The meanings with which activities become charged, concern nature and man.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

By and by comes Chapman, the periwigg-maker, and upon my liking it, without more ado I went up, and there he cut off my haire, which went a little to my heart at present to part with it; but, it being over, and my periwigg on, I paid him L3 for it; and away went he with my owne haire to make up another of, and I by and by, after I had caused all my mayds to look upon it; and they conclude it do become me; though Jane was mightily troubled for my parting of my own haire, and so was Besse, I went abroad to the Coffeehouse, and coming back went to Sir W. Pen and there sat with him and Captain Cocke till late at night, Cocke talking of some of the Roman history very well, he having a good memory.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

These associations, animated by Christian charity, took upon them to invoke the blessings of heaven on all members of the fraternity, and to assist those who were either laid by through sickness or want of work, and to take care of the widows and to help the orphans of the less prosperous craftsmen.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

Now A and a are similars; therefore no association by contiguity can occur except through a previous association by similarity.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

If the agonies of a moment could expiate the crimes of a whole life, or if the outrages inflicted on a breathless corpse could be the object of pity, our humanity might perhaps be affected by the horrid circumstances which accompanied the murder of Rufinus.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Inasmuch as by common consent the soul communicates with the outer world only through these signs, and never comes nearer to the object than such signs can bring it, it follows that the principles of interpretation must be in the mind itself, and that the resulting construction is primarily only an expression of the mind's own nature.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

A bad composition carries with it its own punishment, contempt and ridicule.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

By this means, and by continuous circularization and correspondence, the trade is kept constantly in touch with the developments of the campaign.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

And as Chia She did nothing else than stay at home and lie off, whenever any matter turned up, trifling though it may have been as a grain of mustard seed or a bean, Chia Chen and his associates had either to go and report it in person or to write a memorandum of it.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

à la Parmesan Artichokes à la Sauce Blanche Asparagus, Boiled Cabbage Carrots with Parsley Sauce Cauliflower with White Sauce Celery (Italian) Celery, Steamed, with White Cheese Sauce Celery, Stewed, with White Sauce Green Leeks Mushrooms, Stewed Onions, Braised Onion Tortilla Onions (Spanish) baked Scotch, or Curly Kale Spinach Turnips, Mashed Vanilla Chestnuts Vanilla Cream and Stewed Pears Victoria Sandwiches Walnuts (Pickled),
— from Dr. Allinson's cookery book Comprising many valuable vegetarian recipes by T. R. (Thomas Richard) Allinson

He’s useless at sea, an’, by consequence, can’t be of much value on land.’”
— from Charlie to the Rescue by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

He was a member of the Amphion Quartette and Bohemian Club chorus.
— from Sixty Years of California Song by Margaret Blake Alverson

He led the way into a broad central corridor, choked with ladders and builders' tools, pipes and tubing, curtain-rods, and a stack of boards; but a model of order compared with the chaos visible through an open door at which he paused.
— from The Crime Doctor by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

So is it strange that fair and pure minded white people throughout the world, knowing and seeing all around them today the increased results of those first beastily actions by immoral members of their own race, listen without interest but with shame and impatience whenever, through sheer politeness, they are compelled to remain as audiences before certain classes of {32} Southern men who for centuries (including today) have been talking through mouth and press about keeping their Southern white blood untainted and unstained?
— from Colored girls and boys' inspiring United States history and a heart to heart talk about white folks by William Henry Harrison

A strand of red beads encircled her short neck, and a blue checked coat and high topped black shoes completed her costume.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration

A big countryman came one day with a load of potatoes.
— from The Nursery, August 1881, Vol. XXX A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers by Various

It is no longer denied among men of learning that those who have been instructed in the secret doctrine of the ancients are able, by certain correspondences of nature, revealed only to the initiated, to act on the inanimate world about them, and on the animal economy, by means beyond the common capabilities of man."
— from The Valley of Decision by Edith Wharton

A series of MS. books extending from a.d. 1275 to 1688, deriving their title from the letters of the alphabet with which they are distinguished, A, B, C, &c, AA, BB, CC, &c.
— from London and the Kingdom - Volume 1 A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London. by Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson) Sharpe

'In the fourteenth century A.D., a book called Chiku-ba-sho (the reminiscence of the bamboo-horse), which is e
— from A Fantasy of Far Japan; Or, Summer Dream Dialogues by Kencho Suematsu