His eloquence rendered him pleasing, and the soundness of his doctrines a profitable preacher; and he was so popular, that he never preached but to a crowded audience.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

To another all this will be non-existent; and distances and prices, populations and drainage-arrangements, door- and window-fastenings, and other useful statistics will take [Pg 287] their place.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

The two theories chiefly associated with the separation of learning from activity, and hence from morals, are those which cut off inner disposition and motive—the conscious personal factor—and deeds as purely physical and outer; and which set action from interest in opposition to that from principle.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

Depending on these dreams, not only Epicurus, Metrodorus, and Hermachus declaimed against Pythagoras, Plato, and Empedocles, but that little harlot Leontium presumed to write against Theophrastus: indeed, she had a neat Attic style; but yet, to think of her arguing against Theophrastus!
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Non per deos aut pictor posset, Aut statuarius ullus fingere
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Oh, my God!" He rapidly dressed, and pushing Pasha aside contemptuously, made for the door and went out.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Has not Christianity declaimed against private property, against marriage, against the State?
— from The Communist Manifesto by Friedrich Engels

For example, a translation could be marked "The original work was translated from English to Spanish," or a modification could indicate "The original work has been modified."; 3. to Distribute and Publicly Perform the Work including as incorporated in Collections; and, 4. to Distribute and Publicly Perform Adaptations.
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

he said curtly, and, leaning his elbow on the rail, looked out into the fog in a dignified and profoundly pensive attitude.
— from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

An artist friend fitted her out with his castoff palettes, brushes, and colors, and she daubed away, producing pastoral and marine views such as were never seen on land or sea.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Dennis also proceeded, popping at the feathered game now and then.
— from True, and Other Stories by George Parsons Lathrop

One of them was that of Colonel Lopez; and on his person was discovered a paper proposing a plan to Murillo for penetrating the camp with a party of Spaniards disguised as Patriots, and putting Bolivar to death.
— from In New Granada; Or, Heroes and Patriots by William Henry Giles Kingston

Military expenditures: 1.7% of GDP (2006) Military - note: with the end of apartheid and the establishment of majority rule, former military, black homelands forces, and ex-opposition forces were integrated into the South African National Defense Force (SANDF); as of 2003 the integration process was considered complete Transnational Issues South Africa Disputes - international: South Africa has placed military along the border to apprehend the thousands of Zimbabweans fleeing economic dysfunction and political persecution; as of January 2007, South Africa also supports large numbers of refugees and asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (33,000), Somalia (20,000), Burundi (6,500), and other states in Africa (26,000); managed dispute with Namibia over the location of the boundary in the Orange River; in 2006, Swazi king advocates resort to ICJ to claim parts of Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal from South Africa Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees (country of origin): 10,772 (Democratic Republic of Congo); 7,818 (Somalia);
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

At twelve years of age she had been betrothed to an Italian of forty; but this dark and pedantic person always displeased her, and soon afterward, when she met a young Wallachian nobleman, one Yanko Racowitza, she was ready at once to dismiss her Italian lover.
— from Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 3 by Lyndon Orr

"I do appreciate poetry," protested Alan.
— from Sinister Street, vol. 1 by Compton MacKenzie

They will be able to see at a glance the dates and principal places at which our unfortunate countrywomen and children were massacred; and the table shows moreover the distances our men had to march from Bombay and Calcutta respectively:— Names of Places.
— from A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the Standpoint of the Ranks; the Indian Mutiny, and Some of its Atrocities; the Afghan Campaigns of 1863 by T. (Timothy) Gowing

To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations: 11.
— from A Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, and of Washington and Patrick Henry With an appendix, containing the Constitution of the United States, and other documents by L. Carroll (Levi Carroll) Judson

Although Dante’s motives in making this attempt were doubtless as purely patriotic as those which inspired Catherine of Siena to similar action a century later, he met, we may be sure, with but little sympathy from his former fellow-citizens.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

As long as we have reasonable wants we get on comfortably, but it is the struggle after luxuries that fills society with distress, and populates prisons, and sends hundreds of people stark mad.
— from Around the Tea-Table by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage