Myths, essential element of religious life, 82 ; distinguished from fables, 83 n. 1 ; as work of art, 82 , 101 ; interpret rites, 101 , 130 ; as a society's representation of man and the world, 375 .
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

He spoke: obedient to the eye Of Ráma, Lakshmaṇ made reply, The name and fortune to unfold Of Raghu's son the lofty-souled: “True to the law, of fame unstained, The glorious Daśaratha reigned,
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

BOOK V. I t was, I believe, in 1732, that I arrived at Chambery, as already related, and began my employment of registering land for the king.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Although I was treated in every other respect like the rest of the school, this single difference was made in my case from the first.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Because this simplicity of knowledge requisite in War was not attended to, but that knowledge was always jumbled up with the whole impedimenta of subordinate sciences and arts, therefore the palpable opposition to the events of real life which resulted could not be solved otherwise than by ascribing it all to genius, which requires no theory and for which no theory could be prescribed.
— from On War — Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz

Education has no more serious responsibility than making adequate provision for enjoyment of recreative leisure; not only for the sake of immediate health, but still more if possible for the sake of its lasting effect upon habits of mind.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

CHARLES SHANNON A splendid example of Rubens' love of rich, full forms.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

They dreaded the mysterious power of spells and incantations, of potent herbs, and execrable rites; which could extinguish or recall life, inflame the passions of the soul, blast the works of creation, and extort from the reluctant dæmons the secrets of futurity.
— 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

To view a well-arranged assortment of blockheaded Encyclopćdias (Anglicanas or Metropolitanas) set out in an array of Russia, or Morocco, when a tithe of that good leather would comfortably re-clothe my shivering folios; would renovate Paracelsus himself, and enable old Raymund Lully to look like himself again in the world.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

He did have a loose end of rope, left over from a knot, and with this he proceeded to lead the enraged German to the automobile.
— from The Boy Scout Aviators by George Durston

The King sent for Earl Grey, and, on his refusal to form a Ministry, was driven to the humiliating expedient of recalling Lord Melbourne.
— from A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year. Volume 2 (of 3) by Edwin Emerson

It does not, therefore, in itself prove the presence of romantic love; a point on which I must place great emphasis, because certain primitive poems expressing a longing for an absent girl or man have been quoted as positive evidence of romantic love, when as a matter of fact there is nothing to prove that they may not have been inspired by mere sensual desires.
— from Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Henry T. Finck

Edith on reaching Luckenough retired to bed, and addressed herself to sleep.
— from The Missing Bride by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

Almost unconsciously I went on rubbing her hands, while evidence of returning life became plainer and plainer.
— from Roger Trewinion by Joseph Hocking

Parallel with this tendency in the church, is the effort which is being made after expression of religious life when it should be directed along the line of impressing it.
— from The Defects of the Negro Church The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 10 by Orishatukeh Faduma

Andrea Govea and his brothers were famous as scholars throughout Europe, even in the days which could boast of Scaliger; they were all natives of Beja, and had been educated at Paris; Martial Govea, the eldest, wrote one of the earliest Latin grammars, published at Paris in 1534; Antonio Govea argued the cause of Aristotle against Ramus, edited Virgil and Terence, and was held to be the most formidable rival of Cujas as an exponent of Roman law; while Andrea had been principal of the College of St. Barbe, rector of the University of Paris, and afterwards principal of the College of Guienne at Bordeaux, and was termed by Montaigne, “le plus grand principal de France.”
— from The Story of the Nations: Portugal by H. Morse (Henry Morse) Stephens

I saw that a way was opening for the establishment of real liberty; that the foundation was laying for the deliverance of man from the yoke of slavery and superstition; that the principles of religion, which were the first objects of our care, would exert a salutary influence on the manners and constitution of the republic; and as I had from my youth studied the distinctions between religious and civil rights, I perceived that if I ever wished to be of use, I ought at least not to be wanting to my country, to the church, and to so many of my fellow-Christians, in a crisis of so much danger; I therefore determined to relinquish the other pursuits in which I was engaged, and to Page 24 [24] transfer the whole force of my talents and my industry to this one important object.
— from An Introduction to the Prose and Poetical Works of John Milton Comprising All the Autobiographic Passages in His Works, the More Explicit Presentations of His Ideas of True Liberty. by John Milton

Now that the question of political 33 and religious supremacy was permanently settled, the Protestants were free to turn to some of the questions which are popularly supposed to be the real objects of religious organizations—worship and the encouragement of right living.
— from Humanistic Studies of the University of Kansas, Vol. 1 by Pearl Hogrefe

The level that a given aeroplane cannot exceed owing to the combined effect of reduced lift and reduced engine power is known as its “ceiling.”
— from Meteorology: The Science of the Atmosphere by Charles Fitzhugh Talman