To be pleasing in his sight, to win his respect and love, to train him in childhood, to tend him in manhood, to counsel and console, to make his life pleasant and happy, these are the duties of woman for all time, and this is what she should be taught while she is young.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Among the Greeks a draught of water from certain sacred springs or wells was supposed to confer prophetic powers.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

As truth distinguishes our writings from those idle romances which are filled with monsters, the productions, not of nature, but of distempered brains; and which have been therefore recommended by an eminent critic to the sole use of the pastry-cook; so, on the other hand, we would avoid any resemblance to that kind of history which a celebrated poet seems to think is no less calculated for the emolument of the brewer, as the reading it should be always attended with a tankard of good ale— While—history with her comrade ale, Soothes the sad series of her serious tale
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

[2596] A scholar's mind is busied about his studies, he applauds himself for that he hath done, or hopes to do, one while fearing to be out in his next exercise, another while contemning all censures; envies one, emulates another; or else with indefatigable pains and meditation, consumes himself.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

In this connection, we find that desire or willingness for physical contact is an animal emotion, more or less subconscious, which is characteristic of similarity, harmony, friendship, or love.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Drops of water flowed down his temples over his ears, which were always purple, over his strong red neck, and made their way, one after the other, under his white shirt collar.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

By the testimony of tradition it has been flowing for eleven hundred and eighty years, or since the year 700, and during all this time has been constantly visited by throngs of invalids; and that it will continue to be so frequented for a thousand years to come is not doubted, apparently, by the members of the Holywell [ Pg 347] Local Board, who have just taken a lease of the well from the Duke of Westminster for 999 years more, at an annual rental of £1.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

Men attend to the interests of the public, first by necessity, afterwards by choice: what was intentional becomes an instinct; and by dint of working for the good of one's fellow citizens, the habit and the taste for serving them is at length acquired.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

When they complained of thirst, he stopped for a moment to ladle out a dipperful of water from the wooden pail he carried upon his left arm, while now and then he stopped to hear some complaint of a weary man, to promise aid or seek to jest away the prisoner's melancholy.
— from The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country by Elma Ehrlich Levinger

This triumph of the Roman curia was communicated to the astonished world five days afterwards, on the very day on which France declared war with Prussia.
— from The Riddle of the Universe at the close of the nineteenth century by Ernst Haeckel

Beside this degradation of woman, fear of her ever and anon reappears naively.
— from Woman under socialism by August Bebel

Upon the debit side of said record, in columns prepared for the purpose, there shall be entered the date when any distilled spirits were received in de-naturing bonded warehouse, the date of the collector's permit, the date of withdrawal from distillery bonded warehouse, the number of packages received, the serial numbers of the packages, the serial numbers of the distillery warehouse stamps, and the wine and proof gallons.
— from A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products by F. B. (Frederic B.) Wright

It was yet a full hour and a half before the beginning of the morning diet of worship, for I had risen betimes and travelled steadily.
— from The Standard Bearer by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

Then fell one little solitary rap like a drop of water falling on a metal plate, and it died away into silence.
— from Leonie of the Jungle by Joan Conquest

From this date, until the troubles of the civil war and commonwealth in England, and religious conflicts on the continent of Europe, annihilated the arts, put the muses to flight—with one sublime exception—and almost overthrew society itself, such painters as Wolgemuth, and Pleydenwurth, Cranach, and Burgmair, and more famous yet, Albert Durer and Hans Holbein, became the chief patrons and promulgators of the art, constantly themselves designing and completing drawings on wood, for the engraver, although there is no reason for believing—but on the contrary every reason for denying—that these illustrious men ever employed themselves in actual cutting; which was then a process purely mechanical, practiced by persons utterly devoid of all knowledge either of composition or correct drawing.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XLI, No. 6, December 1852 by Various

But at no time did any thought of cruelty occur to either of the boys again, since it proved to be exactly as Captain Hollinger had said, and they saw no sign of dead or wounded fish in their wake.
— from The Pirate Shark by Elliott Whitney

Doctor Barry mentions an experiment made on a soldier, who was hired to live entirely for some days on wild fowl, 3 with water only to drink; he received in the beginning his reward and diet with great cheerfulness, but this was soon succeeded by nausea, thirst, and disposition to putrid dysentery, which was with some difficulty prevented from making further progress, by the physician who made the experiment.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 366, April 18, 1829 by Various

All these things seem so distracting to us that we fear either that the young person will become a superficial dabbler or will fail to settle down to something serious.
— from Your Child: Today and Tomorrow Some Problems for Parents Concerning Punishment, Reasoning, Lies, Ideals and Ambitions, Fear, Work and Play, Imagination, Social Activities, Obedience, Adolescence, Will, Heredity by Sidonie Matsner Gruenberg