At intervals muds were laid down which later became consolidated into rocks known as "shales" and "argillites."
— from Glacier National Park [Montana] by United States. Department of the Interior

As it is when a rock shoots out from a great cliff and whirls down with long bounds, careering eagerly with a roar, and a high crag clashes with it and keeps it there where they strike together; with no less clamour did deadly Ares, the chariot-borne, rush shouting at Heracles.
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod

Strong men, too, turned aside or hid their faces in trembling hands when with bowed head Oswald Dwight was led by, clasping to his breast his sobbing little boy.
— from A Soldier's Trial: An Episode of the Canteen Crusade by Charles King

And so they who sought Jesus as their Healer found Him, and they who believed entered into His rest, this lower rest of a perfect health and perfect life; while they who were indifferent and they who doubted were left behind, crushed by the sorrow that He would have removed, and tortured by pains that His touch would have completely stilled.
— from Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St Luke by Henry Burton

On Friday arrived the Ocean Captain Mertho, from the Derwent with Lieutenant Bowen, Commandant of the settlement at Risdon Cove, which has become part of Lieutenant Governor Collins' settlement, being only six miles from Sullivan's Cove.
— from The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant by Ida Lee

Some time after, Lewis de Pino, a little the worse for liquor, as I judged, came into the chamber, clambered up into his net, and fell a-snoring like any pig, so that, maugre my condition, I did wish Lady Biddy could hear him.
— from The Admirable Lady Biddy Fane Her Surprising Curious Adventures In Strange Parts & Happy Deliverance From Pirates, Battle, Captivity, & Other Terrors; Together With Divers Romantic & Moving Accidents As Set Forth By Benet Pengilly (Her Companion In Misfortune & Joy), & Now First Done Into Print by Frank Barrett

It was fortunate she was ahead of time, for scarcely was she done when Le Beau came into the edge of the clearing, and with him was Durant, his acquaintance and rival from the edge of the Barrens farther north.
— from Nomads of the North: A Story of Romance and Adventure under the Open Stars by James Oliver Curwood

Now I doubt whether Lady Broadhem could surpass that.
— from Piccadilly: A Fragment of Contemporary Biography by Laurence Oliphant

