And a very small amount of reflection on facts shows that one part of the body, namely, the brain, is the part whose experiences are directly concerned.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Neither party to this momentary disagreement can have felt rancor, for during these three or four summers the old President's relations with the boy were friendly and almost intimate.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

After the return of Alpátych from Smolénsk the old prince suddenly seemed to awake as from a dream.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

" She calls again, she knocks, 'tis silence still; No sound—no answer—suddenly the door, As if the senseless creature felt some thrill Of pity, turned—and open lay before.
— from Poems by Victor Hugo

And the three of them did immediately retreat a few steps, the old pair even found themselves behind the man who then concealed them with the breadth of his body and seemed, going by the movements of his mouth, to be saying something incomprehensible into the distance.
— from The Trial by Franz Kafka

Seven independent thrones, the Saxon Heptarchy, 1301 were founded by the conquerors, and seven families, one of which has been continued, by female succession, to our present sovereign, derived their equal and sacred lineage from Woden, the god of war.
— 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

Instead of making Nature anywise subordinate to himself, he makes himself subordinate to HER—follows her lead simply—does not venture to bring his own cares and thoughts into her pure and quiet presence—paints her in her simple and universal truth, adding no result of momentary passion or fancy, and appears, therefore, at first shallower than other poets, being in reality wider and healthier" (Ruskin).
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

For seeing they openly professe deceipt; to admit them into Councell, or Reasoning, were manifest folly.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

May we not fairly say to our philosopher,—Friend, we do you no wrong; for in other States philosophy grows wild, and a wild plant owes nothing to the gardener, but you have been trained by us to be the rulers and kings of our hive, and therefore we must insist on your descending into the den.
— from The Republic by Plato

For the sake of ready reference, the foregoing is condensed in the following simple table of plant insects and diseases.
— from Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse by F. F. (Frederick Frye) Rockwell

Great difficulty was experienced in maintaining these drains clear, and, on completion of the work, a large amount of labor was expended in removing obstructions from the floor sections, the only portion then accessible.
— from Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158 by James H. Brace

"The mere statement of these facts shows that our present system is seriously defective.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

Nugent's clever face suggested the only possible source of the advice of which he stood in such urgent need, and, almost against his will, the question escaped him— "What had I better do?" "Cut and run for it.
— from A Traitor's Wooing by Headon Hill

With a ringing cheer from some thousands of people wishing us God-speed and a safe return to our native homes, away we went, and were conveyed to Portsmouth in safety, duly arriving at the Port which had in days of yore witnessed the departure of thousands of the bravest sons of England to return no more.
— from A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the Standpoint of the Ranks; the Indian Mutiny, and Some of its Atrocities; the Afghan Campaigns of 1863 by T. (Timothy) Gowing

Had I known the boy to be what you describe, I might have felt some touch of pity even while I delayed not to strike his death blow; but the false moonlight deceived me, and the detested name of De Haldimar, pronounced by the lips of my nephew's wife—that wife whom your cold-blooded severity had widowed and driven mad—was in itself sufficient to ensure his doom.
— from Wacousta : a tale of the Pontiac conspiracy — Volume 3 by Major (John) Richardson

But since it was common for servants to own property, he might have it, and invest or use it, without attracting special attention, and that consideration alone would have been a strong motive to the act.
— from The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society

What was he to her that her friend should talk of “poaching” when regarding her own intercourse with this man?
— from The Hound From The North by Ridgwell Cullum

In the former are found large seafish, such as cod, mullet, sea-carp, and a fish similar to our perch.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 by Various

The whole will of the said Nicholas Gimcrack, Esq., is a curious document and exact picture of the mind of the worthy virtuoso defunct, where his various follies, littlenesses, and quaint humours are set forth as orderly and distinct as his butterflies' wings and cockle-shells and skeletons of fleas in glass cases.(3) We often successfully try, in this way, to give the finishing stroke to our pictures, hang up our weaknesses in perpetuity, and embalm our mistakes in the memories of others.
— from Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners by William Hazlitt