In this work, both [Pg 206] by reason of the draughtsmanship and of the great diligence wherewith it was executed, the manner of the craftsman gave universal pleasure to all.
— from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 01 (of 10) Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi by Giorgio Vasari

A portion of that awkwardness is felt which hangs upon the introduction of songs in our modern comic operas; and to prevent which the judicious Metastasio (as to whose exquisite taste there can be no hesitation, whatever doubts may be entertained as to his poetic genius) uniformly placed the aria at the end of the scene, at the same time that he almost always raises and impassions the style of the recitative immediately preceding.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Some independent retail grocers use premiums to a limited extent.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

] This is under the dominion of the Sun, I do not question; and can also take for granted, that which grows upon oaks, participates something of the nature of Jupiter, because an oak is one of his trees; as also that which grows upon pear trees, and apple trees, participates something of his nature, because he rules the tree it grows upon, having no root of its own.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

At night my Lord told me how my orders that I drew last night about giving us power to act, are granted by the Council.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

They could only account for the conduct he had pursued from our being enchanters, who had bound down both his mind and energies by witchcraft, or that our gods, and the great Spanish woman, whom we termed our protectress, gave us power to accomplish everything we might wish."
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

For this purpose he assumed that just as we know a priori the laws of Space, of Time, and of Causality, so in like manner, or at any rate analogously, we have the moral plumb-line for our conduct given us prior to all experience, and revealed in a Categorical Imperative, an absolute "Ought."
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

She would not voluntarily give unnecessary pain to any one, and though I may deceive myself, I cannot but think that for me, for my feelings, she would—Hers are faults of principle, Fanny; of blunted delicacy and a corrupted, vitiated mind.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

They often get up private theatricals and inflict them on the patients at our hospital—my husband is President of St. Benedict's, you know—and you ought to be able to help us—with your experience!"
— from A Young Man's Year by Anthony Hope

Why give unnatural prominence to a cipher? Do you think I hold my poor mother to blame for any wrong that is done to me, or to others, in this house?
— from Vixen, Volume III. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

This same law of good use points to a similar variation in the context of even the short title—I mean that every little while there develops a fad for certain words.
— from Writing for Vaudeville by Brett Page

The resurrection gives us power to arise from spiritual death, and to live a new and holy life.
— from Luther's Small Catechism Explained in Questions and Answers by Harald Ulrik Sverdrup

If he be God and wills goodness, why does He not execute goodness, use power to accomplish it?"
— from Our Lady Saint Mary by J. G. H. (Joseph Gayle Hurd) Barry

He gathered up pipe, tobacco and matches, and strode from the house, and 'Possum disappeared in the direction of the shed.
— from 'Possum by Mary Grant Bruce

We need not accept all he did, or give unstinted praise to all his work, but his scheme is consistent in every portion of his thought, and his point of view will determine the place he shall fill in art and life.
— from A Persian Pearl, and Other Essays by Clarence Darrow