The barriers of individualism, in which are situated both the sense of identity, and the loneliness which the sense of being oneself brings, are drawn up like the sluices of a lock, letting the pour of external things, of sun and sea and human beings into the quiet sundered pool.
— from Up and Down by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

It is a somewhat striking fact that this substance, which has conclusively proved itself to be the most potent of all known artificial agents in the promotion of vegetable growth, should be found in a district utterly lacking the slightest traces of vegetation of any kind.
— from Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman

"I mean that the spirit of Mirza is to this day loose upon the world, and is forced, by a deathless, unnatural longing to seek incarnation in a human body.
— from Brood of the Witch-Queen by Sax Rohmer

“She’s a dear, unworldly little thing,” said the philosopher absently; “more like the stage people of my young days—folk of simple manners.
— from Alexander's Bridge by Willa Cather

Now that he knew where to find her, he became possessed by a deep, unreasoning longing to see Rosaleen once more—even if a meeting could only result in pain for him, in shame for her.
— from Studies in Wives by Marie Belloc Lowndes