A pessimistic attitude of mind and a pessimistic doctrine and ecstatic Nihilism, may in [Pg 423] certain circumstances even prove indispensable to the philosopher—that is to say, as a mighty form of pressure, or hammer, with which he can smash up degenerate, perishing races and put them out of existence; with which he can beat a track to a new order of life, or instil a longing for nonentity in those who are degenerate and who desire to perish.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The same kills the worms in children, eases pains in the sides, and dissolves the windiness in the spleen, as also in the body, although others think it only powerful to provoke venery.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

As between one form of popular government and another, the advantage in this respect lies with that which most widely diffuses the exercise of public functions; on the one hand, by excluding fewest from the suffrage; on the other, by opening to all classes of private citizens, so far as is consistent with other equally important objects, the widest participation in the details of judicial and administrative business; as by jury-trial, admission to municipal offices, and, above all, by the utmost possible publicity and liberty of discussion, whereby not merely a few individuals in succession, but the whole public, are made, to a certain extent, participants in the government, and sharers in the instruction and mental exercise derived from it.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

In a joint-stock company, on the contrary, each partner is bound only to the extent of his share.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

I do not know any author in a public narrative who mixes so much consideration of manners and particular inclinations: and I am of a quite contrary opinion to him, holding that, having especially to follow the lives of the emperors of his time, so various and extreme in all sorts of forms, so many notable actions as their cruelty especially produced in their subjects, he had a stronger and more attractive matter to treat of than if he had had to describe battles and universal commotions; so that I often find him sterile, running over those brave deaths as if he feared to trouble us with their multitude and length.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

And when you fondle and caress, Lion, you'll tear her and her dress; Permit me, sir, to clip each paw, It shall be done without a flaw, And, by-the-by, in the meanwhile, Your teeth 'twould be as well to file; Your kisses then would be less rough, And her's far sweeter—that's enough."
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

The Creole, or French market, coffee for which New Orleans has long been famous is made from a concentrated coffee extract prepared in a drip pot.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

This is the creature especially preeminent in art, literature and rhetoric.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

He created Farcas , which must not be regarded as farces, but as dramatic poems in which the profane and religious are interwoven; he wrote The Bristo , a popular comedy; The Jealous One , which was perhaps the earliest comedy of character ever produced in Europe, and finally, a tragedy, Inez de Castro , the national tragedy, a tragedy so orthodox and regular in form that the author felt bound to introduce a chorus in the classic manner; it is charged with pathos and handled with much art.
— from Initiation into Literature by Émile Faguet

Cloth, extra, printed in colors.
— from A Sailor in Spite of Himself by Harry Castlemon

I am devoted to you more than I could ever put into words.
— from Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal by Chantal, Jeanne-Françoise de, Saint

Non sara` tutto tempo sanza reda l'aguglia che lascio` le penne al carro, per che divenne mostro e poscia preda; ch'io veggio certamente, e pero` il narro, a darne tempo gia` stelle propinque, secure d'ogn'intoppo e d'ogni sbarro, nel quale un cinquecento diece e cinque, messo di Dio, ancidera` la fuia con quel gigante che con lei delinque.
— from La Divina Commedia di Dante: Complete by Dante Alighieri

It is when the bright sunlight has gone, and no more reproaches our inactivity, that friends can enjoy prolonged intercourse, and can best unbosom to one another, as if the darkness gave opportunity for a tenderness which would be ashamed to show itself during the twelve hours in which a man shall work.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Marcus Dods

Physically I have been endowed with a presence which, though not of unusual height and somewhat inclined to central expansion, produces, I find, an invariably imposing effect, especially with members of the more emotional and impressionable sex.
— from The Talking Horse, and Other Tales by F. Anstey

The last mentioned book is one of the most interesting works of the class ever published in this country, and shows what an earnest, enthusiastic antiquarian can do for the English-speaking races in Canada, in perpetuating the memories and associations that cling to old landmarks.
— from The Intellectual Development of the Canadian People: An Historical Review by John George Bourinot

[A; c] entrust, put into s.o.’s power or disposal.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff