Of the second or concurrent causes of sight I have already spoken, and I will now speak of the higher purpose of God in giving us eyes.
— from Timaeus by Plato

Geisterkenntnis in glücklichen und ernsten Stunden des Lebens, eine Zeitbetrachtung.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1958 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Geisterkenntnis in glücklichen und ernsten Stunden des Lebens.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1958 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

"I'll confess that I'm not satisfied yet, but I try to make the most of the good things that come along—and I'm glad I got up early.
— from The Coast of Adventure by Harold Bindloss

While the discussion is going on, sometimes with heat and bitterness, but sometimes calmly and sanely, a generation of girls is growing up, each one of whom is vitally concerned.
— from Vesper Talks to Girls by Laura A. (Laura Anna) Knott

Civil Guards, in gala uniform, each armed with a pike taller than himself, were stationed at 205 intervals of about six feet all along these tapestried walls, holding the carpeted way open for the passage of the royal and ecclesiastical party.
— from Spanish Highways and Byways by Katharine Lee Bates

I do believe that's the reason why he invented this silly army, and talked Jack and Guy into giving up everything for it.'
— from The Talking Horse, and Other Tales by F. Anstey

When grace is given us ever to behold A child some sweet months old, Love, laying across our lips his finger, saith, Smiling, with bated breath, Hush!
— from Studies in Song, A Century of Roundels, Sonnets on English Dramatic Poets, The Heptalogia, Etc. From Swinburne's Poems Volume V. by Algernon Charles Swinburne