Those of his successors in each branch of natural philosophy with whom I was acquainted, appeared even to my boy's apprehensions, as tyros engaged in the same pursuit.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

‘It is a priceless storehouse of information on every branch of natural science as known to the ancient world.’—Mackail.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

And therefore there pass no ships that have either bonds or nails of iron within them.
— from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

In vain I tried to bring myself to reason; the more I walked the more excited I became, and I determined that after what I had seen the only cure for my disordered fancy was enjoyment, brutal or not.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

The care of his infancy was intrusted to Eusebius, bishop of Nicomedia, 4 who was related to him on the side of his mother; and till Julian reached the twentieth year of his age, he received from his Christian preceptors the education, not of a hero, but of a saint.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Now all Art has to do with production, and contrivance, and seeing how any of those things may be produced which may either be or not be, and the origination of which rests with the maker and not with the thing made.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

So home to prayers and to bed Staid two hours with her kissing her, but nothing more Strange slavery that I stand in to beauty Subject to be put into a disarray upon very small occasions Such open flattery is beastly Talked with Mrs. Lane about persuading her to Hawly Tear all that I found either boyish or not to be worth keeping That hair by hair had his horse’s tail pulled off indeed
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Among the Greeks, as was to be expected, the idea of justice was more independent and entire; but once named and enshrined, that divinity, too, tended to absoluteness, and could be confused with the physical basis of existence.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

It was an error; but ought not the paucity of this intelligence to be taken into consideration?
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

They were conferr'd in consideration of my improvements and discoveries in the electric branch of natural philosophy.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

It is to be found in the ornaments of the now extinct Bæthucs of Newfoundland, and in the buried pottery of the Incas of Peru, while in Ireland a number of Chinese porcelain seals have been discovered at different times and in some cases at great depths, the period, judging from the characters engraved upon them, being about the ninth 138 century A.D.
— from China by Blake, Henry Arthur, Sir

Turtles found in the den on three visits in October were more or less torpid and were seen easily from the entrance but on November 6 the two remaining individuals had burrowed into the sides and floor of the den.
— from Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler

There is no such thing as one man having the exclusive right to one woman; the elder brothers, or Nuthie , of the latter, in whose hands the matter lies, will give one man a preferential right, but at the same time they will give other men of the same group a secondary right to her.
— from Sex and Society: Studies in the Social Psychology of Sex by William Isaac Thomas

If the market is not to be merely a home market, but international: that is, attractive to foreign bill buyers, an important and desirable step would be the opening of American banks or branches of American banks in foreign exchange centres, such as London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires, Shanghai, and so on, and these banks should always be prepared to encourage American bills by buying, at reasonable rates of exchange, bills on New York, Chicago, and other American centres, payable in dollars.
— from Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips

Hence Esdrelon became of necessity the country’s battle ground.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, March 1884, No. 6 by Chautauqua Institution

N. American Post-Pliocene, 130 Erinaceus , European Miocene, 117 Erythromachus of Rodriguez, 164 Esthonyx , N. American Eocene, 139 Ethiopian region should not include any part of India, 63 defined, 73 subdivisions of, 73 {494} general features of, 251 zoological characteristics of, 252 mammalia of, 253 great speciality of, 253 birds of, 253 reptiles of, 254 amphibia of, 255 fresh-water fish of, 255 summary of vertebrates of, 255 insects of, 255 coleoptera of, 256 terrestrial mollusca of, 257 sub-regions of, 258 Atlantic islands of, 269 the probable past history of, 285 tables of distribution of animals of, 293 Eumys , N. American Tertiary, 140 Euphractus , S. American Pliocene, 147 Europe, recent changes in physical geography of, 39 Miocene fauna of Central, 117 Miocene fauna of, allied to existing fauna of tropical Asia and Africa, 124 European sub-region, description of, 191 forests of, 192 mammalia of, 192 birds of, 193 reptiles and amphibia of, 195 fresh-water fish of, 196 insects of, 196 islands of, 197 Euryceros of Madagascar, figure of, 278 Eurydon , in Brazilian caves, 145 Eurytherium , European Eocene, 126 Eutatus , S. American Pliocene, 147 Eutelodon , European Eocene, 126 Eutemnodus , S. American Eocene, 148 Extinct mammalian fauna of Europe, general considerations on, 126 mammalia of N. America and Europe, comparison of, 140 mammalia of the Antilles, 148 mammalia of Old and New Worlds, general remarks on, 148 fauna of New Zealand, 459 Extinction of large animals, causes of, 158 F. Fauna of Japan, general character and affinities of, 230 of Palæarctic region, general conclusions as to, 231 extinct, of Madagascar and Mascarene Islands, 282 Malayan, probable origin of, 359 Moluccan, peculiarities of, 419 Timorese, origin of, 422 of Celebes, origin of, 436 of New Zealand, origin of, 460 Felis spelæa , 110 Felis , Miocene of Greece, 115 European Miocene, 118 Indian Miocene, 121 N. American Post-Pliocene, 129 in Brazilian caves, 144 Fernando Po, zoological features of, 265 Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa Islands, birds of, 443 Fishes, means of dispersal of, 29 classification of, 101 cosmopolitan groups of, 176 of the Palæarctic region, 186 of the European sub-region, 196 of the Mediterranean sub-region, 205 of the Manchurian sub-region, 227 fresh-water, table of Palæarctic families of, 227 of the Ethiopian region, 255 of South Africa, 268 fresh-water, table of Ethiopian families of, 298 fresh-water, of the Oriental region, 318 of the Indo-Malay sub-region, 341 fresh-water, table of Oriental families of, 369 fresh-water, of the Australian region, 397 fresh-water, resemblance of Australian and S. American, 400 how the transmission may have taken place, 401 fresh-water, of New Zealand, 457 Flamingoes, European Miocene, 162 Flora, of New Zealand, as influenced by scarcity of insects, 462 fossil, of Australia, 467 Flower, Professor, on classification of mammalia, 85 classification of carnivora, 87 Flying Lemur, Malayan, figure of, 337 Flying Opossum, figure of, 442 Formosa, zoology of, 332 Forests, essential to existence of many European animals, 192 Siberian, greatest extent of, 216 G. Galapagos, scarcity of insects in, 463 Galecynus , in European Pliocene, 112 Galera , N. American Post-Pliocene, 130 Galeospalax , European Miocene, 118 Galeotherium , Post-Pliocene, 111 Galethylax , European Eocene, 125 Galictis , in Brazilian caves, 144 Gallinæ, classification of, 96 range of Palæarctic genera of, 248 range of Ethiopian genera of, 311 range of Oriental genera of, 384 range of Australian genera of, 485 Gallus , Miocene of Greece, 116 Gallus bravardi , European Pliocene, 161 Gastornis , European Eocene, 163 Genera common to Post-Pliocene and Pliocene faunas of N. America, 132 Geological history of Oriental region, 362 Gibraltar, cave fauna of, 114 Glacial epoch, as affecting the distribution of animals, 40 as a cause of the great change in the fauna of the temperate zones, since Pliocene times, 151 probably simultaneous in both hemispheres, 151 causing a general subsidence of the ocean, 152 Glandina , Eocene, 169 Glossotherium , in Brazilian caves, 145 S. American Pliocene, 147 Glyptodon , S. American Pliocene, 147 Gnathopsis , S. American Pliocene, 147 Goats, Palæarctic, 182 Godman, Mr., on Natural History of the Azores, 207 Golden Moles, S. African, 267 Graculavus , N. American Cretaceous, 164 Grallæ, arrangement of, 97 peculiar or characteristic Palæarctic genera, 249 peculiar Ethiopian genera of, 313 {495} peculiar Oriental genera of, 386 peculiar Australian genera of, 484 Gray, Dr. J. E., on classification of Cetacea, 88 Greece, Upper Miocene deposits of, 115 summary of Miocene fauna of, 116 Groups peculiar to a region, how defined, 184 Gulick, Rev. J. T., on Achatinellidæ of the Sandwich Islands, 446 Günther, Dr., his classification of reptiles, 98 his classification of fishes, 101 on gigantic tortoises of Galapagos and the Mascarene Islands, 289 on range of Indian reptiles in the Himalayas, 329 H. Haast, Dr., on extinct birds of New Zealand, 460 Habitat, definition of, 4 Hainan, zoology of, 334 Halcyornis , European Eocene, 103 Halitherium , European Pliocene, 112 European Miocene, 119 Helladotherium , Miocene of Greece, 116 European Miocene, 120 Hatteria of New Zealand, 456 Helictis, Himalayan, figure of, 331 Helix , Eocene, 169 Hemibos , Indian Miocene, 122 Hemicyon , European Miocene, 118 Herpetotherium , N. American Tertiary, 134 Hesperomys , N. American Tertiary, 140 in Brazilian caves, 145 S. American Pliocene, 147 Hesperornis , N. American Cretaceous, 164 Heterodon , in Brazilian caves, 145 Hexaprotodon , Indian Miocene, 122 Hickman, Mr. John, on a cause of the extinction of large animals, 158 Himalayas, altitude reached by various groups in the, 329, 333 Hipparion , European Pliocene, 112 Miocene of Greece, 115 European Miocene, 119 N. American Post-Pliocene, 130 N. American Tertiary, 135 Hippopotamus , Post-Pliocene, 112 Europe in Pliocene, 113 Indian Pliocene, 122 Hipposyus , N. American Tertiary, 133 Hippotherium , European Miocene, 119 Indian Miocene, 122 Hippotragus , European Miocene, 120 Homalodontotherium , S. American Pliocene, 146 Homalophus , European Miocene, 161 Homocamelus , N. American Tertiary, 138 Honeysuckers, birds specially adapted to Australia, 392 Hooker, Dr., on deficiency of odours in New Zealand plants, 464 Hoplocetus , European Pliocene, 112 Hoplophoneus , N. American Tertiary, 134 Horses, fossil, in Indian Miocene, 121 perfect series of ancestral, in N. America, 136 probable birthplace of, 154 Hutton, Capt. F. W., on origin of New Zealand fauna, 461 Huxley, Professor, on zoological regions, 59 division of animal kingdom by, 85 Hyæna , Post-Pliocene, 112 Miocene of Greece, 115 European Miocene, 118 Indian Miocene, 121 fossil in N. China, 123 Hyænarctos in European Pliocene, 112 European Miocene, 118 Indian Miocene, 121 S. American Pliocene, 146 Hyænictis , Miocene of Greece, 115 European Miocene, 118 Hyænidæ , European Miocene, 118 Hyænodon , European Miocene, 118 European Eocene, 125 N. American Tertiary, 134 Hyænodontidæ , European Miocene, 118 Hydrochœrus , N. American Post-Pliocene, 130 Hydrornis , European Miocene, 162 Hyohippus , N. American Tertiary, 135 Hyomoschus , European Miocene, 120 Hyopotamus , European Miocene, 119 N. American Tertiary, 137 Hyopsodus , N. American Tertiary, 133 Hyotherium , European Miocene, 119 Hypertragulus , N. American Tertiary, 133 Hypisodus , N. American Tertiary, 138 Hypsiprymnus , Australian Post-Tertiary, 157 Hyrachyus , N. American Tertiary, 136 Hyracodon , N. American Tertiary, 136 Hyracoidea , classification of, 90 Palæarctic, 242 Ethiopian, 304 Hyracotherium , supposed, in European Eocene, 125 European Eocene, 126 Hystrix , European Pliocene, 113 Miocene of Greece, 116 N. American Tertiary, 140 I. Ibidipodia , European Miocene, 162 Ibidorhynchus, figure of, 331 Iceland, zoology of, 198 Icthyornis , N. American Cretaceous, 164 Icticyon in Brazilian caves, 144 Ictitherium , Miocene of Greece, 115 European Miocene, 118 Ictops , N. American Tertiary, 133 India, Miocene fauna of, allied to that of Europe, 123 geological features of, 328 Indian, sub-region, description of, 321 supposed relation to Ethiopian region, 321 mammalia of, 322 birds of, 323 reptiles and amphibia of, 326 Indo-Chinese, sub-region, description of, 329 zoological characteristics of, 330 illustration of, 331 reptiles of, 331 amphibia of, 331 insects of, 332 islands belonging to, 333 Indo-Malayan sub-region, description of, 334 mammalia of, 336 illustrations of, 336, 339 birds of, 337 remote geographical relations of, 339 reptiles and amphibia of, 340 fishes of, 341 insects of, 341 coleoptera of, 342 terrestrial mollusca of, 343 zoological relations of islands of, 345 recent geographical changes in, 357 probable origin of fauna of, 359 Insects, means of dispersal of, 32 {496} tenacity of life of, 33 adapted to special conditions, 33 groups selected for the study of their geographical distribution, 102 antiquity of the genera of, 166 fossil of European Miocene, 166 European Cretaceous, 167 European Wealden, 167 Palæozoic, 168 Palæarctic, 187 of Central Europe, 196 of the Mediterranean sub-region, 205 of the Siberian sub-region, 220 of the Manchurian sub-region, 227 of the Ethiopian region, 255 of the East African sub-region, 260 of West