And every creeping thing that creeps the ground.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

5. Having taken heed in these matters to see that proper attention is paid to them, we must also be equally careful that all walls are perfectly vertical, and that they do not lean forward anywhere.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

My fixed determination not to return to Geneva, the shame that would attend it, the difficulty of repassing the mountains, at a distance from my country, without friends, and without resources, everything concurred to make me consider my remorse of conscience, as a too late repentance.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

But our ancestors in every case tried to trace the original meanings of things, whether with the guidance of the gods or independently—though perhaps it would be better to say that they sought for them under the leadership of the gods—then when they had discovered those meanings they clothed them in paradoxical myths.
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1 by Emperor of Rome Julian

The fifteen priests, who composed the college of pontiffs, enjoyed a more distinguished rank as the companions of their sovereign; and the Christian emperors condescended to accept the robe and ensigns, which were appropriated to the office of supreme pontiff.
— 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

Again, when they see a strange rare animal, they cannot [pg 406] easily confine themselves to merely observing it; they must rouse it, tease it, play with it, merely to experience action and reaction; but this need for excitement of the will manifests itself very specially in the discovery and support of card-playing, which is quite peculiarly the expression of the miserable side of humanity.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

Knowledge of the first kind would have to be divided into graduated courses, like an encyclopædia, corresponding to the degree of general culture which each man has attained in his external circumstances; from a course restricted to what is necessary for primary instruction up to the matter contained in every branch of the philosophical faculty.
— from Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer

Therefore, what follows upon the resolution so betrayed, we cannot properly perceive; we know only that it in all likelihood consists of what succeeds it, i.e. the accused either confesses to something, or has resolved to say nothing.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

I already regretted having ever consented to take charge of it.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

I wanted to make the characteristic nature of these elements clear to the score reader the moment he looked at it by a striking display of colour, and only the fact that I could not get any green ink made this picturesque idea impossible.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

There are not enough chairs; the paper behind the beds is of a different color and betrays the moving in the morning; the piano is out of tune; the refreshments, bought all made, are not sweet enough, because the sugar has been used sparingly in order to make another decanter of syrup; the lamps refuse to burn, because the host is not familiar with them; the punch is compounded of poor brandy, because they bought the cheapest brand; and at supper you will find nothing but stale bread to eat with the fowl that is handed you.
— from The Milkmaid of Montfermeil (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XX) by Paul de Kock

The explosions caused terrible havoc.
— from The Hand of Providence As Shown in the History of Nations and Individuals, From the Great Apostasy to the Restoration of the Gospel by J. H. (Joseph Harvey) Ward

23:001:016 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 23:001:017 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
— from The Bible, King James version, Book 23: Isaiah by Anonymous

Only lead not thine armies against Zeenar, nor ever cross the Eidis."
— from Time and the Gods by Lord Dunsany

The former may undertake and effect conversions, the others cause fear, and fear does not cure egoism, but increases it.
— from The Devil's Pool by George Sand

Certain points of resemblance between this account and that of van Helmont ( e.g. , in each case the Stone is described as a glassy substance of a pale yellow colour) are worth noticing: “On the 27 December, 1666, in the forenoon, there came to my house a certain man, who was a complete stranger to me, but of an honest, grave countenance, and an authoritative [84] mien, clothed in a simple garb like that of a Memnonite. . . .
— from Alchemy: Ancient and Modern Being a Brief Account of the Alchemistic Doctrines, and Their Relations, to Mysticism on the One Hand, and to Recent Discoveries in Physical Science on the Other Hand; Together with Some Particulars Regarding the Lives and Teachings of the Most Noted Alchemists by H. Stanley (Herbert Stanley) Redgrove

In the earlier imperial period, apart from the Syrian command which included eastern Cilicia, there was stationed in all Asia Minor simply a detachment of 5000 auxiliary troops, which served as a garrison in the province of Galatia, 247 along with a fleet of 40 ships; this command was destined partly to keep in check the restless Pisidians, partly to cover the north–eastern 351 frontier of the empire, and to watch over the coast of the Black Sea as far as the Crimea.
— from The Provinces of the Roman Empire, from Caesar to Diocletian. v. 1 by Theodor Mommsen

Shastri was very loquacious, and wanted me to realize that the apparent success I was having was only with the educated classes; the masses knew nothing of it.
— from Margaret Sanger: an autobiography. by Margaret Sanger

The lessons of experience come to it over and over again, and it can and must learn them.
— from The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by John M. (John Mason) Tyler