They who place themselves in a circle every evening on the mountain peaks; there they spread out their rose-colored wings, which, as the sun sinks, become more flaming red, until the lofty Alps seem to burn with fire.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

[141] In any case, empirical evidence supports “excessive action” of an organ as a cause of pain far more clearly than “deficient action.”
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

IMG Figure 135 is a common Egyptian emblem, said to signify eternity, but in truth it has another meaning.
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, on the Assyrian Sacred "Grove," and Other Allied Symbols by Thomas Inman

Now if the profound sensibility, which is doubtless one of the components of genius, were alone considered, single and unbalanced, it might be fairly described as exposing the individual to a greater chance of mental derangement; but then a more than usual rapidity of association, a more than usual power of passing from thought to thought, and image to image, is a component equally essential; and to the due modification of each by the other the genius itself consists; so that it would be just as fair to describe the earth, as in imminent danger of exorbitating, or of falling into the sun, according as the assertor of the absurdity confined his attention either to the projectile or to the attractive force exclusively.]
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Moralists had, as a rule, regarded it as a mode of warning, had claimed for it a certain ethical efficacy in the formation of character, had praised it as something that taught us what to follow and showed us what to avoid.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

it follows from the above es erscheint richtig it appears correct es erscheint vollständig it appears complete es fehlt die Unterschrift signature is missing es findet statt it takes place es hat seine Ursache
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

El primer medio fue Internet Actu, creado en el Centro Nacional de la Investigación Científica en febrero de 1996, seguido por Pixel Actu (febrero de 2000)
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

To set much too high a value on other people's opinion is a common error everywhere; an error, it may be, rooted in human nature itself, or the result of civilization, and social arrangements generally; but, whatever its source, it exercises a very immoderate influence on all we do, and is very prejudicial to our happiness.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life by Arthur Schopenhauer

Phoebe's voice had always a pretty music in it, and could either enliven Clifford by its sparkle and gayety of tone, or soothe him by a continued flow of pebbly and brook-like cadences.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Edmund was too angry to speak; but Miss Crawford, looking for a moment with astonished eyes at Mrs. Norris, and then at Fanny, whose tears were beginning to shew themselves, immediately said, with some keenness, “I do not like my situation: this place is too hot for me,” and moved away her chair to the opposite side of the table, close to Fanny, saying to her, in a kind, low whisper, as she placed herself, “Never mind, my dear Miss Price, this is a cross evening: everybody is cross and teasing, but do not let us mind them”; and with pointed attention continued to talk to her and endeavour to raise her spirits, in spite of being out of spirits herself.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

It's even more interesting that his sidekick is a crooked electronics engineer or scientist.
— from The Flying Stingaree: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin

The planet discovered by Herschel was called by him Georgium Sidus; but in all countries except England it is named Herschel, and probably will be so named there after his death and that of the patron to whom his gratitude led him to make this extraordinary dedication.
— from The Columbiad: A Poem by Joel Barlow

Still he is a clear, earnest, effective preacher.
— from A Year in Europe by Walter W. (Walter William) Moore

In a chapter entitled "Early Discoveries in Electro-Dynamics," he publishes for the first time some interesting facts elicited during the trial, in the Supreme Court of the United States, of the suit of the Morse patentees against the House Company for alleged infringement of patent.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

In the wide universe everything is necessarily produced, every effect has behind it a cause, every effect is in its turn a cause, and there is in the wide domain of the infinite not room enough for a miracle.
— from Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. by Robert Green Ingersoll

It is a common enough experience that ideas prove false though they have exhibited no inherent failure to harmonise with surrounding circumstances nor any self-contradiction.
— from The Problem of Truth by Herbert Wildon Carr

Sum lost there teeth, uthers there bangs, clokes, slippers, overshoes, gloves, skurts, hankercheefs, bussels, and most everything wot a woman could pile on her; and I had to show every one of them the artickel wot was found, and axt them if that was it, and, curius enuf, every one went off mad and indignant.
— from The Bad Boy at Home, and His Experiences in Trying to Become an Editor 1885 by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor

That kind of thing is a common enough experience to girls who go to and from work in London, and she had had perforce to learn many things since her adventurous Whortley days.
— from Love and Mr. Lewisham by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells