Mr. Herbert Spencer would probably answer that, as soon as simple unicellular organisms came by growth or division to be compounded of several cells, or became attached to any supporting surface, his law "that homologous units of any order become differentiated in proportion as their relations to incident forces become different" would come into action.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

“Well, you see, none but children or sheep can reason like that.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Anne had hurried home to the east gable and opened it eagerly—to find a typewritten copy of some college society report—“only that and nothing more.”
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

He then commenced his return march, and on the 28th met the enemy's cavalry in force at the Weldon Railroad crossing of Stony Creek, where he had a severe but not decisive engagement.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

Surely she might summon the courage of solicitude, call at the Vicarage for intelligence, and express her grief at his silence.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

'But the boy lived, monsieur, in spite of Father Denis.' 'Father Denis!' said St. Aubert, who had listened to 'narrative old age' with patient attention, 'are we near a convent, then?' 'Yes, sir; the convent of St. Clair stands at no great distance, on the sea shore yonder.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

The cities of Mitylene, Methymna, Eresus, Pyrrha, Antissa, and Arisbe, originally formed the Æolian Hexapolis, or Confederation of Six Cities.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

Be more lenient to me than you have been; think that, though I have my errors and my follies, I am still capable of some conquests over myself.
— from Alice, or the Mysteries — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

He has a large collection of specimens connected with natural history, which the western parts of this country yield in abundance.
— from A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America by S. A. (Simon Ansley) Ferrall

No one can know better than yourself that she is the last woman in the world to be capable of such conduct."
— from The Authoress of the Odyssey Where and when she wrote, who she was, the use she made of the Iliad, and how the poem grew under her hands by Samuel Butler

Other stalls have canopies, apparently much restored, the backs of which are sculptured with figures of Prophets and 11 Apostles, greatly recalling those in the not far distant French cathedral of St. Claude.
— from The Lake of Geneva by Joseph E. (Joseph Ernest) Morris

Church of St Cyprien, Napierville.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 404, June, 1849 by Various

For Biscay could be reached in a voyage of one night from thence, and the communication between the Netherlands and the harbours on the north-east coast of Spain could at any time be interrupted by the possessors of the island, which might be used at the same time for keeping up constant communication with the Huguenots, and for giving the French power employment at home.
— from A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Leopold von Ranke

The Cholos wrapped them in smudgy bandanas and laid them away beneath their bunks—their bunk shack of cane, charo, being the first thing attended to—and then traded back and forth according to fancy, a little rice for a gristly shin 225 bone of chalona, or some chancaca for a bit of coffee or chuño.
— from Across the Andes A Tale of Wandering Days Among the Mountains of Bolivia and the Jungles of the Upper Amazon by Charles Johnson Post

I will try the forces Of these thy Compounds, on such Creatures as We count not worth the hanging (but none humane)
— from Cymbeline by William Shakespeare

Dramatic representations obtained their regular place in the public life not only of the capital but also of the country towns; the former also now at length acquired by means of Pompeius a permanent theatre (699;(12)), and the Campanian custom of stretching canvas over the theatre for the protection of the actors and spectators during the performance, which in ancient times always took place in the open air, now likewise found admission to Rome (676).
— from The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) by Theodor Mommsen

"Actores siquidem filiæ nostræ illustris et magnificæ feminæ, Maximæ, petitorii nobis insinuatione conquesti sunt, Sylvestrum atque Candidum, originarios suos, contra constitutiones, quæ supradictæ sunt, et contradictione præeunte a Lucerino Pontifice diaconos ordinatos.
— from Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe by Jaime Luciano Balmes