Whether they are present must, of course, be determined, and therefore it is first of all necessary to learn the character of the suspect’s conduct.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

Harriet had not been at home; but a note had been prepared and left for her, written in the very style to touch; a small mixture of reproach, with a great deal of kindness; and till Mr. Elton himself appeared, she had been much occupied by it, continually pondering over what could be done in return, and wishing to do more than she dared to confess.
— from Emma by Jane Austen

Concerning the artistic side of the performance, I aimed at making the orchestra give as expressive a rendering as possible, and to this end made all kinds of notes, myself, in the various parts, so as to make quite sure that their interpretation would be as clear and as coloured as could be desired.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

The sensual appetite seeing an object, if it be a convenient good, cannot but desire it; if evil, avoid it: but this is free in his essence,
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

I'll see what can be done for you.”
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

The linen manufacture, indeed, is in England, by a particular statute, open to every body; but as it is not much cultivated through the greater part of the country, it can afford no general resource to the work men of other decaying manufactures, who, wherever the statute of apprenticeship takes place, have no other choice, but dither to come upon the parish, or to work as common labourers; for which, by their habits, they are much worse qualified than for any sort of manufacture that bears any resemblance to their own.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

The cure came back day after day.
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

in which every provision is permeated with ruthlessness and pitilessness, in which no breath of human sympathy can be detected, which flies in the face of everything which binds man to man, which is a crime against humanity itself, against a suffering and tortured people."
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes

If the sovereign can only speak through laws, and if the law can never have any but a general purpose, concerning all the members of the state, it follows that the sovereign never has the power to make any law with regard to particular cases; and yet it is necessary for the preservation of the state that particular oases should also be dealt with; let us see how this can be done.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

That could clearly be distinguished,” was the short answer.
— from The Adventures of the U-202: An Actual Narrative by Spiegel, E. (Edgar), Freiherr von

The weaver’s hand was a little conventional when he began to execute the Raphael cartoons, but during the three years required for their execution he lost all restriction and was ready for the freer manner.
— from The Tapestry Book by Helen Churchill Candee

It seems almost unreasonable to think that a lad of his age was capable of such determination, but facts cannot be denied or doubted.
— from James Oliver Curwood, Disciple of the Wilds by Hobart Donald Swiggett

A step on the round made by a ball through concussion, croquet, or roquet-croquet from another ball, cannot be declined, and the next step becomes proper.
— from Croquet: As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous

It can be done if we are willing on our own authority to put ourselves above the vagaries of linguistic usage.
— from Totem and Taboo Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics by Sigmund Freud

They can always be avoided , if the real condition of the patient is known in time; and if from neglect nothing else can be done, they must always be performed by a skillful surgeon.
— from The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed Being a Familiar and Practical Treatise, More Especially Intended for the Instruction of Females Themselves, but Adapted Also for Popular Use among Students and Practitioners of Medicine by Frederick Hollick

I do not know how many knives and pistols Moses sold, nor how many tears his good wife shed, but if she wept whenever a regiment marched down the street to the depot, her eyes must have been turned into a river of tears; for the tap of the drum and the tramp of the men resounded along the streets of the capital by day and by night, until people grew so used to it that they scarcely noticed it any more.
— from The Recollections of a Drummer-Boy by Henry Martyn Kieffer

Presently the two came up so that the figure of the man could be discerned, standing before the bulk of the planes.
— from Boy Scouts in the Northwest; Or, Fighting Forest Fires by G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson