Every effect necessarily pre-supposes a cause; effect being a relative term, of which cause is the correlative.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Themison then was very greatly vexed at the deceit practised in the matter of the oath, and he dissolved his guest-friendship and did as follows, that is to say, he received the girl and sailed away, and when he got out into the open sea, to free himself from blame as regards the oath which Etearchos had made him swear, he tied her on each side with ropes and let her down into the sea, and then drew her up and came to Thera.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

The South Kensington Museum purchased in the last Paris International Exhibition, at great cost, a cabinet from Fourdonois; but it is a very unsatisfactory specimen, as it is too delicate, too tender, and too fine for a work of utility—it is an example of what should be avoided rather than of what should be followed.
— from Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition by Christopher Dresser

Patriotism, like all the other virtues based on a religious attitude of mind, and which can be mentioned only when people have the courage to talk in earnest, became a rhetorical theme on which it was rather bad taste to touch.
— from Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado by Various

The grandson of the celebrated Boulle was seated before a round table on which were placed the criminal exhibits which had been collected with remarkable intelligence.
— from Analytical Studies by Honoré de Balzac

His courser scarce he had bestrid, And RALPHO that on which he rid, When setting ope the postern gate, Which they thought best to sally at, The foe appear'd, drawn up and drill'd
— from Hudibras, in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars by Samuel Butler

The waggon was one I hired from my brother (a relation); the oxen were my own brother’s.
— from Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard