“At least we have nothing left,” said Sybil, “but our old faith; and that we have clung to through good report and evil report.”
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

I thought that Protagoras was getting ruffled and excited; he seemed to be setting himself in an attitude of war.
— from Protagoras by Plato

] coming to us about some business, we talked together of the interest of this kingdom to have a peace with Spain and a war with France and Holland; where Sir R. Ford talked like a man of great reason and experience.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

She had drawn a little gleaming revolver, and emptied barrel after barrel into Milverton’s body, the muzzle within two feet of his shirt front.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

And, if each system in gradation roll Alike essential to the amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.
— from An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires by Alexander Pope

Hence we have no right to assume beforehand that for the latter the imperative Form , the ordaining of commands, laws, and duties is an essential and a matter of course; and it is a very poor shift to substitute the word "absolute" or "categorical" for the external condition which is indissolubly attached to such conceptions by their very nature: for this gives rise, as explained above, to a contradictio in adjecto .
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

In self-satisfaction the extensor muscles are innervated, the eye is strong and glorious, the gait rolling and elastic, the nostril dilated, and a peculiar smile plays upon the lips.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

But that this principle does not here take place, will easily appear, if we consider, that in order to establish a general rule, and extend it beyond its proper bounds, there is required a certain uniformity in our experience, and a great superiority of those instances, which are conformable to the rule, above the contrary.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Drawn by the lace, Monsieur the Superior followed, grumbling, repeating at every moment, “Pray, madam, do stand still;” the whole forming a scene truly diverting.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Mr. Galton inclines to think that genius of intellect and passion is bound to express itself, whatever the outward opportunity, and that within any given race an equal number of geniuses of each grade must needs be born in every equal period of time; a subordinate race cannot possibly engender a large number of high-class geniuses, etc.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

Again, the rules of conduct were not "new;" the best parts of the Christian morality had been taught long before Christ (as we shall prove later on by quotations), and were familiar to the Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians, from the writings of their own philosophers.
— from Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History by Annie Besant

To begin with a simple example—the prettily shaped wine glasses of the period with air-threaded or twisted stems are generally reproduced accurately enough, but the twist or thread in the old glass has a pronounced milky appearance as compared with the dead white of the modern reproduction.
— from Old Glass and How to Collect it by J. Sydney Lewis

He was held in great respect and esteem by all contemporaries, except rival ironmasters and political opponents.
— from The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country, From 1800 to 1860 Also an Account of the Trials and Sufferings of Dud Dudley, with His Mettallum Martis: Etc. by C. F. G. Clark

The incident had brought the Queen back to herself, and she was now so self-possessed that when the time came to read her speech, although she did it with quiet modesty, her voice was so clear that it rang through all the corners of the great room, and everyone could hear her words.
— from Ten Girls from History by Kate Dickinson Sweetser

It does not seem to have shaken the credulity of the pilgrims in the least, that the tomb still remained in as good repair as ever, and showed no marks of demolition.
— from The Hand of Providence As Shown in the History of Nations and Individuals, From the Great Apostasy to the Restoration of the Gospel by J. H. (Joseph Harvey) Ward

Guinea , a name somewhat loosely applied to an extensive tract of territory on the W. coast of Africa, generally recognised as extending from the mouth of the Senegal in the N. to Cape Negro in the S., and is further designated as Lower and Upper Guinea, the boundary line being practically the Equator; the territory is occupied by various colonies of Britain, France, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, and the Negro Republic of Liberia.
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

Course after course goes round, ... and each gentleman in turn vies with him in diffusing around the board a most generous allowance of viands, wines, and warm fellow-feeling.
— from Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon by Frederick V. Holman

And Flo, who was more at home on a horse than on the ground, rode around everywhere with the men.
— from The Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey

As Mrs. McAravey grew rapidly aged, Elsie acquired the habit of calling her "gran;" while the feelings of tenderness and sympathy that had been first roused in her by the sight of that poor soiled dead face, with the hair and sea-weed dashed across it, were cherished and sanctified by the daily call made on them in consequence of the old woman's increasing infirmities.
— from A Child of the Glens; or, Elsie's Fortunes by Edward N. Hoare