The inescutcheon, no matter what its position, should never be termed an escutcheon of pretence if it forms a charge upon the original arms.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

But Machiavellianism which is pur, sans mélange, cru, vert, dans toute sa force, dans toute son âpreté, is superhuman, divine, transcendental, and can never be achieved by man—the most he can do is to approximate it.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book I and II by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

young man, disciple, MD, W; iunglenges , pl. , S. Ȝongthe , sb. youth, W; ȝungthe , HD, Prompt.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

The peasants, nonplussed, kept silent; and the white, placid, well-groomed statue seemed to look at M. Massarel with its plaster smile, ineffaceable and sarcastic.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

how must Thou lament thy station, And envy mine! 'Were it possible' said the Friar, 'for Man to be so totally wrapped up in himself as to live in absolute seclusion from human nature, and could yet feel the contented tranquillity which these lines express, I allow that the situation would be more desirable, than to live in a world so pregnant with every vice and every folly.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

In the Latin malus (which I place side by side with μέλας)
— from The Genealogy of Morals The Complete Works, Volume Thirteen, edited by Dr. Oscar Levy. by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

A rational morality would imply perfect self-knowledge, so that no congenial good should be needlessly missed—least of all practical reason or justice itself; so that no good congenial to other creatures would be needlessly taken from them.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

Now, the reasons that make what is present supportable, make what is to come very contemptible; for, with regard to both, we should take care to do nothing low or grovelling, soft or effeminate, mean or abject.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

A portion of the stockade presented the appearance of having been removed, but had in reality only been laid lengthwise, so as to form a very formidable obstacle; while a deep trench dug in rear was crowded with men, who, in perfect security, could fire upon the advancing British, should they fall into the trap which had been laid for them, and attempt to carry the town at this point.
— from The History of the First West India Regiment by A. B. (Alfred Burdon) Ellis

From this we wandered on to speak of the journey for the morrow, which I proposed she should make upon “Charry,” while Fra Miguel and myself accompanied her on foot.
— from Confessions Of Con Cregan, the Irish Gil Blas by Charles James Lever

“You must be very hungry,” said the girl; “wait a moment while I prepare some food.
— from Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo A Record of Intimate Association with the Natives of the Bornean Jungles by Edwin Herbert Gomes

"Wait here for me while I pray," said Jesus.
— from Men Called Him Master by Elwyn A. (Elwyn Allen) Smith

The agora where they meet, with its polished stones, is clearly a place specially constructed for such functions and similar apparently [Pg 385] to the one described in the trial scene depicted on Achilles' shield (
— from The Heroic Age by H. Munro (Hector Munro) Chadwick

The STANDARD says —There is no book of instruction in drawing, no matter what its price, so well calculated to aid self-help as Vere Foster's books.
— from Lessons in the Art of Illuminating A Series of Examples selected from Works in the British Museum, Lambeth Palace Library, and the South Kensington Museum. With Practical Instructions, and a Sketch of the History of the Art by W. J. (William John) Loftie

“I marry when I please,” said the virago.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac