Whatever difference we may suppose betwixt them, it is still incomprehensible to us; and we are obliged either to conceive an external object merely as a relation without a relative, or to make it the very same with a perception or impression.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

While he is trying to carve an expression of meekness and humility on the face of the dove, Matvey, lumbering about like a bear, is coating with ice the cross he has made of wood.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

A man has carried off your mistress, a man has seduced your wife, a man has dishonored your daughter; he has rendered the whole life of one who had the right to expect from Heaven that portion of happiness God has promised to everyone of his creatures, an existence of misery and infamy; and you think you are avenged because you send a ball through the head, or pass a sword through the breast, of that man who has planted madness in your brain, and despair in your heart.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Count Rostóv was displeased to see that the company consisted almost entirely of men and women known for the freedom of their conduct.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

A just distribution of burdens, by holding up to every citizen an example of morality and good conscience applied to difficult adjustments, and an evidence of the value which the highest authorities attach to them, tends in an eminent degree to educate the moral sentiments of the community, both in respect of strength and of discrimination.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

When his arrival was announced at the castle, Montoni did not believe, that he would have presumed to shew himself, unless he had meant to fulfil his engagement, and he, therefore, readily admitted him; but the enraged countenance and expressions of Morano, as he entered the apartment, instantly undeceived him; and, when Montoni had explained, in part, the motives of his abrupt departure from Venice, the Count still persisted in demanding Emily, and reproaching Montoni, without even naming the former stipulation.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

36 May the propitious Deity direct and prosper the counsels and events of my administration, to your advantage and to the public welfare!
— 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

Note 24 ( return ) [ The crime and excommunication of Michael are fairly told by Pachymer (l. iii.
— 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

May the propitious Deity direct and prosper the counsels and events of my administration, to your advantage and to the public welfare!
— 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

They consisted almost entirely of men, and of the men there were many types, and many ages.
— from Michael by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

A work has recently been issued in Boston, by E. C. Rogers, containing an exposition of mysterious agents, and dynamic laws, or science of moving powers.
— from The Spirit Land by Samuel B. (Samuel Bulfinch) Emmons

Into the girl’s dark eyes came an expression of melancholy, and the corners of her red-lipped mouth drooped.
— from A Prince to Order by Charles Stokes Wayne

The Bible should be in accord with the reason, conscience and experience of man, and both with the constitution and laws of the physical universe.
— from The Universe a Vast Electric Organism by Geo. W. (George Woodward) Warder

To each of the solutions, 2 c.c. (an excess) of methyl acetate is added (to the ammonium hydroxide solution first), and the mixtures are shaken for a moment.
— from The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2. With Special Consideration of the Application of the Laws of Equilibrium and of the Modern Theories of Solution. by Julius Stieglitz

The behaviour of our new fellow passengers was very 38 remarkable and different from what one expected, though it was obvious enough at the first glance that these were people totally different from the Malayan races both in appearance and demeanour; yet there was none of that exuberance of spirits, child-like curiosity and exhibition of merriment and delight in their novel surroundings described by Wallace 3 and Guillemard 4 and which I had myself seen on the coast of German New Guinea.
— from Pygmies & Papuans: The Stone Age To-day in Dutch New Guinea by A. F. R. (Alexander Frederick Richmond) Wollaston

It is curious, indeed, that men have drawn women more true and charming than women themselves have invented, and the heroines of George Eliot, of George Sand (except Consuelo), and even of Miss Austen, do not subdue us like Di Vernon, nor win our sympathies like Rebecca of York.
— from Old Friends: Essays in Epistolary Parody by Andrew Lang

In short, thanks to what they called "Lethierry's Galley," the people enjoyed safe travelling, regular communication, prompt and easy passages to and fro, an increase of circulation, an extension of markets and of commerce, and, finally, it was felt that it was necessary to patronise this "Devil Boat," which flew in the face of the Holy Scriptures, and brought wealth to the island.
— from Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo

The Solos, Duets, Chorusses, and every other Musical arrangement the Law may require, by Mr. DAVID LEE.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841 by Various