In November, 1673, Pepys was more successful, and was elected for Castle Rising on the elevation of the member, Sir Robert Paston, to the peerage as Viscount Yarmouth.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

836 The theory of a Jewish world-conspiracy does not, of course, rest on the evidence of Protocols.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

As a result of the hostility between Kutúzov and Bennigsen, his Chief of Staff, the presence of confidential representatives of the Emperor, and these transfers, a more than usually complicated play of parties was going on among the staff of the army.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

But these two universalities are in a certain respect opposed to each other; for the concepts contain only the forms, which are first of all abstracted from perception,—the separated outward shell of things, as it were,—and hence they are, in the strictest sense of the term, abstracta ; music, on the other hand, gives the inmost kernel which precedes all forms, or the heart of things.
— from The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Anyone who is acquainted with the general character of the mind of Kant will expect to find in him sound common-sense, clear recognition of the essential facts of the case and a remarkable power of analytically exhibiting the conditions on which the facts necessarily depend.
— from Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay by Immanuel Kant

With such a disposition, the Latins should have derived the most early and essential benefits from a series of events which opened to their eyes the prospect of the world, and introduced them to a long and frequent intercourse with the more cultivated regions of the East.
— 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

He is bound to it with cords of steel; and only by painful, watchful, and careful repetition of the exact truth, with a special effort of the will-power at each act, can he form a counter trunk-line in the nerve and brain tissue.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

But these two universalities are in a certain respect opposed to each other; for the concepts contain particulars only as the first forms abstracted from perception, as it were, the separated shell of things; thus they are, strictly speaking, abstracta ; music, on the other hand, gives the inmost kernel which precedes all forms, or the heart of things.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

“Or those cowardly rogues of the Eagle might set on us again,” added Stephen; and as they went on their way to Warwick Inner Ward, he explained that the cause of the encounter had been that Giles had thought fit to prank himself in his father’s silver chain, and thus George Bates, always owing the Dragon a grudge, and rendered specially malicious since the encounter on Holy Rood Day, had raised the cry against him, and caused all the flat-caps around to make a rush at the gaud as lawful prey.
— from The Armourer's Prentices by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

It produced a state of mind unfavourable in the highest degree to the candid reception of the evidence of those minute but incessant alterations which every part of the earth's surface is undergoing, and by which the condition of its living inhabitants is continually made to vary.
— from The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various

Above the Romanesque side doors are rose windows with rare and delicate tracery, and the south door has a finely carved relief of the Entry into Jerusalem.
— from Glories of Spain by Charles W. (Charles William) Wood

[623] In 1697 many hundreds of the 14,000 French refugees who fled from Louis XIV.’s dragoons after the cruel revocation of the Edict of Nantes settled about Long Acre, the Seven Dials, and Soho.
— from Haunted London by Walter Thornbury

Shrapnel and high explosives burst over them and among them, and many men fell as they came within close range of the enemy's positions running from Hill 70 northward to the chalk-pit.
— from Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs

[269] ing examinations and issuing diplomas; ( b ) reorganisation of studies, with some liberty of choice to the student; ( c ) reform of the examination system in the direction of substituting for the present examination by subjects either a certificate based on attendance and general proficiency or a final examination on leaving; ( d ) in scientific subjects, a good deal more practical work; and in all branches of study the abolition of the textbook, the committing of which to memory is now the sole demand made on the candidate for examination.
— from Spain from Within by Rafael Shaw

Undoubtedly it was a happy occasion when the agent could record on the evening of Sunday, March 27, 1831, that the weather was more pleasant—Wild geese seen this day—gentlemen generally [illegible] out and Walking—The Ladies also .
— from Old Fort Snelling, 1819-1858 by Marcus Lee Hansen

Both on the scientific side and on the social side, however, we are beginning to attain a clearer realization of the end to be attained and a more precise knowledge of the methods of attaining it.
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Havelock Ellis

Taking advantage of the darkness, rendered doubly baffling to the Turks on the patrol-boat owing to the contrast afforded by the search-light, the Lieutenant-Commander of "E—" had boldly brought his craft within close range of the enemy craft.
— from The Fight for Constantinople: A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

Severianus is calling attention to the considerate reserve of the Evangelists in declaring the eternal Generation of Jesus Christ.
— from The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by John William Burgon