This ever-renewing generation of appearances rests on a reality, and a reality that is alive. Emerson.
This fell sergeant, death, / Is strict in his 35 arrest. Ham., v. 2.
This hand, to tyrants ever sworn the foe, / For freedom only deals the deadly blow: / Then sheathes in calm repose the vengeful blade / For gentle peace in freedom's hallowed shade. John Quincy Adams.
This I think charity—to love God for himself, and our neighbour for God. Sir Thomas Browne.
This is a great—properly the greatest—moment in a man's life, when, reconciling himself to necessity, he is able with clearness of purpose to say, "Let the will of the gods be done." Ed.
"This is a sharp medicine, but it cures all disorders." Raleigh of the axe of his executioner.
This is faith; it is nothing more than obedience. 40 Voltaire.
This is how I define talent; it is a gift God has given us in secret, which we reveal without knowing it. Montesquieu.
This is not a time for purism of style; and style has little to do with the worth or unworth of a book. Carlyle.
This is not the liberty which we can hope, that no grievance should arise in the commonwealth, but when complaints are freely heard, deeply considered, and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for. Milton.