“What a charming place!” Bess remarked, as they reached a small, white, two-story colonial house surrounded by a white picket fence with a gate. Flowers, especially old-fashioned American varieties, grew in profusion in the front yard.”
Source: The Clue in the Old Stagecoach
“...And although thus short, we shorten many ways,
Living so little while we are alive;
In eating, drinking, sleeping, vain delight
So unawares comes on perpetual night,
And puts all pleasures vain unto eternal flight.”
Source: Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1: Colonial through Romantic
“I am _not_ a woman from your village."
His eyes narrowed. "No, you are not, for if you were, you would be grateful for the better fate Connor has won for you with his blood. Rather than thinking only of yourself, you would be beside him now, tending his hurts.”
Source: Defiant
“हमारी जीवन शैली, आज तक अंग्रेजों से प्रभावित हैं ।
अंग्रेजों ने सूर्योदय के देश को सूर्यास्त का उत्सव मनाने वाले देश में तब्दील कर दिया ।”
Source: कितने मोर्चे
“One of the tragic ironies of the second half of the 20th century is that when colonies in the developing world freed themselves from European rule, they often slid back into warfare, this time intensified by modern weaponry, organized militias, and the freedom of young men to defy tribal elders.77 As we shall see in the next chapter, this development is a countercurrent to the historical decline of violence, but it is also a demonstration of the role of Leviathans in propelling the decline.”
Source: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
“Hope may be dangerous, but just like a fire, it can also be warm and comforting.”
Source: Battle of the Bookstores
“It’s alright,” they say, “Of course, there’s beauty there,” but they hold back; you know they have seen or heard of the ugliness and the insularity there. They have experienced the farawayness of it. I have learned to keep silent, not to berate them for their disregard of the Brits’ role in the colonial tragedy of my country.”
Source: Barracuda
“One morning, as he sat at his desk, he heard the sound of a horse's hooves on the path outside his house. He stepped out on to the verandah. There, on a tall grey horse, sat Morgane. 'I've come to have my picture painted,' she said. She took off her hat and her long black hair cascaded below her shoulders. 'You said you would,' she added, before dismounting. She wore a pair of moleskin jodhpurs and a white shirt, open at the neck. Her skin was radiant from the African sun.”
Source: Girl in the Picture
“—El problema, licenciado, es que la mayoría, la inmensa mayoría de los puerroriqueños, no se sienten presos, sino todo lo contrario, se creen libres dentro de la colonia.”
Source: Los Das de Abril: Novela (Coleccion La Montana de Papel)
“I imagined a ball, visitors coming in from all over England, or perhaps a house party. Most of my idea of old houses had come from Downtown Abbey, and I imagined women in delicate Edwardian dresses headed for dinner, ropes of pearls and rubies looped around their thin necks. As if to accommodate my vision, I opened one of the doors to find a peacock-themed room, redolent with the fading colonial era.”
Source: The Art of Inheriting Secrets