melon , m. , espèce de cucurbitacée; fruit de cette plante.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

We should only know what is now present to our senses: we could not know anything about the past—not even that there was a past—nor could we know any truths about our sense-data, for all knowledge of truths, as we shall show, demands acquaintance with things which are of an essentially different character from sense-data, the things which are sometimes called 'abstract ideas', but which we shall call 'universals'.
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

3. Why should you regard the harmless shafts of a vain-speaking tongue—does the exalted Diana care for the barking of a dog?
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

We see, likewise, the Scripture calleth envy an evil eye; 111 and the astrologers call the evil influences of 88 the stars evil aspects; so that still there seemeth to be acknowledged, in the act of envy, an ejaculation, or irradiation of the eye; nay, some have been so curious as to note that the times, when the stroke or percussion of an envious eye doth most hurt, are, when the party envied is beheld in glory or triumph, for that sets an edge upon envy; and besides, at such times, the spirits of the person envied do come forth most into the outward parts, and so meet the blow.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

The operations of nature in organised bodies seem to be of an entirely different character from mere mechanical processes; we cannot construe them to ourselves except under the hypothesis that nature in them is working towards a designed end.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

This would humble me; yet conscious that I had acted rightly I would easily derive comfort from that conviction.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Suddenly, some one at her elbow deliberately called "Fire!
— from Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls by Josephine Chase

His stories, however, were of an entirely different character from those of Browne.
— from The Island Home by Richard Archer

Dey jus' et and frolicked around gittin' into evvything dey could find.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration

Nay some have been so curious as to note that the times when the stroke or percussion of an envious eye doth most hurt, are, when the party envied is beheld in glory or triumph; for that sets an edge upon Envy; And besides, at such times, the spirits of the persons envied do come forth most into the outward parts, and so meet the blow.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

Nay, some have been so curious, as to note, that the times when the stroke or percussion of an envious eye doth most hurt, are when the party envied is beheld in glory or triumph; for that sets an edge upon envy: and besides, at such times the spirits of the person envied, do come forth most into the outward parts, and so meet the blow.
— from The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral by Francis Bacon

Into this pulpit now ascended Monsignor Valenziani, Bishop of Fabriano and Matelica, one of the assistant secretaries, and in a voice remarkable for its strength and distinctness, and not less so for its endurance, read with most appropriate emphasis, and with the musical intonations of a cultivated Italian voice, the entire Dogmatic Constitution , from the beginning to the end.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 11, April, 1870 to September, 1870 by Various

Even in these early days, certain feminine pomps and vanities had emigrated with their owners, and much disconcerted the energetic preacher.
— from Anne Bradstreet and Her Time by Helen Campbell