This was enough to check the tender respectful boy even in his mid-career; and he immediately drew out the sweet cause of my complaint, whilst his eyes eloquently expressed, at once, his grief for hurting me, and his reluctance at dislodging from quarters, of which the warmth and closeness had given him a gust of pleasure, that he was now desire mad to satisfy, and yet too much a novice not to be afraid of my withholding his relief, on account of the pain he had put me to.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

She followed him with her eyes, envied everyone to whom he spoke, had scarcely patience enough to help anybody to coffee; and then was enraged against herself for being so silly!
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

She followed him with her eyes, envied every one to whom he spoke, had scarcely patience enough to help anybody to coffee; and then was enraged against herself for being so silly!
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

He prayed long before he was heard, expectans expectavit ; endured much before he was relieved.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

In the first place, they will have either extremely eccentric orbits or non-elliptic paths.
— from Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative; Vol. 1 of 3 Library Edition (1891), Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and Various other Additions. by Herbert Spencer

Things so simple that really they seem silly:— That, as the traveller does not appropriate the route which he traverses, so the farmer does not appropriate the field which he sows; That if, nevertheless, by reason of his industry, a laborer may appropriate the material which he employs, every employer of material becomes, by the same title, a proprietor; That all capital, whether material or mental, being the result of collective labor, is, in consequence, collective property; That the strong have no right to encroach upon the labor of the weak, nor the shrewd to take advantage of the credulity of the simple; Finally, that no one can be forced to buy that which he does not want, still less to pay for that which he has not bought; and, consequently, that the exchangeable value of a product, being measured neither by the opinion of the buyer nor that of the seller, but by the amount of time and outlay which it has cost, the property of each always remains the same.
— from What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon

If I could have hurried him into the privacy of the grave I would have exerted every effort, but before the laws of the country I was powerless.
— from Ancestors: A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

For these French terms we have equally expressive English words.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 05, November 1884, No. 2 by Chautauqua Institution

It pleased the Lord to show me the importance of this remark; for whilst at that very time I was exhorting every one to receive nothing which could not be proved by the word of God, I had repeatedly spoken against believers' baptism, without having ever earnestly examined the Scriptures, or prayed concerning it; and now I determined, if God would help me, to examine that subject also, and if infant baptism were found to be scriptural, I would earnestly defend it; and if believers' baptism were right, I would as strenuously defend that, and be baptized.
— from A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller. Part 1 by George Müller

Doubtless he would have escaped easily enough from ordinary soldiers; but his pursuers were made of different stuff.
— from Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools by Francis Kingsley Ball

He had been familiar with it for only about two years; in that time he had performed his part as a clerk to the entire satisfaction of his employers; but he had not gained sufficient knowledge of the principles of trade, nor was his experience enlarged enough to justify his entering into business, especially as he did not possess a dollar of real capital.
— from Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

But it is doubtful whether he ever even entered upon these duties, since he died soon after he had been entrusted with them.
— from The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Edition by Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre

During the four years from 1898 to 1902, which were continuously spent in the regions about North Greenland, we had every experience, except death, that had ever fallen to the lot of the explorers who had preceded us, and more than once we looked death squarely in the face.
— from A Negro Explorer at the North Pole by Matthew Alexander Henson