Did they but know how many Thousands of their Sex have been gradually betrayed from innocent Freedoms to Ruin and Infamy; and how many Millions of ours have begun with Flatteries, Protestations and Endearments, but ended with Reproaches, Perjury, and Perfidiousness; they would shun like Death the very first Approaches of one that might lead them into inextricable Labyrinths of Guilt and Misery.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

He mentioned this to his mate and when he told her that the Eggs would probably conduct themselves in the same way after they were fledged she was quite comforted and even became eagerly interested and derived great pleasure from watching the boy over the edge of her nest—though she always thought that the Eggs would be much cleverer and learn more quickly.
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

According to ancient rabbinical traditions, Adam and Eve, by eating the fruit of the lowest region, fell through the six regions to the seventh and lowest; they were there brought under control of the previously fallen Samaël, who defiled them with his spittle.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

We have also learned what relations are expressed by each case.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

They are, therefore, generally lulled during the middle of the day and of the night, because they are abated either by excessive cold or heat; winds are also lulled by showers.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

“men”; a = earnest; b = eating pork-chops for supper; c = gamblers;
— from Symbolic Logic by Lewis Carroll

In the intervals of her discourse with Mrs. Collins, she addressed a variety of questions to Maria and Elizabeth, but especially to the latter, of whose connections she knew the least, and who she observed to Mrs. Collins was a very genteel, pretty kind of girl.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

With brilliant light, and taste in the details of arranging them, this profusion of flowers produces an exquisitely beautiful effect, and harmonizes perfectly with the light dresses, cheerful faces, and gay music.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

I think it there stands the same: but in Fabyan's Chronicle , as edited by Ellis, it is printed Bycoket ; and in one black-letter copy in the British Museum, it may be seen Bicoket , corrected in the margin by a hand of the sixteenth century, Brioket .
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 97, September 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

En revanche, sur les aspects plus "pratiques" ("la valeur d'usage"), le papier reste aujourd'hui imbattable: peu cher, léger, on peut le plier, le déchirer, le tordre, le laisser tomber, il peut en plus être physiquement agréable, esthétiquement beau, etc.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Neither Rosabella nor Flodoardo at that moment formed a wish to be applauded, except by each other.
— from The Bravo of Venice: A Romance by Heinrich Zschokke

As it respects the nature of mind, then, as exhibited by experience, we learn, in the first place, that it is constituted with desires and propensities for various kinds of enjoyment.
— from Common Sense Applied to Religion; Or, The Bible and the People by Catharine Esther Beecher

[62] Such is the irony of fate, that while numerous documents remain giving the names of contractors and minor masons employed in the building there is absolutely no evidence or clue of any kind as to 126 the architect employed by Elias.
— from The Story of Assisi by Lina Duff Gordon

The policy urged by Pitt, namely, the (p. 041) establishment of a legislative union on the plan of that which already existed between England and Scotland, gradually impressed itself upon the members of Parliament as more feasible than any other.
— from The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg

Indeed, they appeared more disposed to regard the adventure as a pleasantly exciting escapade than anything else—a state of feeling which the gentlemen of the party were careful to foster and encourage by every means in their power, judging it highly probable that there would be enough and more than enough to damp their high spirits before this singular boat-voyage, just commenced, should be over.
— from The Pirate Island: A Story of the South Pacific by Harry Collingwood

While art was as yet undivided, and only religious art was valued and rewarded while indiscriminate art was left unrewarded, there were no counterfeits of art, or, if any existed, being exposed to the criticism of the whole people, they quickly disappeared.
— from The Kingdom of God is Within You; What is Art? by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

8 On Provençal influence upon Castilian literature see Manuel Milá y Fontanal, Trovadores en España (Barcelona, 1887); and E. Baret, Espagne et
— from Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence

Astwick Farm is 2 miles N.W. from Hatfield Station, G.N.R. Attimore Hall is 1½ mile S.W. from Welwyn Station, G.N.R. Aubrey Camp (¾ mile S.W. from Redbourn) is conjectured to be the site of an early British encampment.
— from Hertfordshire by Herbert W. (Herbert Winckworth) Tompkins

"Crafty Cornelia," for instance, is an exceedingly brilliant exercise in the art of making stone-soup.
— from Books and Persons; Being Comments on a Past Epoch, 1908-1911 by Arnold Bennett

We shall, therefore, have to assume an elevation not only for America and Europe, but extend it over into Asia, and take in the Lebanon Mountains, for they also show distinct traces of glaciers.
— from The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races by Emory Adams Allen