Were ideas entirely loose and unconnected, chance alone would join them; and it is impossible the same simple ideas should fall regularly into complex ones (as they Commonly do) without some bond of union among them, some associating quality, by which one idea naturally introduces another.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Up to that time, not one of his family in any of its branches had ever been brought out of Judaism into the full revelation in Christ of the Law and the Prophets.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

O my brother's child!'"] Note 3 ( return ) [ Lockhart quotes Byron, Don Juan, xi. 55: "In twice five years the 'greatest living poet,' Like to the champion in the fisty ring, Is called on to support his claim, or show it, Although 't is an imaginary thing," etc.]
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

an quia non sum malus senex, ut tu facie rugosus, incurvus, &c. O demens, quid tibi videtur in vita boni? nimirum amicitias, caenas, &c. Longe melius non esurire quam edere; non sitire, &c. Gaude potius quod morbos et febres effugerim, angorem animi, &c. Ejulatus quid prodest quid lachryimae, &c. 3923 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Were ideas entirely loose and unconnected, chance alone would join them; and 'tis impossible the same simple ideas should fall regularly into complex ones (as they commonly do) without some bond of union among them, some associating quality, by which one idea naturally introduces another.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

They are sometimes found to have descended as low as the iliac fossae, R, in consequence of pressure, occasioned by an enlarged liver on the right, or by an enlarged spleen on the left.
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise

' M. Barreaux's admiration of her father endeared him extremely to Emily, whose heart found almost its first relief in conversing of her parents, with a man, whom she so much revered, and who, though with such an ungracious appearance, possessed to much goodness of heart and delicacy of mind.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

Here, as in dealing with the grounds on which the idea of fate rests, I choose only two or three out of many.
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

Finally, the way-bills are filed away for reference in case of claims for overcharges, or lost or damaged goods.
— from The American Railway: Its Construction, Development, Management, and Appliances by Thomas Curtis Clarke

From many forgotten inquiries I recall his asking me what was the fashionable religion in Columbus, or the Church that socially corresponded to the Unitarian Church in Boston.
— from Literary Friends and Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship by William Dean Howells

After the Bartholomew Act, secret meetings for worship were frequently held late at night, and conducted occasionally by ministers, at a house in the hamlet of Drayton, where considerable numbers from the town and neighbourhood often assembled, in which was a backdoor opening into the fields, to facilitate retreat in case of detection—no unnecessary precaution, in those days of persecution.
— from Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. by Thomas Coleman

There were fewer Spanish troops in that province and there were more mountain fastnesses for refuge in case of enforced retreat, than in the more densely settled and populated central provinces.
— from The History of Cuba, vol. 4 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

I thought it sufficient to remark that the lady knew her own mind best; she had refused; therefore she must have good reasons for refusing; I could only approve her decision.
— from The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the Second by Carlo Gozzi

The eye of the mikonaree flashed round in contempt on the tribe.
— from Northern Lights, Complete by Gilbert Parker

“To prevent the fatal and disastrous consequences of breaking down, there are placed, at the sides or corners of this luggage-box, small strong idle wheels, with their periphery below its floor; ready, in case of a wheel coming off or breaking, or an axle-tree failing, to catch the falling carriage, and instantly to continue its previous velocity; thereby preventing that sudden stop to rapid motion, which at present constantly attends the breaking down, and which has so frequently proved fatal to the coachman and outside passengers.—The bottom of this luggage-box is meant to be about twelve or thirteen inches from the ground, and the idle wheels seven, six, or five.
— from Carriages & Coaches: Their History & Their Evolution by Ralph Straus

Were ideas entirely loose and unconnected, chance alone would join them; and 'tis impossible the same simple ideas should fall regularly into complex ones (as they commonly do), without some bond of union among them, some associating quality, by which one idea naturally introduces another.
— from Philosophical Works, v. 1 (of 4) Including All the Essays, and Exhibiting the More Important Alterations and Corrections in the Successive Editions Published by the Author by David Hume