They must remain a part of literature as many other regrettable things remain.
— from Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

In fact, every religion has one side by which it overlaps the circle of properly religious ideas, and there, the study of religious phenomena gives a means of renewing the problems which, up to the present, have only been discussed among philosophers.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

It is mainly a matter of reducing the mass of the inexplicable to a minimum and the whole to its simplest terms.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

" She replies, "My father disposes of my hand; but among all my other relations thou art he whose advice I would rather follow in weighty affairs.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

"Wisdom is better sought from a man of realization than from an inert mountain.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

moneor , I am advised monēmur , we are advised monēris or -re , thou art advised monēminī , you are advised monētur , he is advised monentur , they are advised Imperfect Tense.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Instruments lose their virtue with their use and a medium of representation, together with its manipulation, is nothing but a vehicle.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

It was dated from Rosings, at eight o'clock in the morning, and was as follows:— "Be not alarmed, Madam, on receiving this letter, by the apprehension of its containing any repetition of those sentiments, or renewal of those offers, which were last night so disgusting to you.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

I won't venture to tell him anything else, but (tell him I will) that having come with all propriety and made our report to Mr. Chia Jui, Mr. Chia Jui instead (of helping us) threw the fault upon our shoulders.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

Imagination a medium of realizing the absent and significant There are several fallacies in this way of thinking.
— from How We Think by John Dewey

They set fire to the native bazaar, and, after meeting obstinate resistance, they captured the batteries and breastworks in the avenues.
— from India Under British Rule from the Foundation of the East India Company by James Talboys Wheeler

Now, have those papers all made out ready to sign by eleven o'clock to-morrow.
— from Money Magic: A Novel by Hamlin Garland

They are invariably offered at night to travellers, as a means of relieving the pains occasioned by the fatigues of the day.
— from Travels in the interior of Brazil with notices on its climate, agriculture, commerce, population, mines, manners, and customs: and a particular account of the gold and diamond districts. by John Mawe

The prince regent, in 1814, as a mark of respect to the memory of the father, sent a handsome sword as a present to the son.
— from The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock, K.B. Interspersed with notices of the celebrated Indian chief, Tecumseh, and comprising brief memoirs of Daniel De Lisle Brock, Esq., Lieutenant E.W. Tupper, R.N., and Colonel W. De Vic Tupper by Brock, Isaac, Sir

“But if Ted fails to go into probate court on time, with myself or other guardian, and have the promise made a matter of record, then he loses everything.
— from The Motor Boat Club at Nantucket; or, The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

The first thing then for a minister of reformation to prisons to do, is, to be good and feel a love for the sinner; and the next is, to make this goodness and love apparent by long and steady perseverance in acts of mercy.
— from Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline, with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection by Reynolds, John, of Vermont

For my own part, I disliked him—I had done so from the moment when first I had set eyes on him—and since hatred, like affection, is often a matter of reciprocity, the Chevalier was not slow to return my dislike.
— from Bardelys the Magnificent Being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... by Rafael Sabatini

The shopkeeper informed him that it was a model of Richard Trevithick's high-pressure steam-engine, which worked without condensing water, or vacuum.
— from Life of Richard Trevithick, with an Account of His Inventions. Volume 2 (of 2) by Francis Trevithick