Thirdly, it is a principle generally received in philosophy that everything in nature is individual, and that it is utterly absurd to suppose a triangle really existent, which has no precise proportion of sides and angles.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Among either class, when a fight takes place, the greatest regard is paid to the favourite coloured article of dress.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

To secure the maximum of system, for the sake of the student who employs the work for reference and comparison, with the minimum of dullness, for the sake of the general reader, is perhaps the limit of a reasonable ambition.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

*abansi miting di — grand rally immediately prior to an election. abansin v
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Just like the Greek religion, it puts the divine everywhere; the celebrated formula παντὰ πλήρη θεῶν (everything is full of the gods), might equally well serve it as motto.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

Thus Catlin tells us that in North America the medicine-men “are valued as dignitaries in the tribe, and the greatest respect is paid to them by the whole community; not only for their skill in their materia medica, but more especially for their tact in magic and mysteries, in which they all deal to a very great extent… .
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Rostóv’s horse was also getting restive: it pawed the frozen ground, pricking its ears at the noise and looking at the lights.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

I eagerly seized the opportunity of repeating what I had seen at Boston; and, by much practice, acquired great readiness in performing those, also, which we had an account of from England, adding a number of new ones.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

If, by the general progress of improvement, the demand of this market should increase, while, at the same time, the supply did not increase in the same proportion, the value of silver would gradually rise in proportion to that of corn.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Though he may speak well on other subjects, if he does not know the sixty-four divisions, no great respect is paid to him in the assembly of the learned.
— from The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks by Vatsyayana

The next moment he was talking earnestly to Moosehide who, as he listened, toyed with his glass, rubbing into patterns the few drops of liquor he had spilled upon the bar.
— from Snowdrift: A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx

Thanks to their keenness in concealment, the gray rabbit is plentiful throughout the eastern United States in spite of its millions of enemies.
— from The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observations by William T. (William Temple) Hornaday

Dr. Chenevix Trench, Archbishop of Dublin, says (page 151 et seq. of his “ Study of Words ,”) that poets may at all times coin them, and prose (not prosy) writers occasionally, and His Grace refers, in proof, to Cicero and St. Augustine.
— from Rambles on Railways by Roney, Cusack P., Sir

Thus I have found a well-planned bivouac under a great rock infinitely preferable to a night in a hut, and a summer's campaign in tents amongst unexplored mountains more really luxurious than a season in an over-thronged Alpine hotel.
— from True Tales of Mountain Adventures: For Non-Climbers Young and Old by Le Blond, Aubrey, Mrs.

Monsignor Folchi inherited his father's cleverness, and revealed himself to be a financier of the first rank in such wise that the commission gradually relinquished its powers to him, letting him act exactly as he pleased and contenting itself with approving the reports which he laid before it at each meeting.
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 3 by Émile Zola

In Omdurman, the Kababish camels and sheep were sold by auction in the Beit el Mal, and the price of meat fell considerably in consequence, but the price of grain rose in proportion: the reason of this being that Yunes permitted his men in the Gezira to do just as they liked.
— from Fire and Sword in the Sudan A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895 by Slatin, Rudolf Carl, Freiherr von

After a genial reference in passing to the burning of Washington by the British, the lady protested that history wasn't her strong point.
— from The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins

This earnest desire to recover Guelders was, he felt sure, the true reason why the Emperor had undertaken this long journey in the depth of winter, and exposed his person to such great risks in passing through France.
— from Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan and Lorraine, 1522-1590 by Julia Cartwright