Africa, 265 S. African, 268 of Madagascar, 282 general remarks on, 284 of tropical Africa and America, probable cause of similarities in, 291 of Indo-Chinese sub-region, 332 of the Oriental region, 318 of Ceylon, 327 of Indo-Malay sub-region, 341 statistics of collecting in the various islands of the Malay Archipelago, 343 of the Australian region, 403 of New Guinea, 417 of the Moluccas, 420 of Timor group, 426 of Celebes, 454 of New Zealand, 458 scarcity of, in New Zealand, 462 influence of, on the flora, 463 Insectivora , European Miocene, 117 N. American Post-Pliocene, 129 N. American Tertiary, 133 Insectivora, classification of, 87 of the Palæarctic region, 181 of N. China and E. Thibet, 222 range of Palæarctic genera of, 239 of Madagascar, 273 range of Ethiopian genera of, 301 of the Oriental region, 315 range of Oriental genera of, 372 range of Australian genera of, 476 Isacis , N. American Tertiary, 133 Ischyromys , N. American Tertiary, 140 Islands, N. European, zoology of, 197 of the Mediterranean sub-region, 206 of the West African sub-region, 265 of Ethiopian region, 269 Mascarene, 280 of the Indo-Chinese sub-region, 333 of Indo-Malay sub-region, 345 Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa, 443 Society and Marquesas, 444 New Caledonia and New Hebrides, 445 Sandwich, 446 of New Zealand sub-region, 453 Norfolk, 453 Lord Howe's, 454 Chatham, 454 Auckland, 455 Issiodromys , European Pliocene, 113 J. Jacchus , in Brazilian caves, 144 Japan and North China, physical features of, 221 southern extremity of perhaps belongs to the Oriental region, 226 general character of the fauna of, 230 former land-connexions of, 231 Java, mammalia of, 349 productions of, well known, 350 birds of, 351 representative species of birds in, 352 origin of the anomalous features of its fauna, 352 Sumatra and Borneo, their geographical contrasts and zoological peculiarities explained, 357 Junonia , European Miocene, 167 K. Kakapoe, of New Zealand, 455 Kangaroos, extinct in Australia, 157 Kerguelen Island, apterous insects of, 211 ( note ) Kerodon , in Brazilian caves, 144 S. American Pliocene, 147 King-fisher, racquet tailed, of New Guinea, figure of, 415 Kiwi of New Zealand, 455 Koodoo antelope, figure of, 261 L. Lacertilia, classification of, 99 Ladrone Islands, birds of, 444 Lagomys , European Pliocene, 113 European Miocene, 120 Lagostomus , in Brazilian caves, 145 S. American Pliocene, 147 Lake Baikal, seals of, 218 Land and water, proportions of, 35 Land and fresh-water shells, antiquity of the genera of, 168 Land-shells, Palæozoic, 169 Palæarctic, 190 of Madeira, 209 of the Cape Verd Islands, 215 of the Ethiopian region, 257 of W. Africa, 265 of Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands, 285 of Indo-Malay sub-region, 344 of the Australian region, 407 of Sandwich Islands, 446 of New Zealand, 459 Lanius , European Miocene, 161 Laopithecus , N. American Tertiary, 133 Laornis , N. American Cretaceous, 164 Lemuria, a hypothetical land, 76 Lamuravidæ , 133 Lemuravus , N. American Tertiary, 133 Lemuridæ , European Eocene, 124 Lemuroidea, range of Ethiopian genera of, 300 range of Oriental genera of, 371 Lepictis , N. American Tertiary, 133 Lepidoptera, cosmopolitan families of, 177 table of Palæarctic families of, 238 S. African, 268 table of Ethiopian families of, 299 of the Oriental region, 318 table of Oriental families of, 369 of the Australian region, 404 table of Australian families of, 472 Leptarchus , N. American Tertiary, 135 Leptauchenia , N. American Tertiary, 138 Leptochœrus , N. American Tertiary, 137 Leptodon , Miocene of Greece, 116 Leptomeryx , N. American Tertiary, 138 Leptoptilus , European Miocene, 162 {497} Leptosomus , allied form in European Eocene, 168 Leptosomus of Madagascar, 278 figure of, 279 Leptotherium , in Brazilian caves, 144 Lepus , in Brazilian caves, 145 S. American Pliocene,
— from The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 1 With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface by Alfred Russel Wallace

[225] When this letter reached Brussels, Mary and Christina were absent on a hunting expedition, but on New Year's Eve they returned.
— from Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan and Lorraine, 1522-1590 by Julia Cartwright

Since their shift to normal space, it had been necessary also to detach the entire bank of Nineteen, Twenty, and Twenty-one, whose index had risen at a terrifying rate.
— from The Star Lord by Boyd Ellanby

'Tis still a Dreame: or else such stuffe as Madmen Tongue, and braine not: either both, or nothing Or senselesse speaking, or a speaking such As sense cannot vntye.
— from Cymbeline by William Shakespeare