The Master said, 'He who aims to be a man of complete virtue in his food does not seek to gratify his appetite, nor in his dwelling place does he seek the appliances of ease; he is earnest in what he is doing, and careful in his speech; he frequents the company of men of principle that he may be rectified:— such a person may be said indeed to love to learn.' CHAP.
— from The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) by Confucius

But for the next four years the best of Amory's intellect was concentrated on matters of popularity, the intricacies of a university social system and American Society as represented by Biltmore Teas and Hot Springs golf-links. ...
— from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald

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— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

From a neighboring height, his artful rival harangued the camp of the Walamirs, and branded their leader with the opprobrious names of child, of madman, of perjured traitor, the enemy of his blood and nation.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

From a neighboring height, his artful rival harangued the camp of the Walamirs , and branded their leader with the opprobrious names of child, of madman, of perjured traitor, the enemy of his blood and nation.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

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— from Dissertation on the Progress of the Fine Arts by John Robert Scott

This change, however, determined me to adopt a plan which I had before meditated; namely, the conveying of my own person to Devereux Court on horseback, and sending my servant with my luggage in my post-chaise.
— from Devereux — Volume 03 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

It will be unnecessary here to trace those successive steps with minuteness, or to attempt to adjust the claims of merit or priority that have been put forward for different inventors, but a notice of some of the stages in the evolution of this wonderful contrivance may be of interest.
— from Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century by Robert Routledge

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— from A Discourse Being Introductory to his Course of Lectures on Elocution and the English Language (1759) by Thomas Sheridan

This confusion and rivalry of the Peruvian gods has left its traces in the crude and obscure legend of the Collas, or mountaineers of Pacari Tambo, to the south-west of Cuzco.
— from Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru by Albert Réville

After leaving Lady Dunfern in the careful charge of Marjory, Oscar proceeded to handsomely reward his uncle’s coachman, who drove them so quickly from Dunfern Mansion to Audley Hall, requesting him at the same time to treat the matter with profound silence.
— from Irene Iddesleigh by Amanda McKittrick Ros

I likewise saw clay figures of animals covered with a similar coating of mortar or plaster, thus imitating sculptured stone and retaining traces of having been painted in various colors.
— from The Battle and the Ruins of Cintla by Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison) Brinton

For as we shall see, it was possible for one group of men to bear the three names, and in their character of “magnates” or “potentiores” to act not only as the Town Council but also as the Guild Merchant; and to shelter both functions under a specious colour of sanctity.
— from Town Life in the Fifteenth Century, Volume 2 (of 2) by Alice Stopford Green

If you lost Cuthbert or me or papa, there is always that strong presence ready to hold you."
— from The Story Book Girls by Christina Gowans Whyte