"Reason," as a gifted writer says, "is { ix} but one item in the mystery; and behind the proudest consciousness that ever reigned, reason and wonder blushed face to face.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

THE CHILD A COUNTRY EXCURSION ROSE ROSALIE PRUDENT REGRET A SISTER'S CONFESSION COCO DEAD WOMAN'S SECRET
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

this river in it's course passed near the N. W. side of the turtle mountain, which is said to be no more than 4 or 5 leagues distant from it's entrance in a straight direction, a little to the S. of West.—this mountain and the knife river have therefore been laid down too far S. W. the colour of the water, the bed of the river, and it's appearance in every respect, resembles the Missouri; I am therefore induced to believe that the texture of the soil of the country in which it takes it's rise, and that through which it passes, is similar to the country through which the Missouri passes after leaving the woody country, or such as we are now in.—on the side of a hill not distant from our camp I found some of the dwarf cedar of which I preserved a specimen (See No. 2).
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Enter ROWLEY ROWLEY.
— from The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Thomas was also ordered still further to thin out his lines, so as to set free the other division (Johnson's) of the Fourteenth Corps (Palmer's), which was moved to the extreme right rear, and held in reserve ready to make a bold push from that flank to secure a footing on the Mason Railroad at or below East Point.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

[340] For that this was Minerva he supposes to be poetical fiction; for he thinks that Minerva is a goddess, and he places her among the gods whom he believes to be all good and blessed in the sublime ethereal region, remote from intercourse with men.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Female deities, absence of, in early Roman religion, 21 Fetiales, 156 .
— from The Religion of Numa And Other Essays on the Religion of Ancient Rome by Jesse Benedict Carter

Every relationship recognized under the system is thus explained from the nature of the consanguine family, founded upon the intermarriage of brothers and sisters, own and collateral, in a group.
— from Ancient Society Or, Researches in the Lines of Human Progress from Savagery, through Barbarism to Civilization by Lewis Henry Morgan

He had, as we have seen, for years lived in partial retirement, enjoying at intervals a garden party behind the house, or going about occasionally to visit relatives and acquaintances, but now he became entirely reclusive, refusing to see any friends except the three or four intimate ones who were constantly with him.
— from Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti by Caine, Hall, Sir

This is the picture we had seen many times in the books, and we were grieved, even rather resentful, that it was not to be found in reality.
— from The Car That Went Abroad: Motoring Through the Golden Age by Albert Bigelow Paine

Saudi Arabia 19 30 N 49 00 E Rumelia (region)
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

" "Well, let him bite 'em," returned Rimrock spitefully, "I hope he eats 'em off.
— from Rimrock Jones by Dane Coolidge

Edward Wheler, Esq r. Received from the Deputy Chairman, 5 th Jan ry, 1774.
— from Tea Leaves Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party) by Francis S. (Francis Samuel) Drake

'He says he cannot stay in that house, for every room reproaches him; and he groaned as if he was in tremendous bodily pain.' 'What, you assisted at this scene?' said Tom, looking at her rather sharply.
— from The Trial; Or, More Links of the Daisy Chain by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

Away she whirled, the [Pg 180] eggs revolving round her.
— from Life and Travel in India Being Recollections of a Journey Before the Days of Railroads by Anna Harriette Leonowens