But the main point is the same that we mentioned in the former kind of fountain; which is, that the water be in perpetual motion, fed by a water higher than the pool, and delivered into it by fair spouts, and then discharged away under ground, by some equality of bores, that it stay little; and for fine devices, of arching water 488 without spilling, and making it rise in several forms (of feathers, drinking-glasses, canopies, and the like), they be pretty things to look on, but nothing to health and sweetness.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

And when I got down off the bed and looked around me, I remember I suddenly felt that I could look at these unhappy creatures with quite different eyes, and that suddenly by some miracle all hatred and anger had vanished utterly from my heart.
— from Short Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

These therefore may not, cannot, be taken as evidences of the nature of the action; but are merely incidental results, incomparably small in relation to the forces concerned, and supplying no information of the way in which the particles are active on each other, or in which their forces are finally arranged.
— from Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday

I barely had time to turn from the mountains to get a view of Conway Castle, one of the largest and most impressive ruins I saw.
— from Winter Sunshine by John Burroughs

The Rejang Residency, whither we were now about to make an expedition, contains the largest and most important river in Sarawak, having a draught of five fathoms for a distance of over 130 miles from the mouth.
— from On the Equator by Harry De Windt

"For fine Devices, of arching water without spilling, and making it rise in several forms (of Feathers, Drinking Glasses, Canopies, and the like) (see "The Dream of Poliphilus") they be pretty things to look on, but nothing to Health and Sweetness ."
— from Garden-Craft Old and New by John Dando Sedding

And I think it a most important rule in scriptural exegesis, to be most cautious as to limiting the meaning of any term which Scripture itself has not limited, lest we find ourselves putting into the teaching of Scripture our own human theories or prejudices.
— from Scientific Essays and Lectures by Charles Kingsley

"It may only be perhaps by looking pleasantly, or speaking tenderly, yet if done in the right spirit, the Lord will accept it and make it result in some good," she argued.
— from 'Our Guy' or, The elder brother by Boyd, E. E., Mrs.

“I’d rather not,” she pleaded in a low voice, and it was hardly possible to have made a more injudicious remark if she had taken the whole afternoon to prepare.
— from A Rock in the Baltic by Robert Barr

Such contracts play a most important role in society today and must be regarded with utmost sincerity.
— from Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia by Dorothy Margaret Torpey

For a moment, I repeat, I saw myself a gentleman in the making—a clear fairway without bunkers from tee to green—meeting my equals with a friendly eye; and then the illumining shock, for I unconsciously added to myself, “Regarding my inferiors with a kindly tolerance.”
— from Ruggles of Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson

And I think it a most important rule in Scriptural exegesis, to be most cautious as to limiting the meaning of any term which Scripture itself has not limited, lest we find ourselves putting into the teaching of Scripture our own human theories or prejudices.
— from Westminster Sermons with a Preface by Charles Kingsley