Further on (page xc), after referring to geographical distribution, he adds, "These phenomena shake our confidence in the conclusion that the Apteryx of New Zealand and the Red Grouse of England were distinct creations in and for those islands respectively.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

He continued, uttering each word distinctly, calmly, steadily, but not loudly— “It simply consists in the existence of a previous marriage.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

And even when different cases are at hand, it will be questionable whether they vary in just these respects in which it is important that they should vary in order to throw light upon the question at issue.
— from How We Think by John Dewey

He said it was not fitting that the sovereign of the world should be served by clowns or opium-eaters; and that young Nahar, when educated at court under the Rana’s example, would do credit to the country: and what had full as much weight as any of the bard’s arguments was, that the fine of relief on the Talwar bandhai (or girding on of the sword) of a lac of rupees, should be immediately forthcoming.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

a having deep-set eyes with dark circles.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

She was nervous and worn out with watching and worry, and in that unreasonable frame of mind which the best of mothers occasionally experience when domestic cares oppress them.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The meaning, not the name, I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwellest; but, heavenly-born, Before the hills appeared, or fountain flowed, Thou with eternal Wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy sister, and with her didst play In presence of the Almighty Father, pleased With thy celestial song.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

ences which distinguish children both from their parents and from one another.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

And Aristophanes says, in his Clouds:— This is Euripides, who doth compose Those argumentative wise tragedies.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

Sir, I thought it fit To send the old and miserable King To some retention and appointed guard; Whose age has charms in it, whose title more, To pluck the common bosom on his side, And turn our impress’d lances in our eyes Which do command them.
— from The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare

A banker of San José told me that he usually received thirty thousand dollars in coin each week during coffee season by these ox-carts, and considered it safer than if he carried it himself, although the caravan stands in the open air by the roadside every night.
— from The Capitals of Spanish America by William Eleroy Curtis

Starch, dextrine, and cellulose are isomeric: consisting of the same elements with different characters.
— from On Molecular and Microscopic Science, Volume 1 (of 2) by Mary Somerville

Oh, Miss Nina, if ever ye're tempted to hate anybody, think how 't'll be with 'em when dey comes to die.
— from Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp by Harriet Beecher Stowe

He was a famous captain, noted for his skill in wars and turbulence in peace, a man with no country and no honor, endowed with dauntless courage and endurance, of vast rapacity and of all the cruelty his age allowed.
— from The Viper of Milan: A Romance of Lombardy by Marjorie Bowen

The Carters have recently published a new edition of Mrs. L.H. Sigourney 's popular contribution to the cause of Temperance, entitled Water Drops , consisting of an original collection of stories, essays, and short poems, illustrative of the benefits of total abstinence.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. II, No. X., March 1851 by Various

PRINTING OFFICE 1915 Page iii {iii} LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, D. C., January 7, 1914.
— from An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs by Sylvanus Griswold Morley

High hills, verdureless and enfiladed with dark canadas, cast their gaunt shadows on the tide.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

He now entered into a secret engagement with de Cogan, whose force is stated by Giraldus at 500 men-at-arms, and by the Irish annalists as "a great army."
— from A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete by Thomas D'Arcy McGee