114 “In varios divisit Deos numen unicum, quod Plinio cœlum est aut mundus; ejusque singulas partes, aut, ut philosophi aiunt, attributa, separatim coluit;” Alexandre in Lemaire, i. 231.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

My conclusion from both is, that since all our perceptions are different from each other, and from every thing else in the universe, they are also distinct and separable, and may be considered as separately existent, and may exist separately, and have no need of any thing else to support their existence.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

In these Prolegomena I cannot further descant on the subject, but my reader (who has probably been long accustomed to consider experience a mere empirical synthesis of perceptions, and hence not considered that it goes much beyond them, as it imparts to empirical judgments universal validity, and for that purpose requires a pure and a priori unity of the understanding) is recommended to pay special attention to this distinction of experience from a mere aggregate of perceptions, and to judge the mode of proof from this point of view.
— from Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Immanuel Kant

“The situation of my brother made me at first think my lot the harder, in being continued at school: but I soon changed my opinion; for as I advanced pretty fast in learning, my labours became easy, and my exercise so delightful, that holidays were my most unpleasant time; for my mother, who never loved me, now apprehending that I had the greater share of my father's affection, and finding, or at least thinking, that I was more taken notice of by some gentlemen of learning, and particularly by the parson of the parish, than my brother, she now hated my sight, and made home so disagreeable to me, that what is called by school-boys Black Monday, was to me the whitest in the whole year.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

The agony of suspense grew at length intolerable, and I cautiously moved forward, with my arms extended, and my eyes straining from their sockets, in the hope of catching some faint ray of light.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

[6618] Esse aliquos manes, et subterranea regna, Et contum, et Stygio ranas in gurgite nigras, Atque una transire vadum tot millia cymba, Nec pueri credunt, nisi qui nondum aere lavantur.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

The profession of ignorance reminds us of the earlier and more exclusively Socratic Dialogues.
— from Gorgias by Plato

[Pg 75] Now would it not be much better, if it were with us as in some Parts of Europe , where the Magistrates of many Cities agree upon a certain Number of Apothecaries, so many as they can apprehend are necessary, all the rest are excluded, and must either seek other Seats, or be content for a small Salary to work under those that are allow’d; their Apothecaries not being permitted to multiply by Apprentices, but one out of the Shop is by the publick Authority appointed to succeed in the Employment.
— from Medicina Flagellata; Or, The Doctor Scarify'd by Anonymous

and Alderman, erected a marble equestrian statue of King Charles II., standing on a pedestal eighteen feet high, and trampling on his enemies.
— from London in 1731 by Gonzales, Manoel, Don

They had learnt from experience that the Aurora Borealis was in some way connected with electricity, and experience had equally shown them that the skin of the reindeer, if briskly stroked by the hand on a dark night, would emit as many electric sparks as the back of a cat.
— from Pioneers in Canada by Harry Johnston

As Mr. Murdock took a last sip at the cocktail and made an unceremonious exit, again Mr. Early settled himself for a period of repose, and again he was interrupted.
— from Jewel Weed by Alice Ames Winter

Now, I think it's getting on to supper time, so if your Ladyship will go to your household duties, I'll have a look at my engines and make everything snug for the voyage."
— from A Honeymoon in Space by George Chetwynd Griffith

The doctrine is taught in two principal forms;—the earlier and more exact scheme of " Satisfaction ," elaborated by Anselm of Canterbury, [Pg 157] and perfected by Owen and Edwards; and the modern theory of " Public Justice ," maintained in the writings of Dr. Pye Smith and Dr. Payne, and prevailing wherever the first decadence from the old Calvinism is going on.
— from Studies of Christianity; Or, Timely Thoughts for Religious Thinkers by James Martineau