And because the Planes AB and CD are parallel, and therefore by equal and contrary Refractions destroy one anothers Effects, the incident Light FM must be of the same Kind and Nature with the emergent Light MO, and therefore doth also consist of Rays differently refrangible.
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton

Side, (ash rapid) and continue Close all day but little timber, I walked on the bank in the evening and saw the remains of a number of buffalow, which had been drove down a Clift of rocks I think from appearances that upwards of 100 of those animals must have perished here, Great numbers of wolves were about this place & verry jentle I killed one of them with my Spear.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Juno drank a cup of rye— Then she bad herself good-bye.
— from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce

Yes, we shall drink to the Fatherland in those?" Jo frowned upon that piece of extravagance, and asked why he didn't buy a frail of dates, a cask of raisins, and a bag of almonds, and be done with it?
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

They follow me either upon the account of decency and custom; or rather my fortune, than me, to increase their own.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

According to this definition of ours, the Roman people is a people, and its weal is without doubt a commonwealth or republic.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

We have his word for it that they were widely circulated in his day, and can only regret that he refrained from discussing them on that account.
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

Roy Butler IF the learned Supreme Court of Illinois Got at the secret of every case As well as it does a case of rape
— from Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters

In fact, there is very little religion among them, and had we, at the close of the war, instead of demanding a crore of rupees, insisted that they should embrace Christianity, the king would have given the order, and the whole nation would have nominally been Christians.
— from Olla Podrida by Frederick Marryat

Surely, for minute accidental indefinite variations to have built up such a striking resemblance to insects, we ought to find that the preservation of the plant, or the perpetuation of its race, depends almost constantly on relations between bees, spiders, and flies respectively and the bee, spider, and fly orchids.
— from On the Genesis of Species by St. George Jackson Mivart

It is 3 meters (9.84 feet) in diameter, and capable of resisting a pressure of six to seven atmospheres.
— from Glue, Gelatine, Animal Charcoal, Phosphorous, Cements, Pastes and Mucilages by F. (Ferdinand) Dawidowsky

Having been chastened by misfortune, like the great Dan'l Webster Smead, and being in dire need of money, Henry and I went straight to Florence's room the morning of our return from the horse races at Diddlebery, and confessed our ruin and the folly that had led to it.
— from The Turning of Griggsby: Being a Story of Keeping up with Dan'l Webster by Irving Bacheller

Nothing more occurred to disturb me, till I discovered a company of rebel cavalry on the north bank of the river.
— from The Scout and Ranger Being the Personal Adventures of Corporal Pike of the Fourth Ohio cavalry by James Pike

duties of the, 331-l. Disagree in matters of opinion and both be sane and honest, 166-u. Disc and Crescent denote Taurus; used as our Orators' sign, 452-u. Disc and Crescent on the head of the Bull represents—, 452-m. Disc and Crescent on Ram instead of Bull represent the Sun in Aries, 452-l. Disc and Crescent symbols of the Sun and Moon in conjunction,
— from Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike

It dies, and can only rise again by the assistance of God.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 08, October, 1868, to March, 1869. by Various