For all are capable of drawing a conclusion, but few of judging.
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

It may be observed that the principal difference between the system of intrenched camps and that of têtes de ponts is that the best intrenched camps are composed of detached and closed works, while têtes de ponts usually consist of contiguous works not closed.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

We reached the palace without anyone having noticed our absence, when, shortly after, a clashing of drums, and cymbals, and the blare of trumpets burst upon our astonished ears.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

This he flung to his comrades among the Achaeans, and was again springing upon Alexandrus to run him through with a spear, but Venus snatched him up in a moment (as a god can do), hid him under a cloud of darkness, and conveyed him to his own bedchamber.
— from The Iliad by Homer

O that he had but the wealth and treasure of both the Indies to endow her with, a carrack of diamonds, a chain of pearl, a cascanet of jewels, (a pair of calfskin gloves of four-pence a pair were fitter), or some such toy, to send her for a token, she should have it with all his heart; he would spend myriads of crowns for her sake.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

If, however, prior experience and training have developed an attitude of patience in a condition of doubt, a capacity for suspended judgment, and a liking for inquiry, indirect control of the course of suggestions is possible.
— from How We Think by John Dewey

The poor side of a debtor’s prison is, as its name imports, that in which the most miserable and abject class of debtors are confined.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

"They on their way stopped," he says "a couple of days at Cadaraghqui Fort, also at Taranto on the north side of Lake Ontario; then at Niagara fifteen days."
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

Death and Resurrection of Kostrubonko I RUSSIA funeral ceremonies like those of “Burying the Carnival” and “Carrying out Death” are celebrated under the names, not of Death or the Carnival, but of certain mythic figures, Kostrubonko, Kostroma, Kupalo, Lada, and Yarilo.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Erna uttered a cry of dismay, and covered her eyes with her hand.
— from Albrecht by Arlo Bates

Is this world all a phantasmagoria and chaos of dreams and chances?
— from Neighbours on the Green by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

She gave a crow of delight and came bowling after me.
— from In the Bishop's Carriage by Miriam Michelson

Vane was the first to go down, and reaching the hall found nobody there, though a clatter of dishes and clink of silver suggested that a meal was being laid out in an adjoining room.
— from The Protector by Harold Bindloss

Here it may be mentioned that the animal inhabitants of any country or district are collectively termed its “ fauna .”
— from British Museum (Natural History) General Guide by British Museum (Natural History)

Wrote in the Modern Thinker , and is author of many scientific memoirs and a popular exposition of Positivism (Paris, 1876), in which he has a chapter on Darwinism and Comtism.
— from A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations by J. M. (Joseph Mazzini) Wheeler

The Marchioness uttered a cry of despair, and, crushed with grief, fell senseless at her husband's feet; who, also overcome in this fearful struggle of pride of race against paternal love, sank into a chair and buried his face in his hands, while a mighty sob escaped from his bosom.
— from Stronghand; or, The Noble Revenge by Gustave Aimard

Not unity, but union will and must become the watchword of national members, hitherto torn rudely asunder by provincial rivalries, out of which a crowd of despots and common servitude arose.
— from Select Speeches of Kossuth by Lajos Kossuth