He had acquired his extraordinary powers through a chance encounter with a Hindu yogi.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

The second kind is just a spectator who comes to see with his eyes and hear with his ears the festivals of the Muses; such ought to have entertainment provided them at the temples by hospitable persons, and the priests and ministers of the temples should see and attend to them.
— from Laws by Plato

The following curious example of the same class of acquired aptitudes , which differ from instincts only in being prompted to action by the will, is furnished by Robert Houdin: "'With a view of cultivating the rapidity of visual and tactile perception, and the precision of respondent movements, which are necessary for success in every kind of prestidigitation, Houdin early practised the art of juggling with balls in the air; and having, after a month's practice, become thorough master of the art of keeping up four balls at once, he placed a book before him, and, while the balls were in the air, accustomed himself to read without hesitation.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

he exclaimed, pronouncing the adjective in a peculiar manner.
— from Daisy Miller: A Study by Henry James

Thinks I, Queequeg, under the circumstances, this is a very civilized overture; but, the truth is, these savages have an innate sense of delicacy, say what you will; it is marvellous how essentially polite they are.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Diodorus mentions that the shrine of Ammon had eighty persons to attend it: but Dr. Pocock, when he took these copies, had not time to be precisely accurate in this article.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

The gentry feel that, and they have even printed things about me in a magazine.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

FAYETTE R. PLUMB, INC. Philadelphia U. S. A. St. Louis. {406} Scout Masters' Manual A handbook especially prepared to aid the scout master in his work with boys.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

In fact, these are, on the one hand, entirely psychical; they are made up exclusively of objectified ideas and sentiments.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

A solitary instance of three bends (which, however, effectually proves that a bend cannot Page 113 {113} occupy the third part of the field) occurs in the arms of Penrose, matriculated in Lyon Register in 1795 as a quartering of Cumming-Gordon of Altyre.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Among the articles made are many specialties, for which there is a demand in almost every State in the Union, and concerns making them have enjoyed prosperity through a long series of years.
— from Atlanta: A Twentieth-Century City by Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

She became intimate with several royal ladies, who were charmed with her endless power to amuse them and her magnificent patronage of their charities; and she formed close relations with other dames but a degree less exalted, and generally more discriminating.
— from Ancestors: A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

In planning for parties, picnics, or other entertainments of that sort, we usually expect to have everyone present take a part in whatever games or sports there are, and, no matter how often we have them, there is never any question but that all who can do so will be there.
— from Bird-Lore, March-April 1916 by Various

Again I feel her eyes pierce through and through me; Her deep eyes, lovelier than imperial pansies, Velvet and flame, through which her fierce will holds me, [183] Powerless and tame, and draws me on and onward To sad, unsatisfied and animal yearnings, Wild, unrestrained—the brute within the human— To fling me panting on her mouth and bosom.
— from Kentucky Poems by Madison Julius Cawein

Crewe's fame had even penetrated to Ashlingsea, and Sergeant Westaway studied the private detective with awed interest as the three occupants of the motor-car walked up the drive.
— from The Mystery of the Downs by Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees

The squirrel’s track wound up and down the hillside, wove in and out and round and round, hitting every possible tree, as if the only road for a squirrel was one that looped and doubled, and tied up every stump, and zigzagged into every tree trunk in the woods.
— from Winter by Dallas Lore Sharp

At the same time he let the British Government know that he was at heart their friend, and only driven by brute force to his present course: he even permitted their ambassador, Lord Strangford, to linger in Lisbon.
— from A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809 From the Treaty of Fontainbleau to the Battle of Corunna by Charles Oman

The Bureau of Naval Personnel, he explained, planned to assign black sailors and officers to its recruiting service.
— from Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor

Owing to this long delay, when he at length presented himself to King Henry, and had even procured the acceptance of his brothers proposals, so much time had been lost that Isabella queen of Castille had already entered into the views of his illustrious brother, who had sailed on his second voyage to the West Indies, while Bartholomew was on his journey through France to announce to him that Henry King of England had agreed to his proposals.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

There is nothing therefore to break, nothing to cast aside at the moment of hatching, except perhaps the actual envelope of the egg.
— from The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Jean-Henri Fabre