You see,” he began suddenly with extraordinary dignity, “as to what I saw abroad I have already given explanations, and my explanations were found satisfactory, otherwise I should not have been gratifying this town with my presence.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

On the other hand, there are several similarities of method: the frequent combination of narration with exposition, description, argumentation, and pleading; the care exercised in the arrangement of material so as to produce a strong effect at the close (climax); the very general practise of concealing the "point" (dénouement) of a story until the effective moment; and the careful suppression of needless, and therefore hurtful, details.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

This word, though it is vague, is clear enough to keep away good and evil which excite desire and loathing.
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

My uncle, calling me into the room, told him, that we were both very well inclined to rescue him from a way of life that was equally dangerous and dishonourable; and that he should have no scruples in trusting to his gratitude and fidelity, if he had any employment for him, which he thought would suit his qualifications and his circumstances; but that all the departments he had mentioned in his letter, were filled up by persons of whose conduct he had no reason to complain; of consequence he could not, without injustice, deprive any one of them of his bread.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

For it could not help bringing up the unget-aroundable fact that, all gentle cant and philosophizing to the contrary notwithstanding, no people in the world ever did achieve their freedom by goody-goody talk and moral suasion: it being immutable law that all revolutions that will succeed must begin in blood, whatever may answer afterward.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

Mr. Wopsle, conceding his fin with a gracious dignity, was immediately shoved into a dusty corner, while everybody danced a hornpipe; and from that corner, surveying the public with a discontented eye, became aware of me.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

But a number of the passengers were at once attracted by the engineer's proposal, and Colonel Proctor was especially delighted, and found the plan a very feasible one.
— from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

On this occasion the native forces of the triple alliance met at the salt lake of Sambhar, which was made the common boundary of their territory, and its revenues were equally divided amongst them.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

The rank of "free man" did not necessarily require the possession of land; but the position of free men who did not hold fiefs was extremely delicate and often painful, for they were by natural right dependent upon those on whose domain they resided.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

It is not our intention to deny the noble strivings of human nature, nor have we ever done anything to deprecate their value.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

Every word was eagerly devoured, and with the last sentence she could not forbear inquiring— "And Edmund?—surely Edmund Talbot is not"— "What?" sternly inquired her father; "what knowest thou of—?
— from Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby

Success was equally divided at first between the Spanish and the revolutionary forces.
— from The Mentor: Bolivia, vol. 5, Num. 18, Serial 142, November 1, 1917 by E. M. (Edward Manuel) Newman

Nevertheless Lily was every day at Mrs. Thorne's house, and thus a great intimacy grew up between the girls.
— from The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope

Lander, realizing that Governor Stevens would enforce discipline at whatever cost, yielded, professing his readiness to obey instructions, but thereafter he did so according to the letter, not the spirit.
— from The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume 1 (of 2) by Hazard Stevens

The face of the idol was the same as that of the calf, and the hands were evidently disposed and arranged conveniently to receive from the bystanders all that was offered.
— from Fishes, Flowers, & Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths & Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, Rome, India, &c. by Anonymous

The wet wood was lighted with extreme difficulty, and then it smoked greatly under the rain.
— from The Quest of the Four: A Story of the Comanches and Buena Vista by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

And they were ever demanding a perfect embodiment of their conception of heroism.
— from Lincoln, the Politician by T. Aaron Levy

The land about Odessa is a dead level, the road was excessively dry, and we were begrimed with dust when we arrived.
— from Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. 1 (of 2) by John L. Stephens

The world is growing wider every day And our souls broaden with the general progress.
— from The Buddha: A Drama in Five Acts and Four Interludes by Paul Carus