But there were other persons associated with these recollections, and many changes came about before they had being.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

The richest and most complex forms—and the term "higher type" means no more than this—perish more easily: only the lowest succeed in maintaining their apparent imperishableness.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Curcumin is eliminated by the urine, which it colors yellow, and if at the same time an alkali be taken by the patient, especially a salt of calcium, the urine becomes red and may communicate this stain to the clothes.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

Among the rest a man came trudging along, and driving a cow to the fair.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

The Development of the Cafés Coffee's vogue spread rapidly, and many cabaréts and famous eating houses began to add it to their menus.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Il porta plainte devant le bourgmestre, et demanda qu'on lui rendît au moins ce qu'il avait payé pour le droit d'entrée.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

The rat and mouse cannot be considered as domestic animals, but they have been transported by man to many parts of the world, and now have a far wider range than any other rodent; for they live under the cold climate of Faroe in the north and of the Falklands in the south, and on many an island in the torrid zones.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

This instance is selected from among a multitude that might be cited to confirm the truth already advanced and illustrated by domestic examples; which is, that nations pay little regard to rules and maxims calculated in their very nature to run counter to the necessities of society.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

If rank and money come with love and virtue, also, I should accept them gratefully, and enjoy your good fortune, but I know, by experience, how much genuine happiness can be had in a plain little house, where the daily bread is earned, and some privations give sweetness to the few pleasures.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

If she took the bolder course, she could explain her revelations as monitions coming to her through texts in Scripture, and here she was certain of Cotton’s support.
— from The Emancipation of Massachusetts by Brooks Adams

My Christian name was Ralph, and my comrades added to this the name of Rover, in consequence of the passion which I always evinced for travelling.
— from The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Owing to the difficulties of translation the text of the treaty, in Chinese, Russian, and Manchurian, contained some obscurities, particularly in regard to the frontier line.
— from A History of China by Wolfram Eberhard

"I wasn't reasoning against my conviction, Tyrrell," said Mr. Driesen, grinning at him in return; "But I was certainly reasoning against my own interest, which is what a man seldom does in the world, let me tell you.
— from Charles Tyrrell; or, The Bitter Blood. Volumes I and II by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

It was said, a banditti of students from one of the colleges had actually taken the road, and made Carl Moor their model.
— from Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various

But the great South African fish is the tiger-fish, confined, unhappily, to sub-tropical rivers and malarial country.
— from The African Colony: Studies in the Reconstruction by John Buchan

It is only in the vallies, and occasional plains, that a richer and more carbonaceous soil has accumulated.
— from The Indian in his Wigwam; Or, Characteristics of the Red Race of America From Original Notes and Manuscripts by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Jonathan turned out, at the end of the Bull baiting, to have been neither a fool nor a coward: and the American Congress received a memorable compliment from Lord Chatham—“ For genuine sagacity, for singular moderation, for manly spirit, for sublime sentiments, and simplicity of language, for everything respectable and honorable, the Congress of Philadelphia shines unrivalled .”
— from Dealings with the Dead, Volume 2 (of 2) by Lucius M. (Lucius Manlius) Sargent