Johnson, ever ready for contest, instantly started from his reverie, wheeled about, and answered, 'Sir, the reason is very plain.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

Sweet Marjoram, is an excellent remedy for cold diseases in the brain, being only smelled to [231] helps such as are given to much sighing, easeth pains in the belly, provokes urine, being taken inwardly: you may take a dram of it at a time in powder.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

Professor de Morgan says that the main goodness of Cocker’s Tutor consists in his adopting the abbreviated system of division; and suggests that it became a proverbial representative of arithmetic from Murphy’s farce of The Apprentice , 1756, in which the strong point of the old merchant, Wingate, is his extreme reverence for Cocker and his arithmetic.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

We are only called upon to determine how far we must proceed in the empirical regress from condition to condition, in order to discover, in conformity with the rule of reason, a full and correct answer to the questions proposed by reason itself.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

Late in February, I dispatched my family up to Ohio in the steamboat Tecumseh (Captain Pearce); disposed of my house and furniture; turned over to Major Reynolds the funds, property, and records of the office; and took passage in a small steamer for Nicaragua, en route for California.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

It only shows us a number of uniform effects, resulting from certain objects, and teaches us that those particular objects, at that particular time, were endowed with such powers and forces.
— from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

Differt enim ab ea quae viris et reliquis feminis communiter contingit, propriam habens causam.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

The people go naked, eat raw flesh, cheat, lie, and murder, and practice polygamy.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

The taste of the early Romans for country life is well known.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

So thought the world, who in their most scrutinizing glance could detect no indication of care or gloom, in this, the object of their observations, who was one of those bright, intelligent beings, ever ready for conversation, and whose sallies of wit, never failed to excite the attention of those around her.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 by Various

Central African Republic tap water is not potable; poaching has diminished the country's reputation as one of the last great wildlife refuges; desertification; deforestation Chad inadequate supplies of potable water; improper waste disposal in rural areas contributes to soil and water pollution; desertification Chile widespread deforestation and mining threaten natural resources; air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage China air pollution (greenhouse gases, sulfur dioxide particulates) from reliance on coal produces acid rain; water shortages, particularly in the north; water pollution from untreated wastes; deforestation; estimated loss of one-fifth of agricultural land since 1949 to soil erosion and economic development; desertification; trade in endangered species Christmas Island loss of rainforest; impact of phosphate mining Clipperton Island NA Cocos (Keeling) Islands fresh water resources are limited to rainwater accumulations in natural underground reservoirs Colombia deforestation; soil and water quality damage from overuse of pesticides; air pollution, especially in Bogota, from vehicle emissions Comoros soil degradation and erosion results from crop cultivation on slopes without proper terracing; deforestation Congo, Democratic Republic of the poaching threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; deforestation; refugees responsible for significant deforestation, soil erosion, and wildlife poaching; mining of minerals (coltan - a mineral used in creating capacitors, diamonds, and gold) causing environmental damage Congo, Republic of the air pollution from vehicle emissions; water pollution from the dumping of raw sewage; tap water is not potable; deforestation Cook Islands NA Coral Sea Islands no permanent fresh water resources Costa Rica deforestation and land use change, largely a result of the clearing of land for cattle ranching and agriculture; soil erosion; coastal marine pollution; fisheries protection; solid waste management; air pollution Cote d'Ivoire deforestation (most of the country's forests - once the largest in West Africa - have been heavily logged); water pollution from sewage and industrial and agricultural effluents Croatia air pollution (from metallurgical plants) and resulting acid rain is damaging the forests; coastal pollution from industrial and domestic waste; landmine removal and reconstruction of infrastructure consequent to 1992-95 civil strife Cuba air and water pollution; biodiversity loss; deforestation Cyprus water resource problems (no natural reservoir catchments, seasonal disparity in rainfall, sea water intrusion to island's largest aquifer, increased salination in the north); water pollution from sewage and industrial wastes; coastal degradation; loss of wildlife habitats from urbanization Czech Republic air and water pollution in areas of northwest Bohemia and in northern Moravia around Ostrava present health risks; acid rain damaging forests; efforts to bring industry up to EU code should improve domestic pollution Denmark air pollution, principally from vehicle and power plant emissions; nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of the North Sea; drinking and surface water becoming polluted from animal wastes and pesticides Dhekelia netting and trapping of small migrant songbirds in the spring and autumn Djibouti inadequate supplies of potable water; limited arable land; desertification; endangered species Dominica NA
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Their Houses are much worse than your Irish, but the In-land Countries have none but Carts and Tents, which they ever remove from Countrey to Countrey, as they see occasion, driving with them infinite Troops of black Sheep, Cattel and Ulgries, eating all up before them as they go.
— from The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captain John Smith into Europe, Asia, Africa, and America From Ann. Dom. 1593 to 1629 by John Smith

