That part of his capital which had usually been employed in purchasing materials, and in paying his workmen, might, without much difficulty, perhaps, find another employment; but that part of it which was fixed in workhouses, and in the instruments of trade, could scarce be disposed of without considerable loss.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

When man had once renounced experience; when he had abjured his reason; when he had joined the banner of this enthusiastic novelty; he did nothing more, day after day, than subtilize the delirium, the ravings of his imagination: he pleased himself by continually sinking deeper into the most unfathomable depths of error: he felicitated himself on his discoveries; on his pretended knowledge; in an exact ratio as his understanding became enveloped in the mists of darkness, environed with the clouds of ignorance.
— from The System of Nature, or, the Laws of the Moral and Physical World. Volume 1 by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

These facts gave pause to those intentions of acknowledgment which had undoubtedly been entertained in European courts and cabinets; and nothing afterward occurred, down to the day of Chickamauga, which was calculated to effect a change in the minds of the rulers of the Old World.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

Shakspeare has answered the question for all time; and he uses both, each in its proper place.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

Anthony would not have understood, but even in this hour the older woman, in her wisdom, was envying Juliet.
— from The Indifference of Juliet by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond

He usually begins early in the morning, making the first trial at the house of the owner of the lost article.
— from The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 301-398 by James Mooney

The word that has usually been employed in this sense in economic discussion is "satisfaction"; but by its derivation and general usage satisfaction
— from The Principles of Economics, with Applications to Practical Problems by Frank A. (Frank Albert) Fetter

If, on the other hand, the above line of reasoning cannot be invalidated, and if scientific methods can discover nothing competent to effect what has undoubtedly been effected, it is not easy to see how it can be unscientific to proceed by inference to what is confessedly beyond the scope of observation and experiment.
— from The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer by John Gerard

His name was John Thompson, his age only twenty-three, too young to be Giles’s successor in the ensuing Congress, but would have undoubtedly been elected in the following one.
— from The Life of Albert Gallatin by Henry Adams

One of the conditions of her will was that Dick should spend a week with his uncle before entering into possession of the money, that he might see what sort of a life he was likely to lead, in case he did not comply with the provisions.
— from Dick Hamilton's Cadet Days; Or, The Handicap of a Millionaire's Son by Howard Roger Garis

Boylike, I had forgotten all the perils which I had undergone before ever I came to Fair Island.
— from Marjorie by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy