These treasures they kept secreted in woods and forests, secured by no other guard than the terrors of their religion; and their steady conquest over human avidity may be regarded as more signal than their prompting men to the most extraordinary and most violent efforts.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

I am told that I walked about the streets bareheaded, staggering, and singing aloud, while a crowd of boys ran after me, shouting: "Better-than-nothing!" XX If I wanted to order a ring for myself, the inscription I should choose would be: "Nothing passes away."
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

This was the way, then, that the naval battle resulted, and much spoil was taken.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

Secondly, The directors of a joint-stock company have always the management of a large capital, the joint stock of the company, a part of which they may frequently employ, with propriety, in building, repairing, and maintaining such necessary forts and garrisons.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

If we assume with Euler that colours are isochronous vibrations ( pulsus ) of the aether, as sounds are of the air in a state of disturbance, and,—what is most important,—that the mind not only perceives by sense the effect of these in exciting the organ, but also perceives by reflection the regular play of impressions (and thus the form of the combination of different representations) which I still do not doubt 27 —then colours and tone cannot be reckoned as mere sensations, but as the formal determination of the unity of a manifold of sensations, and thus as beauties in themselves.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

Imagining M. de Richelieu had forgotten me, and having no more hopes from the court, I made some attempts to get my opera brought out at Paris; but I met with difficulties which could not immediately be removed, and my situation became daily more painful.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

This artist usually paints small pictures of rural scenery in England and Wales—little stone cottages, bridges, river and mountain scenes.
— from Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. by Clara Erskine Clement Waters

Such a plea could not be refused, and Mr. Stevenson went down to the German firm and made arrangements to keep him.
— from The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson by Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez

But the good old time bore rough and manly spirits, who came prepared with a tribute of tears and laughter, to bursts of pathos, or effusions of humour, although incapable of receiving the delights which a cultivated mind derives from the gradual developement of a story, the just dependence of its parts upon each other, the minute beauties of language, and the absence of every thing incongruous or indecorous.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by John Dryden

Similar to No. 581 , but above paler, especially line over eye and sides of neck; white below clearer; interscapulars with black center broader, reddish brown portions narrower; dark markings on breast restricted and more sharply defined.
— from Color Key to North American Birds with bibliographical appendix by Frank M. (Frank Michler) Chapman

You see a thousand boatmen, raftmen, and millmen, some warping dingy scows, others loading huge square-sided ships; busy gangs of men in fustian jackets, engaged in running off the newly sawed timber; and the streets bustling with storekeepers, lumber- merchants, and market-men; all combining to produce a chaos of activity very uncommon in the towns of our North American colonies.
— from The Englishwoman in America by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

“That I might be robbed and murdered some night between town and town?
— from The Antiquary — Complete by Walter Scott

It has a long battlemented roof and massive square tower, and possesses many old brasses and monuments, besides a font of the time of Edward III.
— from What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association by Gordon Home

The Mendians say 'they could not catch land—they must have swum to the bottom of the sea,' but Ruiz and Montez supposed they reached the island in a boat.
— from A Visit to the United States in 1841 by Joseph Sturge

It seems more probable that the groups of linear signs that occur should rather be regarded as mnemonic symbols, and the mere isolated characters perhaps as individual marks.
— from Anthropology and the Classics Six Lectures Delivered Before the University of Oxford by Gilbert Murray