And certain angels that are round it show that, although he still had the Greek manner, he was going on approaching in part to the line and method of the modern.
— from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 01 (of 10) Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi by Giorgio Vasari

His mind also thundered and reverberated in syllogisms.
— from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James

Even our laws, cold and cruel as they are, relent in such cases, and withhold their punishment.
— from The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Lady Sarah Maitland herself cannot be called a fixed member of society here, but having been for so long a time a resident, it seems now, in the retrospect, as if she had been really a development of the place.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

But pity and tolerance are rare in satire, even in clash with it, producing in the result a deep sense of tragic humour.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

The Dobuans (as well as the Amphlettans) remain in Sinaketa, receiving Kula presents, giving pari gifts and trading.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

When Aqua fortis dissolves Silver and not Gold, and Aqua regia dissolves Gold and not Silver, may it not be said that Aqua fortis is subtil enough to [Pg 383] penetrate Gold as well as Silver, but wants the attractive Force to give it Entrance; and that Aqua regia is subtil enough to penetrate Silver as well as Gold, but wants the attractive Force to give it Entrance?
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton

It was late, he said, but the weather still held up; we might try taking up one at a time and replacing it so that it should not take cold.
— from How the Garden Grew by Maud Maryon

Even our laws, cold and cruel as they are, relent in such cases, and withhold their punishment."
— from German Fiction by Gottfried Keller

In a map by Orontius Finoeus, a French cosmographer of Provence, dated 1531, the Terra australis is shown as "Terra Australis recenter inventa, sed nondum plene cognita."
— from Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris

Not only the prejudices, but also the laws of the free states proclaim it impossible: and the prejudices of the whites against the African race is stronger in the free states, than it is in the slave states.
— from A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, An Essay on Slavery by A. Woodward

The elm, the oak, the beech, possess in a much less degree that quality of luminosity, though certain species of oak at times are rich in shades of red and bronze.
— from Under the Maples by John Burroughs

They are far more delicate things to maintain in their integrity than even wafer-biscuits, which they very much resemble, and they are required in such enormous numbers, that any mechanical impediment, such as crushing, interposed to the filling of them with powder and ball, would add immensely to the expense.
— from Curiosities of Civilization by Andrew Wynter

It must be her, and they are returning in safety.”
— from The Pirate of the Mediterranean: A Tale of the Sea by William Henry Giles Kingston

Under the lee of a rim-ledge, with another snow-lover, I watched its movements as it took possession of the canyon and all the adjacent region in sight.
— from Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon by John Muir

He indulged in the hope that Hanka might, before opening the letter, have announced that there was no answer and that after reading it she would be moved, would relent, and rescind her resolution.
— from Whirlpools: A Novel of Modern Poland by Henryk Sienkiewicz