This hernia must be one of the external oblique variety, because it enters the open abdominal end of the infantile serous spermatic tube, which is always external to the epigastric artery.
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise

The Notion of the Totemic Principle, or Mana, and the Idea of Force I.—The notion of the totemic force or principle—Its ubiquity—Its character at once physical and moral 188 [Pg viii] II.—Analogous conceptions in other inferior societies—The gods in Samoa, the wakan of the Sioux, the orenda of the Iroquois, the mana of Melanesia—Connection of these notions with totemism—The Arunkulta of the Arunta 191 III.—Logical priority of impersonal force over the different mythical personalities—Recent theories which tend to admit this priority 198 IV.—The notion of religious force is the prototype of that of force in general 203 CHAPTER VII Origins of these Beliefs —( end ) Origin of the Idea of the Totemic Principle or Mana I.—The totemic principle is the clan, but thought of under a more empirical form 205 II.—General reasons for which society is apt to awaken the sensation of the sacred and the divine—Society as an imperative moral force; the notion of moral authority—Society as a force which raises the individual outside of himself—Facts which prove that society creates the sacred 206 III.—Reasons peculiar to Australian societies—The two phases through which the life of these societies alternatively passes: dispersion, concentration—Great collective effervescence during the periods of concentration—Examples—How the religious idea is born out of this effervescence 214 Why collective force has been thought of under totemic forms: it is the totem that is the emblem of the clan—Explanation of the principal totemic beliefs 219 IV.—Religion is not the product of fear—It expresses something real—Its essential idealism—This idealism is a general characteristic of collective mentality—Explanation of the external character of religious forces in relation to their subjects—The principle that the part is equal to the whole 223 V.—Origin of the notion of emblem: emblems a necessary condition of collective representations—Why the clan has taken its emblems from the animal and vegetable kingdoms 230 VI.—The proneness of the primitive to confound the kingdoms and classes which we distinguish—Origins of these confusions—How they have blazed the way for scientific explanations—They do not exclude the tendency towards distinction and opposition 234
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

Almost immediately after his arrival, he was seized by order of the Emperor Rudolph, and thrown into prison.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

“And who is to get food for us, John?” “I nipped a bit out of that eagle's mouth pretty neatly, Wendy.”
— from Peter Pan by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

Gussie may have been one over the eight, but as far as the majority of those present were concerned he was sitting on top of the world.
— from Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

So, in 1593 a Spanish envoy of the governor of the Philippine Islands came to Ki[=o]to, bringing four Spanish Franciscan priests, who were allowed to build houses in Ki[=o]to, but only on the express understanding that this was because of their coming as envoys of a friendly power, and with the explicitly specified condition that they were not to preach, either publicly or privately.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

15 In the midst of the festival, the unfortunate Crispus was apprehended by order of the emperor, who laid aside the tenderness of a father, without assuming the equity of a judge.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

A signal was given, by one of the elder chiefs, to the women who crowded that part of the circle near which the body of Cora lay.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

Indeed, the occurrence of the bow—with its necessary adjunct, the arrow—among tribes of savages living widely apart, and who, to all appearance, could never have communicated the idea to one another—is one of the most curious circumstances in the history of mankind; and there is no other way of explaining it, than by the supposition that the propelling power which exists in the recoil of a tightly-stretched string must be one of the earliest phenomena that presents itself to the human mind; and that, therefore, in many parts of the world this idea has been an indigenous and original conception.
— from The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" by Mayne Reid

With a list of the names of the several members uniting themselves with the Church since the last conference, or send by the hand of some Priest, so that a regular list of all the names of the whole Church may be kept in a book by one of the Elders whomsoever the other Elders shall appoint from time to time; 83.
— from History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Volume 1 Period 1. History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet by Smith, Joseph, Jr.

Here is another example, taken from my notes, in which synchronous movements were executed by one of the experimenters:— ‘John’ (the secondary personality) ‘then asks M. Rochas, who holds Eusapia’s left hand in his right hand, to put his left hand on Eusapia’s neck, the fingers stretched out as though in the act of magnetising; he then tells him to lower his fingers.
— from Metapsychical Phenomena: Methods and Observations by J. (Joseph) Maxwell

Eliot speaks of him as "the most eloquent man of the Assembly, a friend of Winthrop, but often opposed to Endicott, who glided with the popular stream; as reputable for his piety as for his political integrity."
— from A Study of Hawthorne by George Parsons Lathrop

Thus, it will be seen, there are four cases where the half is to be taken; the three first are denoted by one of the eight following Latin words, each word being composed of three syllables; and those that contain the letter i refer to those cases where the half cannot be taken without a fraction; therefore, in those cases, the person who makes the deduction is to add 1 to the number divided.
— from Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments in Various Branches of Science; Including Acoustics, Electricity, Magnetism, Arithmetic, Hydraulics, Mechanics, Chemistry, Hydrostatics, Optics; Wonders of the Air-Pump; All the Popular Tricks and Changes of the Cards, &c., &c. to Which is Added, a Complete System of Pyrotechny; Or, the Art of Making Fire-works. by Unknown

Their object was more to subserve the interest of physical geography than to promote the interest of geographical discovery; but one of the expeditions, that of the United States under Lieutenant A. W. Greely, again took up the study of Smith Sound and its outlets, and one of his men, Lieutenant Lockwood, succeeded in reaching 83.24° N., within 450 miles of the Pole, and up to that time the farthest north reached by any human being.
— from The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known by Joseph Jacobs

It had not been hoped that more than a few hundreds of Black vessels could be blown out of the ether at this first pass.
— from First Lensman by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith

In the course of his decision, after discussing the intent of the law, Mr. Taft says: Acting upon the same evidence which Congress had, and upon the additional statement made to me at the hearing by Dr. John M. Clark, state geologist of New York, who seems to have been one of those engaged from the beginning in the whole movement for the preservation of Niagara Falls, and who has given close scientific attention to the matter, I have reached the conclusion that with the diversion of 15,600 cubic feet on the American side and the transmission of 160,000 horse-power from the Canadian side the scenic grandeur of the Falls will not be affected substantially or perceptibly to the eye.
— from The Niagara River by Archer Butler Hulbert

“Perhaps you knew nobody would buy it,” cried she, and flounced out of the room, the bang of the door being one of the “epigrams in action” wives are skilled in.
— from Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General by Charles James Lever

Here they received on board about thirty orphan boys and girls, and a few helpless widows who had been attached to Bishop Mackenzie’s mission, and who could not be abandoned without bringing odium on the English name.
— from Great African Travellers: From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by William Henry Giles Kingston