All five fallacies play important rôles in the lawyer’s work.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

Pompey assigned to Tigranes the largest and best portion of the country; for it has fine pastures, is rich in plants, and produces evergreens and an aromatic, the amomum.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

We ask ourselves whether a fundamental purpose is recognizable in the workings of our psychological apparatus, and answer immediately that this purpose is the pursuit of pleasurable excitement.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

It must not be supposed that, with such a mass of detail, many things may not have been overlooked, [ 388 ] but it may be remarked as some sort of a practical conclusion to this account, that the Malay wedding ceremony, even as carried out by the poorer classes, shows that the contracting parties are treated as royalty, that is to say, as sacred human beings, and if any further proof is required, in addition to the evidence which may be drawn from the general character of the ceremony, I may mention, firstly, the fact that the bride and bridegroom are actually called Raja Sari , (i.e. Raja sa-hari , the “sovereigns of a day”); and, secondly, that it is a polite fiction that no command of theirs, during their one day of sovereignty, may be disobeyed.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

Huge Oriental poppies drooped their scarlet heads, late wall-flowers still sent forth their hot, homely odour, peonies blazed and flaunted, purple irises rivalled in their fading glories the budding stars of clematis that swarmed up the stone vases on the terrace, golden rain showered from the laburnums, lilacs stood thick in fragrant clumps and clusters.
— from The Angel of Pain by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

In the first place, it renders it possible to dispense with what has been called the Mrs. Harris of philosophy, the thing in itself.
— from Kant's Theory of Knowledge by H. A. (Harold Arthur) Prichard

[13] Dr. Playfair also declares that the fever prevalent in Rome is due to the exhalations from the soil, which is saturated with organic matter.
— from Cremation of the Dead: Its History and Bearings Upon Public Health by William Eassie

In the first place, if religion is to become powerfully effective in this direction, it must take a really ethical view of God.
— from Religion and the War by Yale University. Divinity School

The plurality of recognised and unrecognised wives in which the Frankish princes indulged resulted in great family difficulties.
— from Woman under Monasticism Chapters on Saint-Lore and Convent Life between A.D. 500 and A.D. 1500 by Lina Eckenstein

But, surrounded unceasingly by homage, she found pleasure in receiving it.
— from Political Women, Vol. 1 by Menzies, Sutherland, active 1840-1883

For purely intellectual reasons I'm curious to know the rest.
— from It Happened in Egypt by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

His skin got very itchy, and he found pleasure in rolling in the mud and scraping his [Pg 61] back against some convenient tree.
— from The Biography of a Grizzly by Ernest Thompson Seton

My "Faust" was first put into rehearsal in September 1858.
— from Charles Gounod Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music by Charles Gounod

Many besides this lady will find profit in reading it.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 06, June, 1889 by Various