For when witches and devils come once to commend, or make use of the name of Christ, Christ and Paul like it not; therefore Paul's exhortation, which here are presented with by the text, is not extended to any of the four sorts aforenamed, but, Third, To those upon whom his name is called, they should depart from iniquity.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

It would seem that the most important officer in church and public life in New England was the tithing-man.
— from The Historical Child Paidology; The Science of the Child by Oscar Chrisman

An alleged voyage of Jean Cousin, in 1488, two years and more before this, from Dieppe to the coast of Brazil, is here brought in by certain French writers, like Estancelin and Gaffarel, as throwing some light on the intercourse of Columbus and Pinzon, later if not now.
— from Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery by Justin Winsor

Whatever the most fastidious taste could require to constitute a perfect landscape is not only found here, but in its proper place.
— from The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 4 (of 8) by William Wordsworth

In fact, the preparation of the materials is exactly the same as that described by Vitruvius, who recommends that the fragments of marble be sifted into three degrees of fineness, using the coarser for the rough bossage, the medium for the general modelling, and the finest for the surface finish, after which it can be polished with chalk and powdered lime if necessary.
— from Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society by Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society

Some say that everything that is called a psychical law is nothing but a psychological reflex of physical combinations, which is made up of sensations joined to certain central cerebral processes.
— from An Introduction to Psychology Translated from the Second German Edition by Wilhelm Max Wundt

True conjugal and parental love is not easily quenched, even though the object of its affection be weak, diseased or dangerously ill.
— from Epistle Sermons, Vol. 2: Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by Martin Luther