At a time When Nature, destined to remain so long [Pg 161] Foremost in my affections, had fallen back Into a second place, pleased to become A handmaid to a nobler than herself, When every day brought with it some new sense Of exquisite regard for common things; And all the earth was budding with these gifts Of more refined humanity; thy breath, Dear Sister! was a kind of gentler spring, That went before my steps."
— from Dorothy Wordsworth: The Story of a Sister's Love by Edmund Lee

The most effectual remedy for Consumption, Bronchitis, Asthma, Gout, Chronic Rheumatism, and all Scrofulous Diseases.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 243, June 24, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

The successful business man no doubt makes his plans, as far as may be practicable, upon the system indicated by the humorist, who advises people never to prophesy unless they happen to know, but the nature of his knowledge is almost always to some extent removed from certainty.
— from Twentieth Century Inventions: A Forecast by George Sutherland

Substitutes for punishment, 110—The elimination of the causes of crime, 113—Economic remedies for crime, 114—Drink and crime, 116—Drunkenness an effect of bad social conditions, 120—Taxation of drink, 120—Laws against

PAGE drink, 121—Social amelioration a substitute for penal law, 121— Social legislation and crime, 122—Political amelioration as a preventive of crime, 124—Decentralisation a preventive, 126— Legal and administrative preventives, 128—Prisoners' Aid Societies, 130—Education and crime, 130—Popular entertainments and crime, 131—Physical education as a remedy for crime, 131—To diminish crime its causes must be eliminated, 132—The aim and scope of penal substitutes, 134—Difficulty of applying penal substitutes, 137—Difference between social and police prevention, 139—Limited efficacy of punishment, 140—Summary of conclusions, 141.
— from Criminal Sociology by Enrico Ferri

e of, 32 Bird Life on the Thames, 18 Birthplace of River Thames, 2 Bisham and its Ghost, 126 —— Church, 127 —— House, 125 —— Priory, 126 —— Woods, 149 Bishopric of London and Fulham Palace, 255 “Black Cherry Fair,” 187 Blackfriars Bridge, 277 Blackwall, 319 Blenheim Park, 27 Bolney Court, 104 Botanical Gardens at Battersea, 262 Boulter’s Lock, 141 Bourne End, 133 Boveney Lock, 151 Boyle Farm and the “Dandies’ Fête,” 209 Boyne Hill, 142 Bray, 145 Bream Fishing at Dagenham, 325 Brentford, Town of, 246 Brethren of the Holy Rood and Abingdon, 65 Bridge at Richmond, 235 —— Ward Without, 282 Bridgwater Canal, 56 Burrow Marsh, 103 Bushey Park, 204 , 219 Bye-laws of the Watermen’s Company, 340 C Canal from Birmingham to Oxford, 56 Canute’s Country, 21 Canvey Island, 345 —— Point, 345 , 349 Capital of Wessex, The, 73 Carp in the River, 111 Cassington Church, 30 Castle Eaton Bridge, 12 Caversham Bridge, 94 —— Warren, 94 “Cawsam Hill,” 93 Chaucer and Southwark, 282 Chelsea and Neighbourhood, 260 ——, Cheyne Walk, 262 —— Don Saltero’s Coffee-house, 262 ——, Great Cheyne Row, 262 —— Hospital, 263 —— Suspension Bridge, 264 Chertsey, Angling at, 186 to 188 —— Bridge, 185 ——, Bridge House at, 189 —— Church and Bell, 186 , 188 —— Fairs, 187 —— Mead, 184 ——, St. Ann’s Hill at, 189 Cherwell Bridge at Oxford, 50 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, 260 , 262 Chiltern Hills, 86 Chilton Lodge, 98 Chinese Barges and Weirs, 56 Chiswick House, 250 Christ’s Hospital at Abingdon, 67 Church of Old Windsor, 170 —— of St. Peter ad Vincula, 301 —— of St. Helen at Old Abingdon, 68 Churn, The, 7 , 8 Clasper’s Boathouse, 37 Cleeve Lock, 82 Cleopatra’s Needle, 274 Cliefden House, 136 , 138 —— Woods, 134 , 138 Cliff Creek, Gravesend, 336 Clifton Bridge, 71 —— Hampden, 70 Coarse Fish in the Thames, 109 Commercial Docks, 307 Conservancy of the River, 179 Convent at Isleworth, 240 —— of Sheen, 237 Cookham Bridge, 135 —— Church, 136 Cooper’s Hill, 175 Coronation Stone at Kingston, 214 Courses of the Thames, The, 34 Cowey Stakes at Walton, 195 [Pg 364] Cowley’s House at Chertsey, 108 Craven House, 254 Cricklade, The Town of, 10 Crockham Hill, 190 Cross Ness Sewage Works, 326 Crowmarsh Gifford, Parish of, 78 Culham Court, 119 —— Lock, 69 Cumnor, The Village of, 24 Custom House, 291 , 296 D Dace and Roach in the River, 111 Dagenham Breach, 325 —— Lake, 325 Danesfield House, 123 Dartford, 330 Datchet Mead and Falstaff, 168 , 169 Day’s Lock, 70 Denham’s Description of the Thames, 175 Deptford Dockyard, 211 —— and Peter the Great, 315 Disused Weirpools, 23 Dock Labourers, 314 Dominican and Franciscan Teachers at Oxford, 39 Don Saltero’s Coffee-house and Thomas Carlyle, 262 Dorchester Abbey, 70 Dorchester Abbey Church, 73 Dorchester, Capital of Wessex, 73 Duelling at Barn Elms, 254 Dufford Ferry, 21 Dumb-barges on the River, 312 Dyers’ Company and the Swans, 133 E Early Names of the Thames, 4 East India Docks, 310 , 315 Eel Boats, 343 Eelbucks at Chasey Farm, 94 Eel Pie Island, 222 Egham, Town of, 178 English Frigate Warspite , The, 324 Environs of Abingdon, 68 Epitaphs in Bensington Churchyard, 78 Erith, 327 , 329 Erkenwald’s Monastery at Chertsey, 186 Essex