In many deponents, a reflexive, passive, or reciprocal action is still clearly to be seen: as, nāscor , am born ; moror , delay myself , get delayed ; ūtor , avail myself ; amplectimur , hug each other ; fābulāmur , talk together ; partīmur , share with one another .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

The first of these are the Puranas and genealogical legends of the princes, which, obscured as they are by mythological details, allegory, and improbable circumstances, contain many facts that serve as beacons to direct the research of the historian.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

believing, 41 , 5; daring, 419 , 11; fearing, 41 , 7; or not loving, effect of both alike, 533 , 35; pain of, 460 , 31; pleasure in, 472 , 3; too much, 39 , 14 Low man, the, a success, 482 , 4 Lowest , from, a path to highest, 116 , 27; the, to be borne with, 375 , 29 Lowly soul, blessed, 403 , 8 Loyalty to country sacred, 242 , 2 Lucifer , the sin of, 428 , 36 Luck , believers in, 388 , 25; good, 129 , 44-46; good, applied energy, 17 , 12; good, too much, 569 , 33; inspires pluck, 124 , 35; the power of, 55 , 21 Lucky , a, man, 348 , 47 Ludlam's dog, 232 , 34 Luminaries , intellectual, at their brightest, 508 , 8 Lust , contra sted with nature, 291 , 38; degrading power of, Sallust on, 286 , 8 Lustre , no, without light, 473 , 17 Lute , little rift in, 206 , 24 Luther , at the Diet of Worms, 156 , 26; 531 , 2; on his way to Worms, 533 , 12 Luxuries , most, harmful, 284 , 29 Luxury , and avarice, compared, 258 , 11; compared with poverty, 354 , 35; fatal to kingdoms, 331 , 15; peril of, 104 , 26 Lying , accusation of, 489 , 25; as vice, 31 , 50; cowardly, 246 , 4; habit of, 433 , 3; its beginning and end, 84 , 19; only for tradesmen, 241 , 31; the meanness of, 387 , 35; the price of, 429 , 41 Lyre , a welcome, at banquet, 56 , 16; the, winged, 315 , 35; with voice and flute, compared, 429 , 3 Lyrics , to be sung, 239 , 31 M Machine , the model, 264 , 5 Machinery , does not feed men, 294 , 44; indispensability of, 140 , 40; ruinous effect of, 11 , 43 Macpherson under the gallows, 379 , 18 Mad , all, once, 386 , 22; with all rather than alone, 29 , 22 Madam , and moon, light of, borrowed, 114 , 16 Madding crowd's ignoble strife, far from, 102 , 10 Madman , a, according to Schiller, 143 , 6; a sort of dreamer, 424 , 20; belief of every, 194 , 46; in the eye of law, 117 , 44, 45 Madmen , all, 234 , 16; worst of, 465 , 31 Madness , a germ of, in all, 190 , 14; common calamity, 170 , 16; defined, 542 , 15; fine, of the poet, 111 , 10; how induced, 314 , 20; in the dullest, 190 , 26; method in, 484 , 31; pleasure in, 470 , 18; tendency to, even in wisest, 186 , 43; the element of, 81 , 34 Magdalen , thrusting, into the pit, 553 , 30 Magistracy , bought, justice by, 145 , 23 Magistrates , function of, 237 , 20 Magnanimity , meaning of, 490 , 27 {pg 618} Mahomet , and the mountain, 174 , 25; compared with Moses, 284 , 10 Maid , love for a, moral power of, 305 , 20 Maiden , a, how to win, 563 , 27; a tender thing, 248 , 47; in new clothes, 241 , 43; qualities we love in, 525 , 30; simple, in her flower, 19 , 31; the, to love, 499 , 4; when her heart is stolen, 544 , 40 Maiden's reserve, her security, 306 , 28 Maidens to be praised, 114 , 14 Majesty , attribute of kings, 80 , 22; incompatible with love, 308 , 55 Majority , a clear, 333 , 33; appeal to, against reason, 315 , 28; going by, 524 , 14; the, opinions of, 440 , 15; the, what, 537 , 17; two that make a, 331 , 36; 333 , 33; voice of, no proof, 461 , 8; voice of, on any high matter, 441 , 33 Maladies , cure for all, 562 , 42; desperate, remedies for, 24 , 28; our spiritual, source of, 339 , 21 Malcontent , political, described, 12 , 11 Male appointed to rule, 73 , 39 Malice , to be despised, 527 , 28 Malignity , no pure, 474 , 7; unjustifiable, 466 , 44 Mammon , great, 133 , 49; p ower of, 259 , 45 Man , a, a man, 539 , 7; a, and his faults, 516 , 24; a, assailed, 159 , 4; a, at his worst, how to judge of, 528 , 22; a bad, no association with, 304 , 42; a bad, never amusing, 334 , 3; a born worshipper, 261 , 45; a communicative, Swift's dread of, 307 , 43; a, composition of, 187 , 35; a, counterfeit of, 143 , 24; a, described, 143 , 7; a, distinguishing mark of, 28 , 9; a, dread power, 352 , 17; a drowning, 42 , 27; a fighter, 169 , 39; a great and good, 142 , 58; a happy, 140 , 21; 166 , 2; a hard, 143 , 3; a, his nature, 12 , 10; a, how he finds himself, 305 , 41; a, how interpreted, 556 , 33; a, knowing, difficult, 208 , 12; a microcosm, 473 , 18; a minnow, in the All, 496 , 10; a moving temple of God, 90 , 7; a mystery, 522 , 23; a, no concealing, 161 , 2; a, not wretched, 34 , 48; a, one with his native soil, 331 , 41; a, stimulating effect of sight of, 22 , 14; a real, 241 , 45; a reed that thinks, 233 , 27; a, rich in himself, 190 , 6; a, rated at his own value, 224 , 8; a sad, 143 , 3; a social animal, 16 , 3; a stately edifice, 535 , 27; a strong, 12 , 9; 143 , 10; a subject of study, 467 , 4; a symbol of God, 459 , 41; 536 , 28; a, to meet, 164 , 32; a, touchstone of, 34 , 42; a well-bred, 24 , 52; a, what best becomes, 170 , 21; a whole number, 11 , 61; a wilful, 24 , 57; a wise, according to Epictetus, 143 , 14; a wise, according to the Hitopadesa, 143 , 15; a wise, according to Xenophon, 143 , 16; a, worth of, 204 , 42; ability of, 537 , 46; affected by time, 240 , 13; after God's or another's pattern, 200 , 14; aim of, compared with woman's, 288 , 44; akin to God in spirit, 173 , 19; all a prey to, 314 , 27; all-relatedness of, 476 , 9; all the sphere, 314 , 27; an actor in a drama, 373 , 5; an exception, 464 , 30; an individual, mature fruit of time, 15 , 40; an interest to man, 473 , 19; an inventor, 334 , 46; and animal, contrast between, 416 , 9; and ape, distinction between, 346 , 30; and beast, moral difference of, 443 , 4; and citizen, 440 , 19; and his age, inseparable, 11 , 49; and his circumstances, 440 , 21; and his defects, how to regard, 253 , 1; and his expression 440, 20; and his God, 96 , 50; and his inseparable attendants, 566 , 26; and misery, twins, 109 , 36; and nature, distinction between, 424 , 1; and other animals, the distinction between, 202 , 24; and world, 464 , 40; angel as well as devil in, 174 , 41; apprentice to pain, 223 , 24; as a piece of work, 533 , 36; as great or small, 473 , 16; as his works, perishable, 35 , 31; as regards knowledge and practice, 162 , 18; as subject of art, 60 , 19; as weary and heavy laden, Carlyle's apostrophe to, 352 , 41; aspiring to be an angel, 223 , 26; assurance of a, 3 , 19; at the best, 550 , 4; attitude o
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