255 Author in mortal disease, to an, 53 — and tradesman compared, 236 — his advice about notes, 167 — his study described, 551 Authors, dependence upon private means, 232 — young, eagerness of, 419 — selfishness of, 471 — condition since Goldsmith’s time, 509 Authorship, privilege of, 341 Available knowledge, 115 Baker, Sir Samuel, and wife, 302 Balzac’s method in literature, 421 Barbarian notions, return to, 356 Bargeman’s wife, example of, 417 Basis, moral, the, 67 Baudelaire, Charles, quoted, 85 Beckford, Mr., author of “Vathek,” 215 — two thousand slaves labor for, 218 Beer, use of, 36 Belgian school of painting, 73 Bixio, Alexandre, death-bed, 53 Black coats artistic at dinner table, 249 Blessing of good, cheap literature, 244 Boar-hunt, the author at, 46 Bodily exercise, neglect of, 48 Body and brain, close connection, 21 Book-making differs from literature, 83 Books and newspapers, 470 Bossuet, 232 Bourgeoisie , low condition, 367 Brain and body, close connection, 21 555 Brain work unfavorable to digestion, 34 “Bramleighs, The,” quoted, 501 Bruno, Giordano, passion for philosophy, 79 — constant work of, 541 Buckland, Mrs., 303 Bunyan, results of solitude, 411 Burns, quoted, 353 — separation from culture, 353 — injustice of, 354 Byron, cause of his death, 21 — aristocracy of, 347 — poetical inspiration of, 450 Capacity and preference, relation, 87 Careers aided by wealth, 225 Carelessness, danger of, 224 Carpenter, Dr., surrenders practice for science, 222 Caste, prejudices of, 348 Catholic Church power in 14th century, 257 — Roman, belief of, 272 Central passion of men of ability, 231 Chance acquaintances, 376 Character, positive or negative end, 475 “Character” quoted, 507 Charity, intellectual, 438 Chemist, a product of industrial communities, 520 Chemistry, intellectual, 105 Children, imitative power, 162 — proper division of time, 482 Child-teaching, 155 Christian, muscular, to a, 42 Christianity, fashionable, 394 Church of Rome, embodiment of tradition, 261 — service to European civilization, 261 Class jealousy, 518 Classical accomplishments, 351 Clergy at variance with scientists, 274 — English, 490 — restrictions of, 490 — injustice and inaccuracy of, 491 Clerical profession, advantages, 489 — incompatible with intellectual freedom, 422 Code of customs constitutes law, 251 Coffee and tea, use of, 39 Colloquial use of language, 147 556 Communard’s hatred of superiority, 369 Communicativeness of chance acquaintances, 376 Community, intelligent, is conservative, 251 Compensation, principle of, 212 Completeness of education, 171 Composition, drudgery of, 72 Comte, Auguste, laments consequences of anxiety, 230 — atheist and scientist, 279 — voluntary isolation of, 411 — abstinence from newspapers, 466 — mysticism of, 468 Condescension, intellectual advised, 402 Conjugal felicity, degrees of, 297 Contemporary literature, indifference to, 471 Contempt for skill, 503 — for trade, 522 Continent, absence of gentlemen, 364 Controversy, unfairness of, 464 Conversation of women, 325 — between the sexes, 332 — generally dull, 398 Cookery, science of, 35 Copernicus, monument at Warsaw, 261 Correspondents, the two contrasted, 345 Cotton-manufacturer, letter to, 513 Cotton-trade, effect on the mind, 525 Country people, ignorance of, 439 Cream and curacoa, 331 Creative faculty may be commanded, 85 Critical faculty of English clergy, 277 Critics, artists as, 95 Culture, moral utility, 101 — proper limitations of, 106 — how rich may best serve its cause, 323 — of middle classes, 241 — independent of sex, 304 — induces sincerity, 332 — hostility of democracy, 369 — high, isolates, 407 — facilities for obtaining, 432 — individual, national gain, 433 Curate, poor, in prosperous community, 287 Custom and tradition, 246 — the one law of society, 248 — a necessary aid to religion, 248 557 Custom nature’s provision for reform, 250 — precious legacy of the past, 251 — not final, but a form, 251 — opposition unphilosophical, 251 — how to procure abolition, 252 — resistance sometimes imperative, 258 Cuvier, a model student, 427 Decline of old prejudices, 522 Democracy and aristocracy, 341 — envious, 360 — its levelling down tendency, 363 — intolerance of, 366 — metropolitan and provincial, 368 — hostile to culture, 369 De Saussure, labors of, 229 De Sénancour, 232 — quoted, 406 Descent of man, 274 De Stael, Madame, literary methods, 62 Development of natural gifts, 172 — of faculty, 175 Deviation produced by marriage, 317 Dickens, narrowness of, 347 — study described, 549 Discipline necessary to success, 81 — object of, 84 — value and necessity, 449 — of a professional career, 504 Discussions with ladies, best course, 337 Disease, effect of mental labor, 18 Diseased, experience of, 55 Disinterestedness, most essential virtue, 91 Displacement of native tongue, 157 Dissatisfaction of cultured persons, 431 Distinctions in trade, 521 Disuse of native tongue, 156 Diversity of belief in religion, 265 Domestic picture, a, 57 Doré, Gustave, painting-room, 549 Dress-coat, the young gentleman lacking, 245 Drill, intellectual, advantages of, 459 Drinks, question of, 35 Drudgery in all work, 71 Dullness of general conversation, 398 558 Dunces, illustrious, 80 Dürer, Albert, Melencolia , 424 Duty, occasional, of eccentricity, 253 — of cultured men to society, 401 Eagerness of young authors, 419 Eccentricity sometimes a moral duty, 253 — sometimes an intellectual duty, 253 Ecclesiastical authority, remarkable decline, 256 Economy of time, 177 Education, 104 — use of the word, 173 — completeness of, 171 — want of thoroughness and reality, 290 — of sexes compared, 290 — fashionable, 380 Educator, professional, practice the best, 226 Egotism of the uneducated mother, 324 Electricity practically annihilates distance, 257 Elevation of intellectual life, 55 Emerson’s rule, 472 Empire, Second, vulgarity of, 367 Énault, Louis, study of languages, 181 Encouragement to the poor student, 243 Energy, human, limitation of, 244 English officer in Paris, 163 — strong to resist voluptuousness, 218 — recognize refining influence of wealth, 240 — gentry, free expenditures, 241 — gentleman, methods of culture, 241 — clergy, criticism of literature, 277 — tradesman, anecdote of, 313 — correspondent quoted, 463 Englishman, eminent, poor remuneration,
— from The Intellectual Life by Philip Gilbert Hamerton

From the rocks, or the place where the kedges were laid to a point within thirty feet of the ship, these chains were dotted with living beings crawling cautiously upward.
— from Homeward Bound; Or, the Chase: A Tale of the Sea by James Fenimore Cooper

Judge Hall says, "I once travelled through Illinois when the waters were high; and when I was told that Little Mary would stop me, and that to get by Big Mary was impossible, I supposed them to be attractive damsels, who, like beauteous Circe of old, amused themselves with playing tricks upon travellers .
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 374, June 6, 1829 by Various