Beate Virginis Marie Anno MCCLXXXXVIII Die Dominico VII Septembris iste Angelus captus fuit in Gulfo Venetiarum in Civitate Scursole et ibidem fuit prelium Galearum LXXVI Januensium cum Galeis LXXXXVI Veneciarum.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

His rudimentes, I call first in generall, all that which is called vulgarly the vertue of worde, herbe, & stone: which is vsed by vnlawful charmes, without naturall causes.
— from Daemonologie. by King of England James I

I can think in German, I can feel in German—I can do most things; but this is beyond my powers....
— from Ecce Homo Complete Works, Volume Seventeen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

An objective relation can only be thought, but yet, so far as it is subjective according to its conditions, can be felt in its effect on the mind; and, of a relation based on no concept (like the relation of the representative powers to a cognitive faculty in general), no other consciousness is possible than that through the sensation of the effect, which consists in the more lively play of both mental powers (the Imagination and the Understanding) when animated by mutual agreement.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

By the offices of common friends I gained the acquaintance of Fulbert.
— from Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix'd a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Héloïse

The courage which scareth away ghosts, createth for itself goblins—it wanteth to laugh.
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

It is an art , if it only shows this by examples; it is a science if it derives the possibility of such judgements from the nature of these faculties, as cognitive faculties in general.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

“I would not have this doctrine vulgarly promulgated,” said the admirable chaplain, “for its general practice might chance to do harm.
— from Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray

Thus, slow drying will result in an increased rate of cure, for it gives an opportunity for putrefactive organisms to play a part.
— from The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan

The first chocolate factory in Germany is said to have been erected by Prince Wilhelm von der Lippe about the year 1756 at Steinhude.
— from The Manufacture of Chocolate and other Cacao Preparations by Paul Zipperer

The argument is clear; for if good men, by what they do, cannot merit the less, bad men, by what they do, cannot merit more.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

The court of the Tuileries, and all who took their cue from it, gave striking proof of the political quality which was then dignified by the name of sagacity.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Dev`enter (25), a town in Holland, in the province of Overyssel, 55 m. SE. of Amsterdam; has carpet manufactures; is celebrated for its gingerbread; was the locality of the Brotherhood of Common Life, with which the life and work of Thomas à Kempis are associated.
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

You are both sanguine and nervous, an excellent constitution, for it gives you a choice.
— from Monsieur de Camors — Complete by Octave Feuillet

Oh, you must allow so much; she treated me cruelly, for I give you my word, Dick, that I never offended her even by a look.
— from A Nest of Linnets by Frank Frankfort Moore

But after a while the King came forth in great joy, and when he saw the youth Ion standing without the shrine, he caught him by the hand, and would have thrown his arms about him, but the youth drew back, thinking that the God had smitten him with madness, and even would have drawn his bow against him.
— from Stories from the Greek Tragedians by Alfred John Church

The skim-milk from the separator is of course infected with the germ, and if conditions favor its growth, the whole lot soon becomes tainted.
— from Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying by H. L. (Harry Luman) Russell