Marshes, 342 Eton, 151 ——, Chapel at, 164 —— College Buildings, 162 ——, Founder of the Chapel, 165 —— Montem, 166 —— or Waterton, 164 ——, Provosts at, 163 ——, Rouse’s Scholarships at, 163 ——, Speech Day at, 165 Exciting Race from Cookham to Marlow, 147 Eynsham Bridge, 27 —— Cross, 27 ——, The Village of, 27 —— Weir, 25 F Fairford and the Coln, 13 “Fair Mile,” The, 115 Famous Grotto at Twickenham, 222 Farringdon, The Town of, 20 Fawley Court and its History, 117 , 118 First Lock, 14 Fish at Billingsgate, 294 , 295 —— in the Thames, 13 , 28 , 29 , 76 , 99 , 161 , 170 , 172 , 193 , 194 , 197 , 218 Fishers’ Row, 34 Fishmongers’ Hall, 288 —— Procession, 291 Fish Street Hill, 294 “Flash” Locks, 55 Flyfishers’ Club at Hungerford, 98 Fly-fishing in the River, 111 Flooding the River, 56 Flowers, Some Thames, 16 Folly Bridge, 32 —— —— Lock, 55 Fords at Shefford, 21 Foreign Cattle Market at Deptford, 316 Four Noted Abbeys, 95 —— Streams, The, 35 Franciscans at Medmenham, 120 , 121 —— and the Monkey, 121 Francis Rouse and Eton, 163 “French Horn” Inn, 100 Freshwater Wharf, 291 , 292 Frogmore, 159 , 167 Fulham and its Market Gardens, 256 —— and Putney, 254 —— Church, 256 —— Palace, 255 G Garrick’s Villa at Hampton, 198 Girls Rowing and Steering, 150 Godstow Nunnery, Ruins of, 31 ——, The Village of, 30 Goring Church, 87 —— Mill, 86 —— Toll-gate, 87 —— Weir, 86 Great Marlow, 129 —— ——, The Church and its “Curiosities,” 129 —— ——, The Deanery at, 130 —— —— Weir and Locks, 131 Gravesend Reach, 336 ——, The Town of, 333 —— to the Nore, 337 to 362 Grayling in the Kennet, 98 Greenhithe, 327 , 328 , 330 Greenwich Hospital, 316 —— Observatory, 319 —— Park, 318 , 319 Grotto at Goring, 88 —— at Oatlands, 191 Groves at Bisham, 132 —— of Kew, The, 241 Gudgeon in the Thames, 176 , 177 Guild of Pilots at Gravesend, 339 H Hadleigh Castle, 348 Halliford Bridge, 194 Ham, Village of, 225 —— Weir, 12 Hambledon Lock and its Islands, 119 Hammersmith Suspension Bridge, 251 Hampton Court, 201 , 202 —— —— Bridge, 200 —— —— Chestnut Avenue, 204 —— ——, Christmas at, 207 —— ——, English Brickwork at, 203 —— ——, Fountain Court, 206 —— —— Great Hall, 204 —— ——, Painted Windows in Great Hall, 205 —— ——, Park at, 207 —— ——, Picture Gallery at, 206 —— —— to Richmond, 211 to 228 Hampton House, 198 —— Wick, 213 Hannington Bridge, 12 Hardwicke House, 91 Hart’s Weir, 17 —— Wood, 88 Hedsor Park, 136 Hennerton Backwater, 104 Henley and its Natural Scenery, 113 —— Bridge and its Builder, 115 —— Church, 114 —— Races, 115 —— Regatta, 117 ——, the Riparian Metropolis, 107 —— to Maidenhead, 113 to 142 ——, Town of, 113 Hinksey Stream, The, 37 History of Kew Gardens, 241 Hogarth’s Frolic, 289 Holme Park Woods, 100 Houses of Parliament, The, 267 Howberry Park, 78 Hungerford, Famous for Trout, 98 Hurley and its Islands, 123 Hurlingham, 257 Hythe Bridge, 34 I Iffley Lock, 55 —— Mill, 54 [Pg 365] Inglesham Weir, 13 Ingress Abbey, 330 Inns at Rotherhithe, 307 Inscriptions in Bensington Church, 78 Invention of Rowing, 54 Isis, The Head of the, 3 —— and the Thames, The, 72 Isle of Dogs, 308 , 310 —— of Osney, 37 —— of Thorns, The, 186 Isleworth, Town of, 239 Izaak Walton at Datchet, 169 J Jesus Hospital at Bray, 146 K Kempsford, 12 Kennington, The Village of, 58 Kentish Marshes, 344 Keston Heath, 316 Kew Bridge, 246 —— Churchyard, 246 —— Foot Lane, 227 —— Gardens, 237 , 239 , 241 —— ——, Chinese Pagoda in, 245 —— ——, Palm-house in, 243 —— Green, 246 —— Observatory, 237 , 239 —— Palace and the “Dutch House,” 241 , 242 Kingston-on-Thames, 212 , 215 —— Bridge, 211 —— Church, 206 , 215 ——, Coronation Stone at, 214 Kingston, Rowing Clubs at, 211 King’s Weir, 30 Kitcat Club, The, 253 L Lady Place and its History, 123 Laleham and Dr. Arnold, 182 —— Church, 183 —— Ferry, 182 —— House, 183 Lambeth, Borough of, 264 —— Palace, 266 —— ——, Archbishop Laud and, 267 Langley or Ridge’s Weir, 23 Lechlade, The Town of, 14 Leigh, The Village of, 349 Limehouse Church, 308 Little Marlow, 132 Littlecote Park, 98 Littlemore, The Village of, 58 Lollards’ Tower, Lambeth, 266 , 267 London Bridge and its History, 284 , 286 —— and its Traffic, 284 —— Docks, The, 303 “Long Reach” Tavern, 329 Long Walk at Windsor, 167 Lower Hope, The, 341 Ludgate Hill and the Temple of Diana, 278 M Magna Charta Island, 174 Maidenhead or Maidenhithe, 141 , 143 , 145 —— Bridge, 145 Main Stream for Barges at Oxford, 37 Mapledurham House, 93 —— Mill and Weir, 92 Maplin Sands, 357 Market Cross of Abingdon, 65 Marking Swans, 133 Marlborough, The Town of, 99 Marlow Bridge, 130 Marsh Lock, 105 Medley Weir, 32 Medmenham Abbey, 120 Middle Temple Hall, 277 Millbank Prison, 264 Millwall Docks, 310 , 312 Mongewell House, 80 Monkey Island, 151 Monument, The, 291 Morning on the Lower Thames, 337 Mortlake and its History, 247 Moulsey Hurst, 199 Moulsford Bridge, 80 Mysteries of Fly-fishing, 111 N Names of Boat Landings and Stairs, 307 National Society’s Training College at Battersea, 260 Navigation of the Iffley, 55 Newbridge, 22 Newbury, The Town of, 99 Newton Murren, Church of, 80 New Battersea, 264 Noah’s Ark Weir, 23 Nore, The, 357 Northfleet, 330 —— Hope, 339 North Woolwich Gardens, 324 —— —— Pier, 324 Nuneham Lock, 55 ——, Heights of, 59 —— Reach, 61 Nunnery of Sion, The, 237 O Oatlands and its History, 192 —— Grotto, 191 —— Palace and Park, 190 , 191 “Ocean Tramps,” 338 Ock Street at Abingdon, 68 Old Buscot, The Village of, 16 “Old Chelsea Bun-house,” 262 —— —— Church, 260 “Old Crabtree Inn,” 252 Old London Bridge and its History, 285 —— —— ——, Nonsuch House on, 286 —— —— ——, St. Thomas’s Chapel on, 286 —— —— —— Traitors’ Gate on, 286 —— —— Theatres, 282 Old Navigation Stream, 35 Old St. Paul’s Church, 280 Old Windsor, 170 Oldest Stone Bridge, The, 22 Origin of “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” 159 Osier Farm on the Thames, 88 Osney Abbey, 39 Oxford to Abingdon, 33 to 61 ——, Architectural Revival at, 47 , 50 ——, Austin Friars at, 39 ——, Black Friars of, 38 —— Canal, 37 ——, Carmelites or White Friars at, 39 ——, Chapel of Brasenose at, 49 ——, Church of St. Martin at Carfax at, 40 ——, College of St. Mary Winton, 43 ——, Colleges at, 42 ——, Degrees at, 42 ——, Disputations at, 48 ——, Early Colleges at, 43 ——, Eleanor Cross at, 51 ——, Grey Friars of, 38 ——, Halls at, 43 ——, Houses of the Friars at, 34 ——, Lincoln College of Priests at, 46 ——, Magdalen Bridge, 50 —— ——, College