Still in none of these cases does it seem clear that pain supervenes through a mere intensification in degree of the action of the organ in question; and not rather through some change in the kind of action—some inchoate disintegration or disorganisation.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

Satan must have occasionally crouched down in some corner of the hovel in which Thénardier dwelt, and have fallen a-dreaming in the presence of this hideous masterpiece.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

The frontispiece is a coarsely executed wood cut, divided into six compartments, and representing the six days of the creation.
— from The Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philosophy, Its Legends, Myths and Symbols by Albert Gallatin Mackey

“I believe I can do it,” she chuckled.
— from Pollyanna by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

That he observed it in all its bearings, and as fixedly as I, was apparent; but that he could discover in such circumstances so fruitful a field of annoyance, can only be attributed, as I said before, to his more than ordinary penetration.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Tacitus could do it; so could Michael Angelo; and so, at a pinch, could Gibbon, though in figure hardly heroic; but, in sum, none of them could say very much more than the tourist, who went on repeating to himself the eternal question:--Why!
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

A more correct description in such cases would be passant "respecting" or "regarding" each other.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

All we can do, in such cases, is to run over several instances, and examine carefully the principle which binds the different thoughts to each other, never stopping till we render the principle as general as possible 5 .
— from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

It has been clearly demonstrated in several cases that eggs fertilized by spermatozoa which possess this X -element, always become females, those fertilized by spermatozoa which do not possess it always develop into males.
— from Being Well-Born: An Introduction to Eugenics by Michael F. (Michael Frederic) Guyer

At that moment he felt crumble down in some crude gulf within the fabric of his self-esteem—the high-built structure of years.
— from The Kingdom of Slender Swords by Hallie Erminie Rives

I cannot close my lids but some grey rent Of wildered rock, some water’s clear descent In shattering crystal, pine-trees soft as dreams Waving perpetually, the sudden gleams Of remote sea, a dear surprise of flowers, Some grace or wonder of to-day’s long hours Straightway possesses the moved sense, which teems With fantasy unbid.
— from Poems by Edward Dowden

Noverint universi prsesentes litteras inspecturi quod nos frater Guillelmus de Sancto Sequano ordinis fratrum prædicatorum, inquisitor hæreticæ pravitatis in regno Franciæ authoritate apostolica deputatus attendentes quod secundum merita personarum debent distribui officia dignitatum, et quia expedit crimina nocentium esse nota, præsertim ilia per quæ extenditur ultio non solum in autores scelerum sed in progeniem dampnatorum, ideo nos ad instantiam procuratoris domini regis in seneschallia Carcassonæ de infrascriptis sibi copiam fieri postulantis, ad honorem Dei et fidei munimentum per nos ipsos exquisivimus et per discretum virum dominum Raimundum rectorem ecclesiæ
— from A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea

He found the owner, an intelligent-appearing Creole, driving in some cows for milking, and was a little startled to realize that the afternoon was so late.
— from The Mardi Gras Mystery by H. (Henry) Bedford-Jones

Well, even admitting this version of pragmatism, you cannot deny it still contravenes common sense; for, according to you, the correspondence that constitutes truth does not exist till after ideas have worked, while common sense perceives and knows that it is the antecedent agreement of the ideas with reality that enables them to work.
— from The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy, and other essays in contemporary thought by John Dewey

On a certain time I saw not far from me a meteor—a cloud divided into smaller clouds, some of which were of an azure color, some opaque, and as it were in collision together.
— from The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love To Which is Added The Pleasures of Insanity Pertaining To Scortatory Love by Emanuel Swedenborg