The Individual Totem and the Sexual Totem I.—Individual totem as a forename; its sacred character—Individual totem as personal emblem—Bonds between the man and his individual totem—Relations with the collective totem 157 II.—The totems of sexual groups—Resemblances and differences with the collective and individual totems—Their tribal nature 165 CHAPTER V Origins of these Beliefs Critical Examination of Preceding Theories I.—Theories which derive totemism from a previous religion: from the ancestor cult (Wilken and Tylor); from the nature cult (Jevons)—Criticism of these theories 168 II.—Theories which derive collective totemism from individual totemism—Origins attributed by these theories to the individual totem (Frazer, Boas, Hill Tout)—Improbability of these hypotheses—Reasons showing the priority of the collective totem 172 III.—Recent theory of Frazer: conceptional and local totemism—The begging of the question upon which it rests—The religious character of the totem is denied—Local totemism is not primitive 180 IV.—Theory of Lang: that the totem is only a name—Difficulties in explaining the religious character of totemic practices from this point of view 184 V.—All these theories explain totemism only by postulating other religious notions anterior to it 186 CHAPTER VI Origins of these Beliefs —( continued )
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

A third young lady said it was elegant, and a fourth expressed her opinion that it was ‘swan-like.’
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

But associated with it, and done under its cover, we find a great number of secondary activities and features.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

Town names and a few appellatives have a locative case in -ī : as, Ephesī , in Ephesus ; humī , on the ground ; bellī , in war .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Nicholas cheerfully undertook the errand, and bidding his worthy uncle an affectionate farewell, which that warm-hearted old gentleman acknowledged by a growl, hastened away to execute his commission.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

‘Here, mistress,’ said Quilp, turning quickly away, and appealing from Kit to his mother.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

I was not quite confident as to my Faust Overture because of its zephyr-like ending, which I presumed could only be appreciated by an audience already familiar with my methods.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

One of the first letters from the new lodgings Lamb whimsically addressed as from "The Garden of England."
— from Charles Lamb by Walter Jerrold

Il cui padre Venturino era stato approvato cittadino originario il 29 Octobre 1629 apparteneva alla famiglia Della Vecchia, la quali venne dal territorio di Bergamo, ed era detto da principio, Cornovi. "...
— from The Gate of Remembrance The Story of the Psychological Experiment which Resulted in the Discovery of the Edgar Chapel at Glastonbury by Frederick Bligh Bond

Did these last exercise so great an attraction for the crows as they do for starlings, the smaller birds would be crowded out by their larger rivals, and the Bombax tree would be black with squawking corvi.
— from Jungle Folk: Indian Natural History Sketches by Douglas Dewar

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— from Richard Carvel — Volume 06 by Winston Churchill

As then (for I now return from my digression), I advise to avoid stilted and bombastic language, so again do I urge to avoid a finical and petty style of speech; for tall talk is unpopular, and petty language makes no impression.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

Emigrants might subsist here at a very cheap rate; and the isle is tenable against any force so long as we remain masters of the sea.
— from Travels in the interior of Brazil with notices on its climate, agriculture, commerce, population, mines, manners, and customs: and a particular account of the gold and diamond districts. by John Mawe

As we entered the woods Gen. Roger A. Pryor and a few men came out and moved off to the left, along the edge of the field.
— from Personal Reminiscences of the War of 1861-5 In Camp—en Bivouac—on the March—on Picket—on the Skirmish Line—on the Battlefield—and in Prison by W. H. (William Henry) Morgan

Add to these a colder nature and a far colder affection; for Alfred loved his father dearly.
— from Hard Cash by Charles Reade

There was much speculation as it bore down upon them; at last the raft touched the Avalanche , and its sole occupant, worn out with hunger, thirst, anxiety, and fear, was helped up the side of the Avalanche , and fell upon the deck in a faint that looked uncommonly like death.
— from Unvarnished Tales by William Mackay