Vide the case of David "dancing before the Lord with all his might."
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

"We have also certain chambers, which we call Chambers of Health, where we qualify the air as we think good and proper for the cure of divers diseases, and preservation of health.
— from New Atlantis by Francis Bacon

This last of course primarily combines and forms itself in freedom according to a certain original disposition directed towards purposes (which, as will be shown in Part II., must not be judged aesthetically but teleologically according to the principle of realism), but also perhaps in conformity with the universal 246 law of the affinity of materials.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

Several churches of different denominations are open, and divine service is performed in them unhindered.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

The coming of daylight dispelled his fears but increased his loneliness.
— from White Fang by Jack London

And so with your Doctors of Music, who, with their collections of discords duly prepared and resolved or retarded or anticipated in the manner of the great composers, think they can learn the art of Palestrina from Cherubim's treatise.
— from Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by Bernard Shaw

In the vast Sinhalese demonology we find the highest class of demons (dewatawas) described as resident in golden palaces, glittering with gems, themselves with skins of golden hue, wearing cobras as ornaments, their king, Wessamony seated on a gem-throne and wielding a golden sword.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

In the same chapter of Dr. Drever's book there are some interesting examples of the mistakes made by instinct.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell

Nothing is more surprising than the difference in the coal consumption of different distilleries.
— from A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products by F. B. (Frederic B.) Wright

Mac Clanchy (Feradach, the son of William, the son of Teige), chief of Dartree, died.
— from The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 31, January 30, 1841 by Various

With such a consciousness of duty done, who could fear to die?
— from From Egypt to Japan by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field

That the authorities did not take this tragic visitation, without efforts to cope with it, is evidenced by short notes among the certificates of death; delicate prisoners and invalids were apparently sent to France, and others to special hulks.
— from The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire. 1796 to 1816 by Thomas (Thomas James) Walker

A pale life, vulgar cares, and monotonous duties for [Pg 165] our Court–muse, so long accustomed to the flattering homage of a brilliant courtier circle in the splendid Ferrara saloons, glittering with gilding, and glowing with the colours of Dosso Dossi!
— from A Decade of Italian Women, vol. 2 (of 2) by Thomas Adolphus Trollope

Had other capacities, other desires, developed in a moment into the new life?
— from A Country Gentleman and His Family by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

In some cases the defect consists of delayed development; the body and the passions have grown at a greater rate than the mental powers, but time and training would be likely to establish an equilibrium.
— from The Criminal & the Community by James Devon

The impure chief of Dhor did not join in the league of his kinsmen; but followed in battle the pure chiefs of Tanahung.
— from An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha by Francis Hamilton

The foregoing letter was given by Don Diego de Almagro out of his own hand to Lope de Idiáquez; and also this other, from the Captains, which, taken from the original without altering a sentence or anything else, ran word for word thus:— [251] Letter from the Captains of Don Diego to the Governor Vaca de Castro Illustrious Sir, We have not yet heard the thunder of justice which your Lordship comes to establish in these parts, nor seen the flash of the justice you wish to afford us, for we have been blind these many days.
— from The War of Chupas by Pedro de Cieza de León