Therefore the necessity of the determination of the will by the motive, which is like that of the effect by the cause, can be exhibited perceptibly and directly only in the case of the brutes, because here the spectator has the motives just as directly before his eyes as their effect; while in the case of man the motives are almost always abstract ideas, which are not communicated to the spectator, and even for the actor himself the necessity of their effect is hidden behind their conflict.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

ritual, ritualistic; ceremonial; baptismal, eucharistical; paschal.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Mr Lammle's utmost powers of sparkling were in requisition to-day, for Fascination Fledgeby and Georgiana not only struck each other speechless, but struck each other into astonishing attitudes; Georgiana, as she sat facing Fledgeby, making such efforts to conceal her elbows as were totally incompatible with the use of a knife and fork; and Fledgeby, as he sat facing Georgiana, avoiding her countenance by every possible device, and betraying the discomposure of his mind in feeling for his whiskers with his spoon, his wine glass, and his bread.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Laurie’s John Amos Comenius , Boston edition, p. 185.
— from The Orbis Pictus by Johann Amos Comenius

Even humility, in the shape of a stern judgement upon his own 129 faults,—which otherwise, with a consciousness of good intentions, could be easily palliated from the frailty of human nature,—is a sublime state of mind, consisting in a voluntary subjection of himself to the pain of remorse, in order that its causes may be gradually removed.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

He said I ought just to consider how uncultivated these people were with whom I had to deal; he pointed out that they were trained simply for the one instrument they played; and asked me whether I did not think that by discoursing to them on the aspirations of art I would produce not only confusion, but even perhaps bad blood?
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

Peter could be exceeding polite also, having learned the grand manner at fairy ceremonies, and he rose and bowed to her beautifully.
— from Peter Pan by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

Now, nothing can be conceived in itself as incorporeal except the vacuum; but the vacuum cannot be either passive or active; it is only the condition and the place of movement.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

Fear then is the common currency for which all emotional impulses can be exchanged, provided that the idea with which it has been associated has been subject to suppression.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

Not only is it smart in cut and colour, but eminently practical.
— from The Campaign in Russian Poland by Percy Cross Standing

All these things you can see from Cong by easy pleasant excursions, to be combined if you so choose with fishing in waters where trout if caught are worth the catching; and when you have had your fill of Cong, the steamer will take you to Galway, down that long narrow lake with rick-shaped Benlevi steep above Cong and Leckavrea making a cliff on the southwest.
— from Connaught by Stephen Lucius Gwynn

—The portion of Roman Road referred to at the outset as crossing Blackstone Edge presents, like all similar remains in our island, one of the most conclusive as well as interesting memorials we possess of the thorough conquest of the country by the Cæsars.
— from Lancashire: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes by Leo H. (Leo Hartley) Grindon

A vase of coarse, but effective pottery, full of scented wild geranium, stood in the midst.
— from The Way of Ambition by Robert Hichens

For the first few months these came by every possible mail, most of them directed to himself; others to his mother, Mrs. Rutter driving in from Moorlands to compare notes with St. George.
— from Kennedy Square by Francis Hopkinson Smith

rugs that could be easy pushed away.
— from The Man Next Door by Emerson Hough

The books which had disappeared were the only evidence upon which Golden's guilt and Drummond's innocence could be either proved or disproved.
— from At His Gates: A Novel. Vol. 2 (of 3) by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

A few trees, in pots, are useful for early forcing, as they can be easily plunged in a pit or any other convenient place where a mild regular bottom heat can be supplied.
— from In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house by Keane, William, gardener