“Upon my word that is true,” said Porthos; “but how can you suppose, my dear friend, that in the midst of his great preoccupations General Cromwell has had time to think----” “Cromwell thinks of everything; Cromwell has time for everything; and believe me, dear friend, we ought not to lose our time--it is precious.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

And how the earth and the sea be of round form and shape , by proof of the star that is clept Antarctic , that is fixed in the south From that country go men by the sea ocean, and by many divers isles and by many countries that were too long for to tell of.
— from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

Having no exquisite relish of the beauties of Nature, and being more delighted with 'the busy hum of men,' I answered, 'Yes, Sir; but not equal to Fleet-street.' JOHNSON.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

Among all the tales that passed among us to-day, he told us of one Damford, that, being a black man, did scald his beard with mince-pie, and it came up again all white in that place, and continued to his dying day.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

And these last are the Bodies which Chymists call fix'd, and being rarified by Fermentation, become true permanent Air; those Particles receding from one another with the greatest Force, and being most difficultly brought together, which upon Contact cohere most strongly.
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton

When he left school Albert returned to Jamaica for four years, at the expiration of which time, on the recommendation of Canon Carus, he entered Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, being a contemporary of one who afterwards became master, Dr. Perowne, and of Bishop Moule, of Mid-China.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

Of the first who went—“Most respectable people,” said Lady Cecilia; “a bonne mère de famille .”
— from Tales and Novels — Volume 10 Helen by Maria Edgeworth

My dear Phyllis, don’t you know that it has always been my dearest hope to see you and Herbert Courtland—well, interested in each other?
— from Phyllis of Philistia by Frank Frankfort Moore

"She perfectly adores Beverley," Mrs. Diggs presently continued.
— from An Ambitious Woman: A Novel by Edgar Fawcett

“Otterson and Bewley,” Mrs Derwent repeated.
— from Blanche: A Story for Girls by Mrs. Molesworth

This rhythm is not determined a priori , and by metaphysical deduction, but is rather observed and gathered a posteriori , and only through the repeated observations and verifications that are made of it in various fields of reality, can it be presupposed that all facts develop through negations, and negations of negations.
— from Historical materialism and the economics of Karl Marx by Benedetto Croce

By and by Mrs. Dallas came there too.
— from A Red Wallflower by Susan Warner

Says Whittaker:—"The mystical ecstacy was not found by the later teachers of the school easier to attain, but more difficult; and the tendency became more and more to regard it as all but unattainable on earth."
— from The Development of Metaphysics in Persia A Contribution to the History of Muslim Philosophy by Iqbal, Muhammad, Sir

The people of Attica are thus named either as being mythically descended from Erichthonios the son of Hephæstos, or as artificers, who own him as their father.
— from Æschylos Tragedies and Fragments by Aeschylus

Then the factions, availing themselves of the general discontent, flattered the people with the hope of a better master; dealt out gifts and promises, deposed the despot to take his place; and their contests for the succession, or its partition, tormented the state with the disorders and devastations of civil war.
— from The Ruins; Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature by C.-F. (Constantin-François) Volney