I now come to the relative considerations, which are individual, because they aim at rectifying the type of the species which is defectively presented and at correcting any deviation from it existing in the person of the chooser himself, and in this way lead back to a pure presentation of the type.
— from Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer

He struck one and lit a candle, and Dicky, for it was indeed he, gazed with Oswald at the amazing spectacle.
— from The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers by E. (Edith) Nesbit

For example, does it not require some pains and skill to form the general idea of a triangle (which is yet none of the most abstract, comprehensive, and difficult); for it must be neither oblique nor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon, but ALL AND NONE of these at once?
— from A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge by George Berkeley

In L'Art Moderne, speaking of the water-colours of Forain, Huysmans attributes to them "a specious and cherché art, demanding, for its appreciation, a certain initiation, a certain special sense."
— from The Symbolist Movement in Literature by Arthur Symons

She had withdrawn her hands and now stood somewhat apart, glancing toward the house and contemplating a dash for it.
— from Sunlight Patch by Credo Fitch Harris

But as all this is unusual, and the people need to be trained, it may be well to select children, to teach them to sing in a clear and distinct fashion in the congregation, and if the people listen with all attention and follow “with the heart what is sung by the mouth,” they will, “little by little, become accustomed to sing together” as a congregation.
— from A History of the Reformation (Vol. 2 of 2) by Thomas M. (Thomas Martin) Lindsay

He seized a position at night on the brow of a hill directly opposite to the Armenian camp, and divided from it by a narrow valley.
— from Caesar: A Sketch by James Anthony Froude

It beginneth at the partes of the sea, in the prouince of Canton, [49] and stretcheth foorth by that of Paguia and Cansay, and doth finish in the prouince of Susuan.
— from The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume 1 (of 2) by Juan González de Mendoza

The diplomat hastily withdrew his hands from Fandor's grasp, opened a heavy portfolio such as advocates carry, and drew from it a black gown like his own, an advocate's cap, and a pair of dark coloured trousers.
— from A Nest of Spies by Pierre Souvestre

If it had not been for the opposition which had been made to it, it probably would never have attracted any particular attention; for, though it was lively, and what managers call a fair "acting play," it had no remarkable merit as a composition, and depended for its attraction more on some of its surprises and discoveries than on its wit.
— from Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Horace Walpole