God idea of, 14 ; no idea of except what we learn from reflection on our own faculties, 57 ; theory that God is cause of all motion and thought, causes being only occasions of his volition, 54 -57; by doctrine of necessity either there are no bad actions or God is the cause of evil, 78 -81.
— from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

In the early days of New England, the whole beans were frequently boiled for hours with not wholly pleasing results in forming either food or drink [377] .
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

The historian, who has preserved the name of Tiridates from oblivion, celebrates, with a degree of national enthusiasm, his personal prowess: and, in the true spirit of eastern romance, describes the giants and the elephants that fell beneath his invincible arm.
— 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

Nobody had cared whether she did or not, except perhaps Lotty.
— from The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim

In witness whereof, I set my hand and seal, this thirteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and forty-six. THOMAS AULD “Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of Wrightson Jones.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

When they had done this they washed their hands and feet and went back into the house, for all was now over; and Ulysses said to the dear old nurse Euryclea, "Bring me sulphur, which cleanses all pollution, and fetch fire also that I may burn it, and purify the cloisters.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

The sun was sinking in the west, The birds sang sweet in ilka grove; His cheek to hers he fondly laid, And whisper'd thus his tale o' love: “O Jeanie fair, I lo'e thee dear; O canst thou think to fancy me, Or wilt thou leave thy mammie's cot, And learn to tent the farms wi' me? “At barn or byre thou shalt na drudge, Or naething else to trouble thee; But stray amang the heather-bells, And tent the waving corn wi' me.”
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

He wanted to strive for nothing, except for what the voice commanded him to strive for, dwell on nothing, except where the voice would advise him to do so.
— from Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

But now, after the death of Nebuchadnezzar, Evil-Merodach his son succeeded in the kingdom, who immediately set Jeconiah at liberty, and esteemed him among his most intimate friends.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

We returned again, with torches; for I could not rest, when I thought that my sweet boy had lost himself, and was exposed to all the damps and dews of night; Elizabeth also suffered extreme anguish.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

One might carry the parallel further by comparing the schism between the Eastern and Western Churches, and the later defection of northern Europe, with the disruption of the Roman Empire in the fourth century; and in the sphere of thought, by comparing the scholastic philosophy and casuistry with the Summa of Roman law in the Digest.
— from Outspoken Essays by William Ralph Inge

This, of course, is very confusing and it can be avoided only by shifting the position of the compass so as to bring the needle directly over “north” each time the boat’s course is altered as shown at C.
— from The Book of the Sailboat: How to rig, sail and handle small boats by A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt) Verrill

The best refutation of the tradition is, however, the circumstance that with the exception of Man, the Sudreyjar continued to be governed by the same chiefs who had ruled the islands under the Norwegian dominion; and who, being descended from Somerled himself, were in a great degree of Norwegian extraction.
— from An Account of the Danes and Norwegians in England, Scotland, and Ireland by Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae

A History and Description of New England, General and Local.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

'Axioms determined on in argument, can never assist in the discovery of new effects , for the subtlety of nature is vastly superior to that of argument.
— from The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Delia Salter Bacon

I saw heaven in your eyes, and I have dreamed of nothing else ever since.
— from Heart of the Sunset by Rex Beach

It had been rubbed into the school officially—in speeches from the dais—by the headmaster, and unofficially—in earnest private conversations—by Mr. Downing, that at the sound of this bell, at whatever hour of day or night, every member of the school must leave his house in the quickest possible way, and make for the open.
— from Mike and Psmith by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

I don't suppose the ignoramus ever knew before——” “Well, who cares whether he did or not?” exclaimed Bob, impatiently.
— from The Boy Trapper by Harry Castlemon