Here till the evening, so as it was dark almost before we got home (back again in the same method, I think, we went), and spent the night talking at Sir W. Batten’s, only a little at my office, to look over the Victualler’s contract, and draw up some arguments for him to plead for his charges in transportation of goods beyond the ports which the letter of one article in his contract do lay upon him.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

But the essence of reason is nought else but our mind, in so far as it clearly and distinctly understands (see the definition in II.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

1 which allows her to claim a divorce under such circumstances.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

In general the poison appears only to be generated in a sufficient degree of intensity to create acute disease under such a conjunction 12 of circumstances, as a degree of moisture sufficient to facilitate decomposition, a hot sun, a stagnant atmosphere, and a languid population.
— from A supplementary report on the results of a special inquiry into the practice of interment in towns. by Edwin Chadwick

Behind her spread all the hospitable provisions of the rich man’s kitchen, the arrangements which spoke of liberal entertainment, assembly of guests above and crowd of servants below; all black, cold, and desolate, unlighted save by the early wintry twilight from the windows and the superannuated glimmer of Sally’s fire; and the emptiness and vacancy went with a chill and an ache to Roger’s heart.
— from The House on the Moor, v. 2/3 by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

One morning, as I was watching her steady flight across the lawn, I caught a decided upward swerve of the gleaming line, and instantly resolved to take the hint, if such it were.
— from Upon The Tree-Tops by Olive Thorne Miller

If this were so, he said to himself, it would create a devilish unpleasant situation ... and a situation not without an element to cause laughter.
— from The Little Moment of Happiness by Clarence Budington Kelland

In old canals a distributary used sometimes, after running parallel to a canal, to be brought back towards it and tail into it.
— from Irrigation Works The Principles on Which Their Design and Working Should Be Based, with Special Details Relating to Indian Canals and Some Proposed Improvements by E. S. (Edward Skelton) Bellasis

The same training hand– Dahore was the name of the teacher–reared and watered the three noble flowers, which sucked from one kind of bed and ether three kinds of color, and developed unlike stamens and honeycups.
— from Hesperus; or, Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days: A Biography. Vol. I. by Jean Paul

My beauty, come— Come and dance us some new dance!
— from The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda by Victor Hugo

When we went down to dinner, I did see the house; for at a word from Milly, partly in good nature and partly in pride, Mrs. Van Dam led the way through stately rooms that kept me alternating between confusion and delight, until she paused in a gilded salon, with stuccoed ceiling and softest of soft rose hangings, where I scarcely dared set foot upon the shining floor.
— from The Bacillus of Beauty: A Romance of To-day by Harriet Stark

(g) Operations.-- (1) In general.--Beginning not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, the ITACG Advisory Council shall meet regularly, but not less than quarterly, at the facilities of the National Counterterrorism Center of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. (2) Management.--Pursuant to section 119(f)(E) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404o(f)(E)), the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, acting through the senior intelligence official from the Department of Homeland Security detailed pursuant to subsection (d)(6), shall ensure that-- (A) the products derived from information within the scope of the information sharing environment, including homeland security information, terrorism information, and weapons of mass destruction information, prepared by the National Counterterrorism Center and the ITACG Detail for distribution to State, local, and tribal homeland security and law enforcement agencies reflect the requirements of such agencies and are produced consistently with the policies, processes, procedures, standards, and guidelines established by the ITACG Advisory Council; (B) in consultation with the ITACG Advisory Council and consistent with sections 102A(f)(1)(B)(iii) and 119(f)(E) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 402 et seq.), all products described in subparagraph (A) are disseminated through existing channels of the Department and the Department of Justice and other appropriate channels to State, local, and tribal government officials and other entities; (C) all detailees under subsection (d)(5) have appropriate access to all relevant information within the scope of the information sharing environment, including homeland security information, terrorism information, and weapons of mass destruction information, available at the National Counterterrorism Center in order to accomplish the objectives under that paragraph; (D) all detailees under subsection (d)(5) have the appropriate security clearances and are trained in the procedures for handling, processing, storing, and disseminating classified products derived from information within the scope of the information sharing environment, including homeland security information, terrorism information, and weapons of mass destruction information; and (E) all detailees under subsection (d)(5) complete appropriate privacy and civil liberties training.
— from Homeland Security Act of 2002 Updated Through October 14, 2008 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security