That all this was only brought about slowly, and with great pains, and up till the time of Aristotle remained very incomplete, is evident from the awkward and tedious way in which logical truths are brought out in many of the Platonic dialogues, and still more from what Sextus Empiricus tells us of the controversies of the Megarics, about the easiest and simplest logical rules, and the laborious way in which they were brought into a definite form (Sext.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

Now as to Shalmanezer, he removed the Israelites out of their country, and placed therein the nation of the Cutheans, who had formerly belonged to the inner parts of Persia and Media, but were then called Samaritans, by taking the name of the country to which they were removed; but the king of Babylon, who brought out the two tribes, 16 placed no other nation in their country, by which means all Judea and Jerusalem, and the temple, continued to be a desert for seventy years; but the entire interval of time which passed from the captivity of the Israelites, to the carrying away of the two tribes, proved to be a hundred and thirty years, six months, and ten days.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

What young man is too busy to get an hour a day for self-improvement?
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

And then he gat his spear of his squire, and departed from Sir Launcelot to fetch his course.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

But on the view that groups of species are descended from some other species, and have been modified through natural selection, I think we can obtain some light.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

"What a damn fool," she said, and went.
— from Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane

This was probably due to my craze for everything theatrical and spectacular, as distinguished from simple bourgeois customs.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

Hume has already shown how the most complex and abstract concepts are derived from sensation.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

I had little to buy, for M. Miche and M. Arnoux had insisted on filling my boat with rice and dried fish, sufficient to last not only for my voyage but during the whole period I proposed to remain among the Stiêns.
— from Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860 by Henri Mouhot

There we stood at least half an hour, the snake not altering a jot, but the hare often struggling and falling on its side again, till at last the hare lay still as dead for some time.
— from The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Robert Beverley

After the dinner-party broke up there was a ball, numerously attended, where there was a prodigious anxiety discovered for shaking of hands.
— from The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford by Walter Scott

of turnips, given twice a day for six days, and thrice on
— from The American Reformed Cattle Doctor Containing the necessary information for preserving the health and curing the diseases of oxen, cows, sheep, and swine, with a great variety of original recipes, and valuable information in reference to farm and dairy management by George H. Dadd

The desert journey would be trying, and probably entail much loss, especially of the cattle and beasts; but at length, on the seventh or eighth day, as the water was getting low in the skins and the camels were beginning to faint and groan with the scant fare and the long travel, a dark low line would appear upon the edge of the horizon in front, and soon the line would deepen into a delicate fringe, sparkling here and there as though it were sown with diamonds.
— from Ancient Egypt by George Rawlinson

A tune a day for string bass: teacher's manual.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1970 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Why did not I— Unthread the rude eye of rebellion, And welcome home again discarded faith, Seek out Prince Charles, and fall before his feet?
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott

1. A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege.
— from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1st 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

Dianthus caryophyllus—the intercrossed plants are derived from self-fertilised of the 3rd generation, crossed by intercrossed plants of the 3rd generation.
— from The Effects of Cross & Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin

Full of anxiety and care on these accounts, they assembled their forces at the Iberus, and crossed the river; and after deliberating for some time whether they should encamp opposite to the enemy, or be satisfied with impeding his intended march by attacking the allies of the Carthaginians, they made preparations for besieging a city called Ibera, from its contiguity to the river, which was at that time the wealthiest in that quarter.
— from The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 by Livy