"I remember one spring evening I met him on the sand-hills.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

I felt the beneficial result of such excitement, in a renewal of those pleasing flights of fancy to which I had long been a stranger.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

‘It is not merely, my pet,’ said I, ‘that we lose money and comfort, and even temper sometimes, by not learning to be more careful; but that we incur the serious responsibility of spoiling everyone who comes into our service, or has any dealings with us.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

His reflections on success evince it was his due: “Not to me, O God!
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

I well remember one spring evening I and Rory had been out for the day.
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

That liberation, it is evident, can never be brought about, without either some very considerable augmentation of the public revenue, or some equally considerable reduction of the public expense.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

at this rate our seven Elk will last us only 3 days longer, yet no one seems much concerned about the state of the stores; so much for habit.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Although I find them difficult to translate, yet I think they are the loveliest pieces of Latin poetry I have read or shall ever read.
— from The Story of My Life With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Helen Keller

The other sort of man, however pre-eminent may be his faculties, arrives slowly at complete command of them: rapidity of judgment and promptitude of judicious action, even in the things he knows best, are the gradual and late result of strenuous effort grown into habit.
— from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

By Rev. Gabriel A. Healy, Rector of St. Edward's Church, New York.
— from Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 by Various

Strong as thou art, thy power is insufficient for the repetition of such a scene, for the complete revival of such ecstacy!
— from The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Thomas Holcroft

The following hearty appeals were made to the ratepayers at this memorable Dudley fight for Mr. Samuel Cook’s innate principles of civil and religious freedom:— [Pg 150] TO THE RATEPAYERS OF ST. EDMUND’S DISTRICT, DUDLEY.
— from The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country, From 1800 to 1860 Also an Account of the Trials and Sufferings of Dud Dudley, with His Mettallum Martis: Etc. by C. F. G. Clark

After this event, he seems to have returned to England, and in 1708 succeeded to the title of Baronet, as representative of Sir Erasmus Driden.
— from The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author by Walter Scott

Every offense committed by any member of his crew for which it is intended to prosecute, or to enforce a forfeiture, together with such statement concerning the reading over such entry, and concerning the reply, if any, made to the charge, as is required by the provisions of section forty-five hundred and ninety-seven.
— from The Men on Deck: Master, Mates and Crew, Their Duties and Responsibilities by Felix Riesenberg

We remarked above, that scientific works in Poland were mostly written in Latin; and since the case with them is different from that of historical works,—because, as the results of scientific examination and discovery, they are independent of the country where they are written, and belong to the world,—we therefore mention here only those works which were published in the Polish language.
— from Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations With a Sketch of Their Popular Poetry by Talvj

“And in it you say that you wish to treat with me for the release of seventeen Englishmen sent here as prisoners from Nombre de Dios.
— from The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer by Harry Collingwood

More than thirty years ago, Lemontey, developing a remark of Smith, exposed the demoralizing and homicidal influence of the division of labor.
— from System of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of Misery by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon