[11] the great disadvantages which the Spartans brought upon themselves by granting too much to their women, by allowing them the right of inheritance and dowry, and a great amount of freedom; and how this contributed greatly to the fall of Sparta.
— from Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer

in these words: “The king granteth to Robert Clifford that messuage, with the appurtenances, next the church of St. Dunstane in the West, in the suburbs of London, which messuage was sometime Malculines de Herley, and came to the hands of Edward I., by reason of certaine debts which the said Malculine was bound at the time of his death to our styde father, from the time that hee was escaetor on this side Trent; which house John, Earle of Richmount, did holde of our pleasure, and is now in our possession.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

'Now, my good dear Betty,' said Mrs Boffin, hoping that she saw her opportunity, and laying her hand persuasively on her arm; 'we have come to remove Johnny from this cottage to where he can be taken better care of.' Instantly, and before another word could be spoken, the old woman started up with blazing eyes, and rushed at the door with the sick child.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

I began it always with hatred and ended it with moral subjugation, and afterwards I never knew what to do with the subjugated object.
— from Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

There is no doubt whatever that symbolism forms an integral part of armory; in fact there is no doubt that armory itself as a whole is nothing more or less than a kind of symbolism.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

These principles come into play only by bringing organisms into new relations with each other, and in a lesser degree with the surrounding physical conditions.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

And accordingly so it came to pass; for after a space of two years had gone by, during which the shepherd went on acting so, at length, when he opened the door and entered, both the children fell before him in entreaty and uttered the word bekos , stretching forth their hands.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

It was a jolly hot day—the kind of day when the sunshine is white and the shadows are dark grey, not black like they are in the evening.
— from The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers by E. (Edith) Nesbit

“The good padres say that they deal with the studies of the stars and planets, and other such speculation invented by Satanic power.
— from The Flute of the Gods by Marah Ellis Ryan

And the shade lies cool where the calves are feeding, When the blackbird whistles the song of June, When kine knee-deep in the pond are drowsing, Leave pastoral peace—come up through the noon To the high chalk downs where the sheep are browsing.
— from Songs of love and empire by E. (Edith) Nesbit

For some time after the enactment of the Act to Regulate Commerce it remained a mooted question whether that act conferred upon the Interstate Commerce Commission the power, after it had found a challenged rate to be unreasonable, to declare what thereafter should, prima facie, be the reasonable maximum rate for the transportation in dispute.
— from State of the Union Addresses by Theodore Roosevelt

[E64] The land doth will, the sea doth wish, spare sometime flesh, and feede of fish.
— from Fiue Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie by Thomas Tusser

These were my delight, with the stories in the Bible, and with Shakspeare, when at last the mighty master came within our doors.
— from The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature by Frank Parsons

"San Pedro de Cardeña, preserve me!" exclaimed the peasant, looking in the direction which the soldier had pointed out to him.
— from The Cid Campeador: A Historical Romance by Antonio de Trueba

[274] Mildred knew nothing of the child's anticipations, yet her heart ached for the little creature as she perceived how determined Mr. Dinsmore was to shut her out from his.
— from Mildred at Roselands A Sequel to Mildred Keith by Martha Finley

[910] The lace of Flanders, with the costly points and cut-works of Italy, [911] now became the rage, and continued so for nigh two centuries. Ben Jonson speaks of the "ruffs and cuffs of Flanders," [912] while Lord Bacon, indignant at the female caprice of the day, writes to Sir George Villiers:—"Our
— from History of Lace by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.