But I had become involved in a part of the city with which I was not familiar; it was the old part, and full of narrow streets of picturesque, ancient, and mouldering houses.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

Compound conceptions come, as functions of new states of mind.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Were it not for this perpetual process of differentiation of self from the world, of object from its scene, of attribute from object, no step of Abstraction could be taken; no qualities could fall under our notice; and had we ten thousand senses, they would all converge and meet in but one consciousness.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

The people of America are aware that inducements to war may arise out of these circumstances, as well as from others not so obvious at present, and that whenever such inducements may find fit time and opportunity for operation, pretenses to color and justify them will not be wanting.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

I was at the top of a declivity page 330 p. 330 from which there descended a flight of natural stairs of rock, but every one very broad, like the above sketch.
— from Memoirs by Charles Godfrey Leland

Of the girls whose records are given in the list it can be said that, with the exception of the cripples and a few others needing simple operations, a year's care shows that very few of them are in any way handicapped by the effects of disease.
— from The Making of a Trade School by Mary Schenck Woolman

His wife, Lady Gerardine, the consort of the Lieutenant-Governor, had had a low intrigue with an obscure Indian officer, a fellow of no standing, of no importance—Bethune!
— from Rose of the World by Egerton Castle

For this reason, as well as from the fact that it contains a speedily available form of nitrogen, sulphate of ammonia should only as a rule be applied in comparatively small quantities—100 to 125 lb. per acre.
— from Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman

What man will accomplish in the future with the arrogant forces of Nature stimulates our hearts with the sweet satisfaction of a victory of the first magnitude.
— from The Tyranny of God by Joseph Lewis

It was not until three weeks after our first visit that any formation of new sole or frog was to be seen.
— from Diseases of the Horse's Foot by H. Caulton (Harry Caulton) Reeks