As the question had no bearing, near or remote, on any foregone or subsequent transaction, I consider it to have been thrown out, like her previous approaches, in general conversational condescension.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

[Idols] golden calf &c. 991; Baal[obs3], Moloch, Dagon.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

[1431] Quantum liquoris immodestissima gens capiat , &c.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

We must therefore think in nature, in respect of its merely empirical laws, a possibility of infinitely various empirical laws, which are, as far as our insight goes, contingent (cannot be cognised a priori ), and in respect of which we judge nature, according to empirical laws and the possibility of the unity of experience (as a system according to empirical laws), to be contingent.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

Of these three words, direction, control, and guidance, the last best conveys the idea of assisting through cooperation the natural capacities of the individuals guided; control conveys rather the notion of an energy brought to bear from without and meeting some resistance from the one controlled; direction is a more neutral term and suggests the fact that the active tendencies of those directed are led in a certain continuous course, instead of dispersing aimlessly.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

He is a gambler; you can see as much at once from that immense gold chain coiling across his skyblue waistcoat.
— from A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Iurevich Lermontov

“He is greatly changed?” “Changed!”
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

The May Night , Act III G — Cl. Cl.
— from Principles of Orchestration, with Musical Examples Drawn from His Own Works by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

Matter is gross, coarse, crass, muddy; spirit is pure, elevated, noble; and since it is more consonant with the dignity of the universe to give the primacy in it to what appears superior, spirit must be affirmed as the ruling principle.
— from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James

Such a scheme, really showed Dodge, in a way, to be possessed of more brains than people in Gridley commonly credited him with possessing.
— from The High School Boys' Fishing Trip by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes

Joseph A. Babor (A); 7Aug57; R196853. Laboratory manual in general college chemistry, by Joseph A. Babor and Alexander Lehrman.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1957 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

In Glen Cruaidh Choillie , at a point already noted, the "Logan Rock" is seen superposed right upon the Limestone up to the crest of the west side of the glen; according to Heddle, it also lies over it, with a slight hiatus, as far as Glen Fasagh .
— from Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and Illustrations by John H. (John Henry) Dixon

[Pg 9] Government protects life and property, keeps an army and navy for our defense, peace and order, regulates commerce and industry, supports our public schools, keeps the roads and streets in good condition, cares for public health, and many other things we enjoy.
— from Citizenship: A Manual for Voters by Emma Guy Cromwell

If the idea of the accumulation of gases in the hollow centre, or of the hollow centre itself, is inadmissible, then scientists in general can continue as before with their magma layers—aqueo-igneous if they like—but they must abandon the notion of lavas being expelled from them by steam pressure.
— from New Theories in Astronomy by Willam Stirling

“Those Nazi officers who killed innocent people in German concentration camps said they were acting under orders too,” Sandy pointed out grimly.
— from Black Treasure Sandy Steele Adventures #1 by Robert Leckie

They met, however, with [Pg 116] cordiality too , but the younger of them, though singularly unexcitable in general, changed colour upon the present occasion, and appeared suddenly cast down by this accession to our party: however, we were sufficiently numerous to prevent any downright awkwardness, whatever might be the existing cause of young Bentley's uneasy sensations; and his uncle explained his sudden appearance by telling us, that having reached his home too late on the preceding evening to disturb the families at Glenalta and Lisfarne, he delayed announcing his return till the following day, when, having learned our elopement , he resolved on not being left behind.
— from Blue-Stocking Hall, (Vol. 2 of 3) by William Pitt Scargill