coq crows day, pecked at by Tallien's Ami des Citoyens.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

since they neither are pleased with the same objects nor like and dislike the same things: for these points will not belong to them as regards one another, and without them it was assumed they cannot be friends because they cannot live in intimacy: and of the case of those who cannot do so we have spoken before.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

But it was a happy and beautiful bride who came down the old, homespun-carpeted stairs that September noon—the first bride of Green Gables, slender and shining-eyed, in the mist of her maiden veil, with her arms full of roses.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Lord Marney who had succeeded in obtaining a place in the Household and was consequently devoted to the institutions of the country, was full of determination to uphold them; but at the same time with characteristic prudence was equally resolved that the property principally protected should be his own, and that the order of his own district should chiefly engage his solicitude.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

But there is only a single conception of a thing possible, which completely determines the thing a priori: that is, the conception of the ens realissimum.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

Having thus set folks’ minds at rest, we came down the brae, and were met at the yard gate (for this place was like a well-doing farm) by a tall, handsome man of more than fifty, who cried out to Alan in the Gaelic.
— from Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

None of the many portraits painted of her, not even Winterhalter's, do her the least justice; no brush can paint and no words can describe her charm.
— from In the Courts of Memory, 1858-1875; from Contemporary Letters by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone

secondly, what changes did it experience in the lapse of time?
— from The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller

The agitation of Columbus no words can describe.
— from Daniel Boone: The Pioneer of Kentucky by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

Much to their credit, however, unshackled by the prejudices which chain down the minds of the common mass of Europe, the experiment has proved that, where thought is free in its range, we need never fear to hazard what is good in itself.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 5 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

Pliny, in the words of his ancient translator, Philemon Holland, tells us “The greater part of Ægypt honour all beetles, and adore them as gods, or at leastwise having 043.png some divine power in them: which ceremoniall devotion of theirs, Appion giveth a subtile and curious reason of; for he doth collect, that there is some resemblance between the operations and works of the Sun, and this flie; and this he setteth abroad, for to colour and excuse his countrymen.”
— from Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions. A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances. by Frank Cowan

We could do with a little more furniture, but all in good time.
— from The Crown of Life by George Gissing

Much was composed during this year.
— from The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Volume 2 by Percy Bysshe Shelley

The Iroquois thought so, and were completely deceived, as they confessed afterwards."
— from Montreal, 1535-1914. Vol. 1. Under the French Régime, 1535-1760 by William H. (William Henry) Atherton

The fathers of the city became faint-hearted; they allowed matters simply to take their course, knowing well that a war protracted without object or end was more pernicious for Italy than the straining of the last man and the last penny, but without that courage and confidence in the nation and in fortune, which could demand new sacrifices in addition to those that had already been lavished in vain.
— from The History of Rome, Book III From the Union of Italy to the Subjugation of Carthage and the Greek States by Theodor Mommsen

We are obliged to accept the fact, unexplained, and we can do no more for vaccination than for the rest.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes