Of their constant and unwearied kindness, he always spoke with most affectionate gratitude.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

He was the chief astronomer under Kúblái Kaan" [to whom he was presented in 1262; he was born in 1231.—H. C.] "It must be remembered that there was a special vitality among the Chinese under the Yuen with regard to the arts and sciences, and the Emperor had the choice of artizans and men of science from all countries.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

—All species are very common and universally known.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

,’ said Mrs. Kenwigs, ‘to think that you should have turned your back upon me and my dear children, and upon Kenwigs which is the author of their being—you who was once so kind and affectionate, and who, if anybody had told us such a thing of, we should have withered with scorn like lightning—you that little Lillyvick, our first and earliest boy, was named after at the very altar!
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

There is a whole series of very common and universally known psychic phenomena, which, after some instruction in the technique of psychoanalysis, one can make the subject matter of analysis in one's self.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

Before the invention of the art of printing, the only employment by which a man of letters could make any thing by his talents, was that of a public or private teacher, or by communicating to other people the curious and useful knowledge which he had acquired himself; and this is still surely a more honourable, a more useful, and, in general, even a more profitable employment than that other of writing for a bookseller, to which the art of printing has given occasion.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

If, therefore, anything be imprinted on the minds of all men as a law, all men must have a certain and unavoidable knowledge that certain and unavoidable punishment will attend the breach of it.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

But even for the junior officials, the proceedings in the courtrooms are usually kept secret, so they are hardly able to see how the cases they work with proceed, court affairs appear in their range of vision often without their knowing where they come from and they move on further without their learning where they go.
— from The Trial by Franz Kafka

The freight-rate between British Columbian and United Kingdom ports should be at least halved when the canal is in operation.
— from The Panama Canal: A history and description of the enterprise by J. Saxon (John Saxon) Mills

Many have talked, in very exalted language, of the perpetuity of friendship, of invincible constancy, and unalienable kindness; and some examples have been seen of men who have continued faithful to their earliest choice, and whose affection has predominated over changes of fortune, and contrariety of opinion.
— from The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler by Samuel Johnson

There was a time when religion had power; when the church ruled Christendom; when popes crowned and uncrowned kings.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition—Miscellany by Robert Green Ingersoll

Since empirical inquiry furnishes no certain and universal knowledge, and since the assumption that like bodies will in the same circumstances have like effects is only a conjecture from analogy, natural science in the strict sense does not exist.
— from History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg

But hopes of an understanding stuck upon the point of religion, the “conscientious and untrustworthy” king proving firm in his devotion to prelacy.
— from Isle of Wight by A. R. Hope (Ascott Robert Hope) Moncrieff

Though Henri by it broke faith with Queen Elizabeth, he secured an honourable peace for his country, an undisputed kingship for himself.
— from Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre — Volume 3 by Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France

People climbed upon their seats to see, or crowded out in the aisle curiously and unwisely kind, and in the way.
— from Exit Betty by Grace Livingston Hill