And amid the variety of opinions which have arisen about God and the nature of the world we must be content to take probability for our rule, considering that I, who am the speaker, and you, who are the judges, are only men; to probability we may attain but no further.
— from Timaeus by Plato

But when we first form our reasoning concerning the object, it is beyond doubt, that the same reasoning must extend to the impression: And that because the quality of the object, upon which the argument is founded, must at least be conceived by the mind; and coued not be conceived, unless it were common to an impression; since we have no idea but what is derived from that origin.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Both staid at home, resolved and obstinate, To save their young ones from impending fate,-- The royal bird for fear of mine, For fear of royal claws the swine.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

But there’s a bottle half full of raspberry cordial that was left over from the church social the other night.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Let not a culpable and pernicious indifference to the maintenance of the constitution ever induce you to neglect, in case of need, the prudent advice of the most enlightened and zealous of your fellow-citizens; but let equity, moderation and firmness of resolution continue to regulate all your proceedings, and to exhibit you to the whole universe as the example of a valiant and modest people, jealous equally of their honour and of their liberty.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Gods, the, cities never spared on account of, i. 3 , etc.; folly of the Romans in trusting, 4 , etc.; the worshippers of, never received healthy precepts from,—the impurity of the worship of, 51 ; obscenities practised in honour of the Mother of the, 53 ; never inculcated holiness of life, 55 ; the shameful actions of, as displayed in theatrical exhibitions, 57 ; the reason why they suffered false or real crimes to be attributed to them, 59 ; [Pg 562]
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

So says the skald Bolverk:— "The king's sharp sword lies clean and bright, Prepared in foreign lands to fight: Our ravens croak to have their fill, The wolf howls from the distant hill.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

bail a for fruit or root crops to be hardened due to exposure to heat or mishandling.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

For some weeks or even months, they live in the house of their partner, friend, or relative, careful to keep to the customs of the country.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

Far out in the desert the red flash of rifles cut through the white moonlight; again the quick flare and then again silence.
— from Amurath to Amurath by Gertrude Lowthian Bell

Furthermore, is it consistent in Mr. Youatt to call those miscreants who send the flesh of rabid cattle to market, when he acknowledges, [Pg 192] in the same breathy that it can be eaten without harm?
— from Delineations of the Ox Tribe: The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos. by George Vasey

And because they cannot go out in the day time, it is not unusual to find some friend or relative comes to spend the entire day with them, and in consequence the housewife not only feeds her "help" but a string of hangers-on as well.
— from Wanted, a Young Woman to Do Housework: Business principles applied to housework by C. Hélène Barker

In addressing foreigners of rank colloquially the received rule is to address them by their individual titles without the addition of the surname to their titles.
— from Manners and Social Usages by M. E. W. (Mary Elizabeth Wilson) Sherwood

Four other rows complete the sampler, which only measures 18½ × 6¾.
— from Samplers and Tapestry Embroideries Second Edition by Marcus B. (Marcus Bourne) Huish

But, in 1897, my father proposed a comprehensive plan of Church finance that included the issuance of Church bonds and the formation of responsible committees to regulate and manage the business affairs of the Church, so that the bonds might be made a normal investment for Eastern capital by having a normal business method of administration to back them.
— from Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft by Frank J. Cannon

What words can picture the alarming zig-zags produced by falling shadows, the fantastic appearance of curtains bulged out by the wind, the flicker of uncertain light thrown by a night-lamp upon the folds of red calico, the rays shed from a curtain-holder whose lurid centre was like the eye of a burglar, the apparition of a kneeling dress,—in short, all the grotesque effects which terrify the imagination at a moment when it has no power except to foresee misfortunes and exaggerate them?
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac