After these places, near the sea, are Seleuceia 567 and Pieria, a mountain continuous with the Amanus and Rhosus, situated between Issus and Seleuceia.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

He hath need of Provision for the way , as also of a pleasant and merry Companion , 7. Opus habet Viatico , ut & fido & facundo Comite , 7. Let him not forsake the High-road , 9. for a Foot-way , 8. unless it be a beaten Path .
— from The Orbis Pictus by Johann Amos Comenius

I do not profess to be one of the propounders of this theory, and it is very probable that you may have received from some other source a more lucid, and perhaps a more correct, explanation of it; but in case you have not done so, I send you the foregoing rough "Note" of what are my opinions of it.
— 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

The attention of the landlord is a particular and minute consideration of what is likely to be the most advantageous application of every inch of ground upon his estate.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Reclining in a big chair, pale, with a sad and pensive air, Maria Clara toyed with an ivory fan which was not whiter than her shapely fingers.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

For here as in other points the development of the theory of Ethics would seem to be somewhat impeded by the preponderance of practical considerations; and perhaps a more complete detachment of the theoretical study [13] of right conduct from its practical application is to be desired for the sake even of the latter itself: since a treatment which is a compound between the scientific and the hortatory is apt to miss both the results that it would combine; the mixture is bewildering to the brain and not stimulating to the heart.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

[39] ), but which I prefer to call sorrow, because sickness and pain are more commonly used to express bodily suffering,—with respect to this emotion, I say, the question whether it can be used in a good sense is more difficult.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Here staid till almost twelve at night, and then with a lanthorn from thence walked over the fields, as dark as pitch, and mighty cold, and snow, to Chatham, and Mr. Coney with great kindness to me: and there all in bed before I come home, and so I presently to bed. 25th.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

[The Thirteen.] MARRON, under the Restoration, a physician at Marsac, Charente; nephew of the Cure Marron.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

This authority carries with it a responsibility and a grave one, as well as its rights and privileges, and men can not be too exemplary in their lives, nor fit themselves too carefully to live in harmony with this important and God-ordained rule of conduct in the family organization.
— from Gospel Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith by Joseph F. (Joseph Fielding) Smith

For the theory of constructive comparison or creative intelligence, on the other hand, instead of a seeker and recipient of "psychic income" and a calculator of gain and loss, he is a personal agent maintaining continuity of action in a life of discontinuously changing levels of interest and experience.
— from Creative Intelligence: Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by George H. Mead

The constable watched him with the air of a proprietor, and Mrs. Cooper's remark that “her husband had had his eye upon him for a long time, and that he had better be careful for the future,” was faithfully retailed to him within half an hour of its utterance.
— from Odd Craft, Complete by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

Yes, " it is all one ," for our books and papers are mostly commentaries on the Bible, and the Declaration.
— from An Appeal to the Christian Women of the South by Angelina Emily Grimké

And though an old man he saw always the future Peru growing wonderfully rich and powerful as men came to recognize and use the resources of the eastern valleys.
— from The Andes of Southern Peru Geographical Reconnaissance along the Seventy-Third Meridian by Isaiah Bowman

" Of dowager Mrs. Phlaccus, and Professor and Mrs. Cheetah I remember a slice of lemon, and a bitten macaroon.
— from Poems by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

301.—From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism (Inman, C. W.).
— from Archaic England An Essay in Deciphering Prehistory from Megalithic Monuments, Earthworks, Customs, Coins, Place-names, and Faerie Superstitions by Harold Bayley

The rest of the Chiefs' medals, flags and uniforms were given as soon as possible, and Mr. Christie proceeded to make the payments and distribute the presents.
— from The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories Including the Negotiations on Which They Were Based, and Other Information Relating Thereto by Alexander Morris

Count Antonio Pallavicini, a man cut out after the old-fashioned stamp,—one of the few who in their hearts keep to the religion of gratitude and affectionate remembrance of their dear relations,—gave me the order for a statue of his grandfather, Marshal Pallavicini, who was in the Austrian service under the reign of Maria Teresa.
— from Thoughts on Art and Autobiographical Memoirs of Giovanni Duprè by Giovanni Duprè

An opportunity seemed at hand when, after lighting a cigar with a sun-glass, he looked up, and perceived a man coming over the brow of the hill, at the foot of which the pedlar had stopped his green cart.
— from Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne