For just as these parts are formed for a certain purpose, which when they fulfil according to their proper structure, they attain their proper end; so man, formed by nature to do kindness to his fellows, whenever he acts kindly, or in any other way works for the common good, has fulfilled the purpose of his creation, and has possession of what is his own.
— from The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus A new rendering based on the Foulis translation of 1742 by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

In both of them the succession of events is assumed to be perfectly regular and certain, being determined by immutable laws, the operation of which can be foreseen and calculated precisely; the elements of caprice, of chance, and of accident are banished from the course of nature.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

The celestial organization of Fire is the fifth Ministry, and is presided over by a President, Lo Hsüan, whose titular designation is Huo-tê Hsing-chün, ‘Stellar Sovereign of the Fire-virtue,’ with five subordinate ministers, four of whom are star-gods, and the fifth a “celestial prince who receives fire”: Chieh-huo T’ien-chün.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

They could have found a cooler place, but they would not deny themselves such a romantic feature as the roasting campfire. “ Ain’t it gay?” said Joe.
— from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

paN- v 1 [A2; b6] start movement from a certain point.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Yet on a board 4 by 3 (containing four squares fewer) a complete path may be described in sixteen different ways.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

She at last concluded that, so far as circumstances permitted, she would be honest and candid with one who entered into her difficulties like an aged friend.
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

I had read many books before, but never from a critical point of view.
— from The Story of My Life With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Helen Keller

For a certain profane writer 952 has most truly said, that the world would be most happy if either kings were philosophers, or philosophers were kings.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

I have occupied your house for a considerable period, I believe to our mutual satisfaction until this unpleasant misunderstanding arose; let us be at once friendly and business-like.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

(This account is taken from a communique published in the Press, as no official report has been received from the United Provinces Government.) {244} Eight of the prisoners were injured by gunshots mostly in the legs, and nine with batons.
— from Gandhi and Anarchy by Sankaran Nair, C. (Chettur), Sir

If the surface of the ice carried many bowlders, many would be dropped along the line of its edge wherever it remained stationary for any considerable period of time.
— from The Geography of the Region about Devil's Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin With Some Notes on Its Surface Geology by Rollin D. Salisbury

While the above passages afford an interesting insight into the ancient significance and symbolism of the chariot, the use of which, with that of the throne was, originally, exclusively confined to the central supreme ruler, they also furnish a curious parallelism to the Chinese tours of inspection performed, by the emperor, to the four provinces in rotation.
— from The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations A Comparative Research Based on a Study of the Ancient Mexican Religious, Sociological, and Calendrical Systems by Zelia Nuttall

11 P.M.--( From a Cuban Patriot .)--CESPEDES had only two hundred men, and VALMESADA eight thousand.
— from Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 10, June 4, 1870 by Various

But the utmost that the towns can be induced to do is that each town would be responsible for a certain portion.
— from The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Eleanor E. Tremayne

That young man, on whose dreamy calm the accident had made no impression whatever, had successfully established the equilibrium of the glass and the fork, and was now cautiously inserting beneath the latter a section of a roll, the whole forming a charming picture in still life.
— from The Girl on the Boat by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

Mr. Melody and I at once consented, and, the entertainments on those two nights being for a charitable purpose, the crowds that came in were very great, and the receipts beyond what we expected, the profits being 145 l. 12 s. , the half of which, 72 l. 16 s. , the Ioways presented to the two hospitals, and on the following day were invited to attend at the Town-hall at eleven o’clock in the morning, to receive an acknowledgment of it from the venerable Presidents of the two institutions, and to hear an address which was prepared to be read and given to them.
— from Adventures of the Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians in England, France, and Belgium; Vol. 2 (of 2) being Notes of Eight Years' Travels and Residence in Europe with his North American Indian Collection by George Catlin

That steep, winding, pebbly road, with the ferns and creeping plants on its rocky sides, was a wonderful panorama to her, and she entreated for a stop at the summit to look down on the sea and the town; but here Grace came out to them full of thanks and hopes, little knowing that to them the event was a very great one.
— from The Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

Although the Evergreen did much to revive popular interest in early Scottish poetry, and thus prepare the way for Lord Hailes and Bishop Percy, from a critical point of view it was worse than worthless, inasmuch as {84} many of the errors and alterations appearing in Ramsay's specimens of our early Scots literary remains, have not been corrected even to this day.
— from Allan Ramsay by William Henry Oliphant Smeaton