Even in Paris I had noticed the eagerness with which he used to study the technique of dramatic composition, especially that of Scribe, in the hope of acquiring the skill of that writer, without which, as he soon discovered, no poetical drama in German could be successful.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

[2637] they cannot endure their own fulsome belchings, continual wind about their hypochondries, heat and griping in their bowels, praecordia sursum convelluntur , midriff and bowels are pulled up, the veins about their eyes look red, and swell from vapours and wind.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

There are no special ceremonies connected with the cultivation of the second crop, except the one called Chēttotakam in the month of Thulam (November), which is observed in the Palghāt tāluk.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

[Brāhmans always put out portions of the srāddha offerings in the same way, and judge whether they are acceptable or not by noting if the crows eat them or not.]
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

The same endowments of the mind, in every circumstance, are agreeable to the sentiment of morals and to that of humanity; the same temper is susceptible of high degrees of the one sentiment and of the other; and the same alteration in the objects, by their nearer approach or by connexions, enlivens the one and the other.
— from An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals by David Hume

The power of the President, in respect to pardons, would extend to all cases, except those of impeachment.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

For a dead man cannot exercise the Office of a King.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

I might easily have put a stop to Bellino’s perplexity, and rectified the mistake he was labouring under; but such a confession would not have ministered to my self-love, and I held my peace, for, if Bellino happened to be a girl, as I suspected, I wanted her to be convinced that I attached, after all, but very little importance to the great affair, and that it was not worth while employing cunning expedients to obtain it.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Her mother could even think of her being able to join their party at home, before her brothers and sisters went to school again.
— from Persuasion by Jane Austen

If there were meat and wine enough, and we could stay here in the hut with nothing to do but to eat and drink while the others go to their work, I could easily talk on for a whole twelve months without ever finishing the story of the sorrows with which it has pleased heaven to visit me.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

When I say “the sun,” “my father,” or a “round square,” I do not call upon the hearer for any belief or disbelief, nor can either the one or the other be afforded me; but if I say, “the sun exists,” “my father exists,” or “a round square exists,” I call for belief; and should, in the first of the three instances, meet with it; in the second, with belief or disbelief, as the case might be; in the third, with disbelief. § 3.
— from A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive by John Stuart Mill

A common extrinsic term of comparison founds the relation of site or situation .
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 19, April 1874‐September 1874 by Various

They lived mostly in suburbs of the city, lodging with modest families, and enjoyed their freedom and supported the almost continual evil tidings of the Emperor as best they might.
— from St. Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England by Robert Louis Stevenson

Hildegarde was suddenly brought down from her airy castle of storm-wrapped bliss by hearing Roger's voice, high-pitched to carry across the uproar, saying with calm emphasis, "Take off your shoes!
— from Hildegarde's Neighbors by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

Cooper embraced the opportunity to see all the sights he could of the great metropolis.
— from James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters by Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury

She sat still contentedly enough, thinking over MY AUNTS MUST HAVE COME BACK!
— from The Cuckoo Clock by Mrs. Molesworth

The reader can compare the view and the ride to the Bay of Naples and the Cornice Road; we did nothing of the sort; we held on to the seat, prayed that the harness of the pony might not break, and gave constant expression to our wonder and delight.
— from The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1 by Charles Dudley Warner

I He communicated energy to others.
— from The Social Principles of Jesus by Walter Rauschenbusch

“I trust not, captain,” exclaimed the officer.
— from Peggy Owen and Liberty by Lucy Foster Madison