"The above description undoubtedly refers to the main winter route, which runs viâ Sírján.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

To what extent does unconsciousness rather than consciousness determine the behavior of a person?
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Bright and happy as it was, there was something solemn in the long, deserted streets, from which, like bodies without souls, all habitual character and expression had departed, leaving but one dead uniform repose, that made them all alike.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

Come lovely and soothing death, Undulate round the world, serenely arriving, arriving, In the day, in the night, to all, to each, Sooner or later delicate death. Prais'd be the fathomless universe, For life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious, And for love, sweet love—but praise!
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

The rules that I drew up required that every member, in his turn, should produce one or more queries on any point of Morals, Politics, or Natural Philosophy, to be discuss'd by the company; and once in three months produce and read an essay of his own writing, on any subject he pleased.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

Literally the chamber of wrath, a “ growlery ,” a small, dark, unfurnished room to which it seems, the wives and ladies of the king betook themselves when offended and sulky.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

But this answer makes it perfectly evident that the idea of this being, like all other speculative ideas, is essentially nothing more than a demand upon reason that it shall regulate the connection which it and its subordinate faculties introduce into the phenomena of the world by principles of systematic unity and, consequently, that it shall regard all phenomena as originating from one all-embracing being, as the supreme and all-sufficient cause.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

Adjectives and personal substantives which form regular feminines are given in the masculine form, with the masculine definitions only, so far as the feminine definitions can be inferred from these; thus, for tía look under tío , and, finding the definition 'uncle,' render the feminine by 'aunt.'
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

A line of priests, with lighted tapers, drew up round the catafalque; a silver cross, on which hung the dying Saviour, stood fronting the bier.
— from The conquest of Rome by Matilde Serao

We give it as a specimen of the melodious octaves of Cervantes:— "Duero gentil, que con torcidas vueltas Humedeces gran parte de mi seno, Ansi en tus aguas siempre veas envueltas Arenas de oro qual el Tajo ameno, [121] Y ansi las ninfas fugitivas sueltas, De que está el verde prado y bosque lleno, Vengan humildes á tus aguas claras Y en prestarte favor no sean avaras: "Que prestes á mis asperos lamentos Atento oido, ó que á escucharlas vengas, Y aunque dexes un rato tus contentos, Suplicote que en nada te detengas: Si tu con tus continuos crecimientos Destos fieros
— from Numantia by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“Ah! we did not know that, and the failure discouraged us,” replied the colonel.
— from The Ghost Ship: A Mystery of the Sea by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson

And they described unto Rāma, the confinement of Sitā in Rāvana's seraglio, the remonstrances of the she-demons, her unflinching attachment in her lord and the time appointed (by the Rākshasa for her destruction).
— from The Rāmāyana, Volume Two. Āranya, Kishkindhā, and Sundara Kāndam by Valmiki

And that the office of loosing consisteth in this point: that the minister should either offer by the preaching of the Gospel the merits of Christ and full pardon, to such as have lowly and contrite hearts, and do unfeignedly repent themselves, pronouncing unto the same a sure and undoubted page 36 p. 36 forgiveness of their sins, and hope of everlasting salvation: or else that the same minister, when any have offended their brothers’ minds with a great offence, with a notable and open fault, whereby they have, as it were, banished and made themselves strangers from the common fellowship, and from the body of Christ; then after perfect amendment of such persons, doth reconcile them, and bring them home again, and restore them to the company and unity of the faithful.
— from The Apology of the Church of England by John Jewel

They were irregulars, small, dark, and blackish, clothed in rifle-green with black-leather trimmings; and friends called them the “Wuddars,” which means a race of low-caste people who dig up rats to eat.
— from The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Rudyard Kipling

Some danced unclad, rubbing their heads with rum.
— from The Daffodil Fields by John Masefield

and third-class fare), the appointment of a committee to draw up rules, the adoption of a "Pass Card" as a guarantee of membership, the collieries for the agent to visit, and the appointment of an Agent, Secretary, and Treasurer.
— from A History of the Durham Miner's Association 1870-1904 by John Wilson

"Did Miss DeWolf send for me, Daddy?" said the doctor uneasily regarding the grip that the old man had fastened upon his coat sleeve.
— from Little Wolf: A Tale of the Western Frontier by Mary Ann Mann Cornelius