Nothing but consciousness can unite remote existences into the same person: the identity of substance will not do it; for whatever substance there is, however framed, without consciousness there is no person: and a carcass may be a person, as well as any sort of substance be so, without consciousness.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke
o n couch cō u rs e
— from Brooks's Readers, Third Year by Stratton D. (Stratton Duluth) Brooks
He tuck a cheer," continued Uncle Remus, "en he ain't bin dar long twel he look out en spy ole Brer Fox gwine
— from Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris
"Yit all de same, Brer Jack done come," continued Uncle Remus, "en we ull des slam de do' shet, en ef Sis Tempy
— from Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris
÷ cloth or ÷Ðcloth, the cover for an ~ in a Christian church, usually richly embroidered.
— from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1st 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
But as they have had some influence, in certain cases, upon really excellent and honest people, it is desirable that the truth should be plainly told.
— from Sunny Memories Of Foreign Lands, Volume 1 by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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