And all the most refrangible [Pg 168] Rays which fall upon the Base beyond p , that is, between, p and B, and can by Reflexion come from thence to the Eye, will be reflected thither, but every where between p and c , many of these Rays will get through the Base, and be refracted; and the same is to be understood of the meanly refrangible Rays on either side of the Point r .
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton

The next row of stitches is made in the same manner, so that the stitches are not only set contrary ways but reciprocally cover each other.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

Bonarum rerum consuetudo est pessima —Nothing can be worse than being accustomed to good things.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

become rich &c. adj.; strike it rich; come into a sum of money, receive a windfall, receive an inheritance, hit the jackpot, win the lottery; fill one's pocket &c. (treasury) 802; feather one's nest, make a fortune; make money &c. (acquire) 775.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

“The Abbé Busoni!” repeated Caderousse, fixing his haggard gaze on the count.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

“I declare, my very blood runs cold when I think of it,—your condition and your risks!” said Mr. Wilson.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

But as Philopoemen condemned wrestling, wherein he excelled, because the preparatives that were therein employed were differing from those that appertain to military discipline, to which alone he conceived men of honour ought wholly to apply themselves; so it seems to me that this address to which we form our limbs, those writhings and motions young men are taught in this new school, are not only of no use, but rather contrary and hurtful to the practice of fight in battle; and also our people commonly make use of particular weapons, and peculiarly designed for duel; and I have seen, when it has been disapproved, that a gentleman challenged to fight with rapier and poignard appeared in the array of a man-at-arms, and that another should take his cloak instead of his poignard.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

I stole some bread, some rind of cheese, about half a jar of mincemeat (which I tied up in my pocket-handkerchief with my last night's slice), some brandy from a stone bottle (which I decanted into a glass bottle I had secretly used for making that intoxicating fluid, Spanish-liquorice-water, up in my room: diluting the stone bottle from a jug in the kitchen cupboard), a meat bone with very little on it, and a beautiful round compact pork pie.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Left, Le Bret, Ragueneau, Cyrano, etc.) CYRANO (shutting his eyes for a second): Wait while I choose my rhymes. .
— from Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

Characters that have been removed, corrected, or which have been added are noted using [] as delimiters.
— from The Indian in his Wigwam; Or, Characteristics of the Red Race of America From Original Notes and Manuscripts by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

What next?” “You will next place a price upon the shipload; a price such as you would accept if the boat reached Cologne intact.
— from The Sword Maker by Robert Barr

A serviceable and splendidly balanced rod can be obtained from first class makers for less money.
— from Woodcraft and Camping by George Washington Sears

She then decorates herself with her jewels,—earrings, bracelets, beads, rings, charms, embroidered bags holding the betel-nut, and the tiny mirror in its embroidered case with silk tassels.
— from Court Life in China: The Capital, Its Officials and People by Isaac Taylor Headland

In our own times it would be easy to point out numerous instances in which great improvements and beneficial results connected with the comforts, the happiness, and even life of our fellow creatures have been the results of scientific combinations; but I cannot do this without constituting myself a judge of the works of philosophers who are still alive, whose researches are known, whose labours are respected, and who will receive from posterity praises that their contemporaries hardly dare to bestow upon them.
— from Consolations in Travel; or, the Last Days of a Philosopher by Davy, Humphry, Sir

At the head of the ‘Five Classics’ ( Wu King ) is placed the Yih King , or ‘Book of Changes,’ a work which if not—as it has been repeatedly called— Antiquissimus Sinarum liber , can be traced with tolerable accuracy to an origin three thousand years ago.
— from The Middle Kingdom, Volume 1 (of 2) A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants by S. Wells (Samuel Wells) Williams

"Alas!" said the aged warrior, who did not suspect the finely made French wig, "time has left my white brother red cheeks and a head covered with hair; but for me,—look!"
— from Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools by Francis Kingsley Ball

96 The desire for scientific study of the polar world had now become the motive for northern research, though men were still ambitious to reach the pole; and when Sir George Nares returned from the great British expedition of 1875, to tell how the men of the Alert had reached a wintering-point beyond Robeson Channel, on the west coast of Greenland, in latitude 82° 27´ N., and that Markham and a sledge-party had gone about one degree farther (to 83° 20´ 26´´ N.), greater pride was felt in this fact, perhaps, than in the careful observations and collections that the ships had made.
— from The Book of the Ocean by Ernest Ingersoll