Each woven picture, too, is as soft to tread upon as a closely mown lawn, and caresses the feet that sink into its pile.
— from The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. by William De Lancey Ellwanger

The Account contain’d several other Things which we have before related.—Commadore Matthews , upon receiving this Intelligence, and being fond of the Service he came out for, hastened to those Islands, as the most hopeful Places of Success; at St. Mary ’s would have engaged England with Promises of Favour, if he would communicate what he knew, concerning the Cassandra , and the rest of the Pyrates, and assist in the Pilotage; but England was wary, and thought this was to surrender at Discretion , so they took up the Judda Ship’s Guns that was burnt, and the Men of War dispersed themselves on several Voyages and Cruises afterwards, as was thought likeliest to succeed, tho’ to no Purpose: Then the Squadron went down to Bombay , were saluted by the Fort, and came home.
— from A General History of the Pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time by Daniel Defoe

Wahrscheinlichkeit des Erfolgs probability of success Wahrscheinlichkeit des totalen Verlusts probability of total failure Wahrscheinlichkeit des Überlebens probability of survival Wahrscheinlichkeit eines Ereignisses probability of an event Wahrscheinlichkeit eines Schadensfalles probability of a loss Wahrscheinlichkeitsberechnung calculation of probabilities Wahrscheinlichkeitsberechnung maximum likelihood estimate Wahrscheinlichkeitsdichte probability density Wahrscheinlichkeitskontrolle probability control Wahrscheinlichkeitskurve probability curve Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung probability calculation Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung probability calculus Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung theory of probability
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

How Edwin was persuaded to believe by a vision which he had once seen when he was in exile.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

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— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

In a satirical performance, which was designed for the public eye, the emperor descants with pleasure, and even with pride, on the length of his nails, and the inky blackness of his hands; protests, that although the greatest part of his body was covered with hair, the use of the razor was confined to his head alone; and celebrates, with visible complacency, the shaggy and populous 58 beard, which he fondly cherished, after the example of the philosophers of Greece.
— 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

The wolf remembered that, in the summer and autumn, a ram and two ewes were pasturing near the winter hut, and when she had run by not so long
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Before he again took the field against the Goths, he received the sacrament of baptism 20 from Acholius, the orthodox bishop of Thessalonica: 21 and, as the emperor ascended from the holy font, still glowing with the warm feelings of regeneration, he dictated a solemn edict, which proclaimed his own faith, and prescribed the religion of his subjects.
— 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

In this list are found the names of Mr. Hawkins the Poetry Professor, Mr. Shenstone, Sir William Blackstone, and others; not forgetting the celebrated popular preacher, Mr. George Whitefield, of whom, though Dr. Johnson did not think very highly, it must be acknowledged that his eloquence was powerful, his views pious and charitable, his assiduity almost incredible; and, that since his death, the integrity of his character has been fully vindicated.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

Curious how, even when peasants, the good blood keeps the good old family names!
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

This appears to us the best statement yet made of the logical results of the enquiry into Evolution when pursued to its furthest point.
— from On Mr. Spencer's Data of Ethics by Malcolm (Writer on Herbert Spencer) Guthrie

The firemen were racing in and out of the house, bringing out the furniture, as were some of the village boys, and the engine was playing upon the south end, where the kitchen is.
— from The Jamesons by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

Let us now examine what proficiency such a one may be able to make in geometry.
— from An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision by George Berkeley

The story is wonderful enough without the embellishment of fiction; the man is interesting enough when painted in his real colors."— From the Introduction, by Edward Eggleston.
— from An Englishman in Paris: Notes and Recollections by Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam

Have any nations in the present European war, premised their operations by a declaration?
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 1 (of 16) by United States. Congress

Even when papal letters were not of this demoralizing character, they were never issued without payment.
— from A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea

Each woman pours some rice into a tray which he carries, and presents him with some money and betel leaves.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 1 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

In vain you seek economy or purity in the National Government, in vain you seek improvement of rivers and harbors, in vain you seek homesteads on the public lands for actual settlers, in vain you seek reform in administration, in vain you seek dignity and peace in our foreign relations, with just sympathy for struggling Freedom everywhere, while [Pg 340] this selfish and corrupt power holds the National purse and the National sword.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 06 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

Thereto great help Dame Nature's self doth lend: For some so goodly gracious are by kind, That every action doth them much commend; And in the eyes of men great liking find, Which others that have greater skill in mind, Though they enforce themselves, cannot attain; For everything to which one is inclined Doth best become and greatest grace doth gain; Yet praise likewise deserve good thewes enforced with pain.
— from Macmillan's Reading Books. Book V by Anonymous

pietistic efforts of the English Puritan party found a fit nursery in the University of Cambridge, where William Whitaker , who died in A.D. 1598, the author of Catechismus s. institutio pietatis , and especially William Perkins , who died in A.D. 1602, author of De casibus conscientiæ , besides many other English works of edification, laboured unweariedly in endeavouring to infuse a pious spirit into the theological studies.
— from Church History, Volume 2 (of 3) by J. H. (Johann Heinrich) Kurtz