The changes that occur in accommodation are frequently not only sudden but revolutionary, as in the mutation of attitudes in conversion.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Such imperfect population might have been supplied, in some generations, by the English colonies; but neither reason nor facts can justify the unnatural supposition, that the Saxons of Britain remained alone in the desert which they had subdued.
— 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

I will speak what appears to be right, and if the despot says, then I will put you to death, I will reply, 'When did I ever tell you that I was immortal?
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

I used to admire the ripple marks on the sandy bottom, at the north end of this pond, made firm and hard to the feet of the wader by the pressure of the water, and the rushes which grew in Indian file, in waving lines, corresponding to these marks, rank behind rank, as if the waves had planted them.
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

The criminal has at all times been regarded as a rebel against society, but only recently has the existence of the dependent and the defective been recognized as inimical to the social order.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Herod Puts Off His Punishment Till He Should Be Recovered, And In The Mean Time Alters His Testament.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

The look, the manner, both betray— Rejoiced am I that I may stay!
— from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The moral and intellectual are always dividing, yet they must be reunited, and in the highest conception of them are inseparable.
— from Protagoras by Plato

He was indeed sharp against us, but yet no cruel enemy; for our own people tell this story of him, that one day, walking about the city of Chalcedon, Maris, bishop of the place; was so bold as to tell him that he was impious, and an enemy to Christ, at which, they say, he was no further moved than to reply, “Go, poor wretch, and lament the loss of thy eyes,” to which the bishop replied again, “I thank Jesus Christ for taking away my sight, that I may not see thy impudent visage,” affecting in that, they say, a philosophical patience.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

The main lines of duty in the great relations of life are sufficiently obvious, and the casuistry which multiplies cases of conscience and invents unreal and factitious duties is apt to be rather an impediment than a furtherance to a noble life.
— from The Map of Life Conduct and Character by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

It would appear that the parties were subsequently married, when it was usual, as a proof that their pledge had been fulfilled, to return to the witness or witnesses to the contract the two rings which the betrothed had respectively worn until married; and thus the three rings, which had been separated, became reunited, as in the present instance.’
— from Finger-Ring Lore: Historical, Legendary, Anecdotal by Jones, William, F.S.A.

Before reading aloud in the future he gave some previous personal attention to the poem or subject decided upon.
— from The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, July, 1913 Vol. LXXXVI. New Series: Vol. LXIV. May to October, 1913 by Various

If this conclusion holds, and I believe that no essential objection can be raised against it, then we have in the limitation in space a process which is exactly analogous to the limitation in time, which we have already considered.
— from Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems Authorised Translation by August Weismann

The best he could find now was a hollow under a big root, and into this he slunk, crying softly.
— from Baree, Son of Kazan by James Oliver Curwood

Lord Milner was of opinion, however, that in view of the general surrender this proclamation should be "tacitly dropped," although property already confiscated under its terms could not, of course, be restored; and in this view the Home Government concurred.
— from Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 by W. Basil (William Basil) Worsfold

In 1822 Maria Edgeworth introduced the poem into her book "Rosamond," ascribing it to her.
— from The Poems of Philip Freneau, Poet of the American Revolution. Volume 2 (of 3) by Philip Morin Freneau

Meantime the unhappy Braintop received an indication that he must depart.
— from Sandra Belloni — Volume 4 by George Meredith

The ego psychology, which we strive to understand, must not be founded upon introspective data, but rather, as in the libido, upon analysis of the disturbances and decompositions of the ego.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

Three alterations by Shakespeare are of vital importance in improving the plot: the slandered queen is kept alive, instead of dying in grief for her son's death, to be restored again in the famous but theatrical statue scene; Autolycus is created and is given, with Camillo, an important share in the restoration of Perdita; and the complications of { 205} Dorastus's (Florizel's) destiny as the prospective husband of a princess of Denmark, and Pandosto's (Leontes's) falling in love with his own daughter and his suicide on learning of her true birth, are wisely omitted.
— from An Introduction to Shakespeare by H. N. (Henry Noble) MacCracken