Thinking involves (as we have seen) the suggestion of a conclusion for acceptance, and also search or inquiry to test the value of the suggestion before finally accepting it.
— from How We Think by John Dewey

7. Earl's Coronet (Garter): Quarterly of six, 1. gules, on a bend between six cross crosslets fitchée argent, an inescutcheon or
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

We feel really obliged to you for introducing a Lady Kenrick; it will remove the greatest fault in the work, and I give you credit for considerable forbearance as an author in adopting so much of our opinion.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen

At that hour my Soul was hampered by some evil or other whereof I was not wholly cleansed, and it lay upon my arms and coiled round my waist; but I put it aside, and I cast forth as an eagle in my flight for the very place of the River.
— from Kim by Rudyard Kipling

it would take three ships to carry the money.—I’ve looked into the thing—calculated all the chances for and all the chances against, and though I shake my head and hesitate and keep on thinking, apparently, I’ve got my mind made up that if the thing can be done on a capital of six millions, that’s the horse to put up money on!
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

There is a gush of entrancing melody; there is an oppressive sense of strange sweet odor,—there is a dream-like intermingling to the eye of tall slender Eastern trees—bosky shrubberies—flocks of golden and crimson birds—lily-fringed lakes—meadows of violets, tulips, poppies, hyacinths, and tuberoses—long intertangled lines of silver streamlets—and, upspringing confusedly from amid all, a mass of semi-Gothic, semi-Saracenic architecture sustaining itself by miracle in mid-air, glittering in the red sunlight with a hundred oriels, minarets, and pinnacles; and seeming the phantom handiwork, conjointly, of the Sylphs, of the Fairies, of the Genii and of the Gnomes.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

He heard the bards and heralds raise Auspicious strains of joy and praise; And breathed devout, with voice restrained, The hymn for morning rites ordained; Then, with his head in reverence bowed, Praised Madhu's conquering foe aloud, And, in pure linen robes arrayed, The priests to raise their voices prayed.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

The upper corner is then turned sharply under in a flat crease for about a quarter of its diagonal length; then the two sides are rolled loosely under, making a sort of pillow effect laid sideways; with a straight top edge and a pointed lower edge, and the monogram displayed in the center.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

Crowns have been made hereditary in certain families, and an order of succession has been set up, to prevent disputes from arising on the death of kings.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

—one whom I could feel an affection for, and really feel in the position of a daughter to... Manders.
— from Ghosts: A Domestic Tragedy in Three Acts by Henrik Ibsen

Endicott was major-general of the colonial forces and a severe disciplinarian.
— from Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle

In this way, at my laboratory, I have been able to preserve, in perfect condition for more than two years, Indian Cobras and 20 Fers-de-lance from Martinique, taking care to keep them in a hothouse, at a temperature of about 82° to 86° F. It is also very important to place inside the cases a vessel full of water, which should be frequently changed, for almost all snakes drink often and like to bathe for whole days at a time.
— from Venoms: Venomous Animals and Antivenomous Serum-therapeutics by A. (Albert) Calmette

I came for an answer to my letter.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 10, October, 1869 to March, 1870 by Various

In some epidemics, as is seen in common fevers, after a short time the disease has become more tractable, it has assumed a milder character, and ultimately has again disappeared.
— from A System of Midwifery by Edward Rigby

It was said that many of the freebooters came from America, and that they found a ready market here for their stolen goods.
— from Elsie's Winter Trip by Martha Finley

The same statute (ch. 18) provides further, that, "Forasmuch as the common fine and amercement of the whole county in Eyre of the justices for false judgments, or for other trespass, is unjustly assessed by sheriffs and baretors in the shires, so that the sum is many times increased, and the parcels otherwise assessed than they ought to be, to the damage of the people, which be many times paid to the sheriffs and baretors, which do not acquit the payers; it is provided, and the king wills, that from henceforth such sums shall be assessed before the justices in Eyre, afore their departure, by the oath of knights and other honest men , upon all such as ought to pay; and the justices shall cause the parcels to be put into their estreats, which shall be delivered up unto the exchequer, and not the whole sum."— St. 3 Edward I. , ch. 18, (1275.)
— from An Essay on the Trial by Jury by Lysander Spooner

“Tell your men if they can find an American with blue eyes to bring him here.
— from The Dust of Conflict by Harold Bindloss

Desiring, with all our heart the maintenance, continuation and increase of our said University which (not without good reason) we have under our special favor, considering these things, with the advice and counsel of our very dear and very beloved Cousin Edmond, Duke of Somerset, Lieutenant-General and Governor in our stead of our realms of France, the country and Duchy of Normandy, we command and strictly enjoin you all and each one of you so far as he shall be concerned, that you make or cause to be made free and exempt from said villein-taxes, aides, and octrois, one advocate, one purveyor, one bell-ringer, two booksellers, two parchment makers, two illuminators, two bookbinders, six beadles, five bailiffs, (one for each of the five Faculties) and seven messengers (understanding that there shall be one for each diocese in our said Duchy), and this you shall do up to this number of attendants and servitors of this our University, and at the same time, uphold, maintain and continue them in their rights, franchises, and liberties, of which by our said command, foundation, and augmentation, you find them to be and to have been duly possessed, without suffering anything to disturb or interfere with this.
— from Readings in the History of Education Mediaeval Universities by Arthur O. Norton