Examine well into this point; for a hasty temper may be remedied, and even endured—but the deep, slow, sullen course of a selfish nature wears away hope, imparts a cankering care, and, with it, often disgust.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

[Thus, if “books” be divided into “old” and “new” the Attribute “old” is to be regarded as equivalent to “not-new,” and the Attribute “new” as equivalent to “not-old.”
— from Symbolic Logic by Lewis Carroll

But remarkable above everything else is the multitude of persons who resort to the public festivals, and come from Alexandreia by the canal.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

Gaul was enriched by rapine, as Egypt was by commerce, and the tributes of those two great provinces have been compared as nearly equal to each other in value.
— 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

If the opinions of those who contend for the distinction which has been mentioned were to be received as evidence of truth, one would be led to conclude that there was some known point in the economy of national affairs at which it would be safe to stop and to say: Thus far the ends of public happiness will be promoted by supplying the wants of government, and all beyond this is unworthy of our care or anxiety.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

To say that this incarnation had taken place pre-eminently, or even exclusively, in Christ was not an impossible concession to make to pious enthusiasm, at least if the philosophy involved in the old conception could be retained and embodied in the new orthodoxy.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

His neat-fitting garments he wilfully shed And sacked himself strangely in checks instead; Denuded his chin, but retained at each ear A whisker that looked like a blasted career.
— from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce

Moreover, how much he did honour all true philosophers, without upbraiding those that were not so; his sociableness, his gracious and delightful conversation, but never unto satiety; his care of his body within bounds and measure, not as one that desired to live long, or over-studious of neatness, and elegancy; and yet not as one that did not regard it: so that through his own care and providence, he seldom needed any inward physic, or outward applications: but especially how ingeniously he would yield to any that had obtained any peculiar faculty, as either eloquence, or the knowledge of the laws, or of ancient customs, or the like; and how he concurred with them, in his best care and endeavour that every one of them might in his kind, for that wherein he excelled, be regarded and esteemed: and although he did all things carefully after the ancient customs of his forefathers, yet even of this was he not desirous that men should take notice, that he did imitate ancient customs.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

It is true that the necessity of obtaining the consent of both to the passing of any measure may at times be a material obstacle to improvement, since, assuming both the houses to be representative and equal in their numbers, a number slightly exceeding a fourth of the entire representation may prevent the passing of a bill; while, if there is but one house, a bill is secure of passing if it has a bare majority.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

then the protocol written in the house of the mayor, or in an inn half an hour away—the protocol must to the very last stroke of the pen be written then and there, in order that every impression may be renewed and every smallest doubt studied and corrected.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

The tailless condition, that I had strongly suspected of being recessive and expected in 25 per cent to 50 per cent of the offspring, never once appeared.
— from Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl by Charles Benedict Davenport

By reflection; as, echoes are sound produced anacamptically.
— from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1st 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

And He said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: but rise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do."—
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. 2 by George Thomas Stokes

Her arms were stretched upward to hold the rope, so that her bosom rose at every movement she made.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

They are to have a common seal, and all orders or copies thereof purporting to be sealed therewith, are to be received as evidence that the same have been duly made.
— from A history of the Irish poor law, in connexion with the condition of the people by Nicholls, George, Sir

The little brass reeds are easily made, the metal is very 142 thin, and three strokes of a tiny chisel cut the reed.
— from The World's Earliest Music Traced to Its Beginnings in Ancient Lands by Collected Evidence of Relics, Records, History, and Musical Instruments from Greece, Etruria, Egypt, China, Through Asyria and Babylonia, to the Primitive Home, the Land of Akkad and Sumer by Hermann Smith

Oil had been reported, and every one connected with the Davenport outfit was of the opinion that the well when shot off would open up big.
— from The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck; Or, Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields by Edward Stratemeyer

We have dwelt of necessity in these brief remarks almost exclusively on Mr Trotter’s public career.
— from Old Friends at Cambridge and Elsewhere by John Willis Clark

Then Blackie remembered another excavation, just like the one his nest was in, a little off his course to the left, and he tacked towards it, twisting his course wonderfully, thanks to the long tail.
— from The Way of the Wild by F. St. Mars