at, 44 ——, Mendicant Order of Friars at, 38 ——, Midnight at, 54 ——, Oriel Barge at, 57 ——, Preacher’s Pool at, 38 ——, Sheldonian Theatre at, 40 ——, The Buildings of, 37 ——, The Town of, 33 ——, Trill Mill Stream at, 38 ——, Undergraduate Revival at, 52 —— University and Parish Churches, 38 P Pacey’s Bridge, 35 Palace of Richmond and its History, 233 , 234 —— of Westminster, 268 , 270 Pangbourne, Village of, 89 Park Place and its History, 105 Paul’s Walk, 279 “Pedlar’s Acre,” Lambeth, 266 [Pg 366] Penton Hook Lock, 181 “Perdita’s” Grave, 169 Petersham Park, 226 Phillimore Island, 104 Picnic Island, 175 , 176 Pike and Perch Fishing, 110 Pilots and Watermen, 339 , 340 Pimlico, District of, 264 Pink Hill Lock, 27 —— —— Weir, 27 Pleasant Pictures at Bray, 150 Plumstead Marshes, 326 “Pool,” The, 301 , 302 Pope’s Villa at Twickenham, 222 Porch House, Chertsey, 188 Port Meadows, 32 Prisoners at Windsor, 158 Prize-fighting at Moulsey, 199 Pudding Lane, 294 “Puppy Pie” at Marlow Bridge, 130 Purfleet, Town of, 328 Purley Hall, 93 ——, The Village of, 93 Putney and Fulham, 254 —— Bridge, 255 —— Heath, 255 Q Quarry Woods, 131 Queen Bess and the Custom House, 297 “Queen’s Tobacco Pipe,” The, 305 Queenhithe and the Tax on Fish, 294 R Racing Yachts on the Thames, 338 Radcot Bridge, 18 Radley, The Village of, 58 Ramsbury Manor, 98 Ranelagh Club, Barn Elms, 254 —— Gardens, 263 Ratcliff Highway, 305 Ray Mead, 141 Reaches on the River, 309 Reading Abbey, 95 —— at the time of the Plague, 96 ——, The Town of, 95 Rearing Ponds at Sunbury, 197 “Red Lion” at Henley, 115 Regatta Island, 117 Relics of “Roman London,” 292 Remenham Hill, 114 , 119 Rewley Abbey, 39 Richmond, 227 ——, Asgill House, 230 , 232 —— Bridge, 229 —— Church, 234 —— Green, 232 , 234 ——, Mansfield House at, 228 —— Old Deer Park, 237 ——, Old Palace of Sheen, 230 —— Palace, 231 Richmond, Queensberry House, 232 , 234 ——, “Star and Garter” Hotel, 227 ——, The Hill at, 227 ——, Trumpeters’ House, 232 ——, Water Supply of, 235 River Churn, The, 8 —— Cole, The, 13 —— Coln, The, 13 —— Cray, The, 329 —— Darent, The, 329 —— Evenlode, The, 27 —— Iffley, 54 —— Isis, The, 11 —— Kennet, The, 95 , 97 —— Lea, The, 319 —— Lech, The, 16 —— Loddon, The, 102 —— Ravensbourne, The, 316 —— Windrush, The, 21 —— Witham, The, 34 Riverside Amusements, 115 —— Inns, 180 —— Solitude, 72 Roach, Dace, and Gudgeon in the River, 111 Romantic Episodes, 154 , 157 Roman Fortifications at Dorchester, 73 Romney Island, 165 Rose Isle, 58 Rosherville Gardens, 333 Rotherhithe, 306 —— Railway Station, 307 Round House at Inglesham, 13 Rowdyism on the Thames, 144 Rowing Clubs at Kingston, 211 —— on the River, 54 , 146 Royal Albert Dock, 320 —— Gardens at Kew, 239 , 243 —— Naval College, Greenwich, 317 —— River, The, 241 Rules of the Company of Watermen, 339 Runnymede, 174 , 175 Ruscombe, The Village of, 105
— from Rivers of Great Britain. The Thames, from Source to Sea. Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial by Various

He did not care whither he went, but he had no especial reason for climbing the steep ascent to the Capitol.
— from Marzio's Crucifix, and Zoroaster by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford