[351] so that the apparent first principles of Common Sense may be accepted as the “middle axioms” of Utilitarian method; direct reference being only made to utilitarian considerations, in order to settle points upon which the verdict of Common Sense is found to be obscure and conflicting.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

It does not say, “Intercede for us, through the Saviour, with the Father, for this boon,” but “Blessed Peter, give it us.”
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

Those that have been crowned with full success have been long meditated upon, and carefully arranged; such, for instance, as the escape of the Duc de Beaufort from the Château de Vincennes, that of the Abbé Dubuquoi from For l’Evêque; of Latude from the Bastille.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

But fidelity gives friendship its deepest sanctity, and the respect we have for a man, for his force, ability, constancy, and dignity, is no sentiment evoked by his floating thoughts but an assurance founded on our own observation that his conduct and character are to be counted upon.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

As to the origin of these Genii, one magician told me that all “Jins” came from the country “Ban [ 95 ] Ujan,” which may possibly be Persia ; 19 other magicians, however, variously derive them from the dissolution of various parts of the anatomy of the great snake “Sakatimuna,” of the “First Great Failure” to make man’s image (at the creation of man); from the drops of blood which spirted up to heaven when the first twins, Abel and Cain (in the Malay version Habil and Kabil) bit their thumbs; from the big cocoa-nut monkey or baboon ( bĕrok bĕsar ), and so on.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

David was summoned from that blissful region, after a brief enjoyment of its divine delights, by Christie, who looked up from her new refuge with the abrupt question: "What becomes of Kitty?"
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

That this was indeed the principal aspect in which Adonis presented himself in later times to the agricultural peoples of the Levant, may be admitted; but whether from the beginning he had been the corn and nothing but the corn, may be doubted.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

These books are generally novenas, canticles, and the Catechism of Padre Astete, 4 from which they learn about as much piety as they would from the books of heretics.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

It is from the battle of Samakov that we must date the destruction of an independent Bulgaria.
— from The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire; a history of the Osmanlis up to the death of Bayezid I (1300-1403) by Herbert Adams Gibbons

The rock of this hill consists of shaly limestone, similar to that which forms the bed of the Moira.
— from History of the settlement of Upper Canada (Ontario,) with special reference to the Bay Quinté by William Canniff

Now remove a part from the tube and test its consistency; it will be found to be tender, soft, and jelly-like.
— from A Handbook of Invalid Cooking For the Use of Nurses in Training, Nurses in Private Practice, and Others Who Care for the Sick by Mary A. Boland

Is it possible for one member of a family to be subjected to the utmost misery and to abject poverty and for the rest of the family to be comfortable?
— from Foundations of World Unity by `Abdu'l-Bahá

It only remained for the Baron and Baroness to return home, locked in each other’s arms.
— from Household stories from the Land of Hofer; or, Popular Myths of Tirol by Rachel Harriette Busk

Now shut the gates,—the fields have drunk enough The time demands a Muse of sterner stuff; No more one bard, exempt from vulgar throng, May sing through Roman towns the Ascræan song, Or court in Learning's elmy bowers relief From individual shame or general grief: Silence is music to a soul outworn With the wild clangor of the warlike horn, The paltry fife, the brain-benumbing drum.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

My friendly fire, thou blazest clear and bright, Nor smoke nor ashes soil thy grateful flame; Thy temperate splendour cheers the gloom of night, Thy genial heat enlivens the chill'd frame.
— from Poems: Containing The Restropect, Odes, Elegies, Sonnets, &c. by Robert Southey