He has commonly a broad, full face, curiously mottled with red, as if the blood had been forced by hard feeding into every vessel of the skin; he is swelled into jolly dimensions by frequent potations of malt liquors, and his bulk is still further increased by a multiplicity of coats, in which he is buried like a cauliflower, the upper one reaching to his heels.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

If the Buddhism in Japan did but add a chapter of decay and degradation to the religion of the Light of Asia, is not this owing to the act of K[=o]b[=o]—justified indeed by those who imitated his example, yet hardly to be called honest?
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

The antennæ are—” “Dey aint no tin in him, Massa Will, I keep a tellin on you,” here interrupted Jupiter; “de bug is a goole bug, solid, ebery bit of him, inside and all, sep him wing—neber feel half so hebby a bug in my life.”
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

The return that you made them was therefore neither equal nor honourable, since you called them in, as you say, because you were being oppressed yourselves, and then became their accomplices in oppressing others; although baseness rather consists in not returning like for like than in not returning what is justly due but must be unjustly paid.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

“Stay,” he said in a low tone to his companion, Robin Poussepain, who was grinning at his side, while he was making his comments on the scenes which were being unfolded before his eyes, “yonder is Jehanneton du Buisson.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

Now this is thought to be the mean state, having for its object-matter Wealth: I mean, the Liberal man is praised not in the circumstances of war, nor in those which constitute the character of perfected self-mastery, nor again in judicial decisions, but in respect of giving and receiving Wealth, chiefly the former.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

Again, the body of nature is justly described biform, because of the difference between its superior and inferior parts, as the former, for their beauty, regularity of motion, and influence over the earth, may be properly represented by the human figure, and the latter, because of their disorder, irregularity, and subjection to the celestial bodies, are by the brutal.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

It is an ordinary thing for women in such cases to scratch the faces, slit the noses of such as they suspect; as Henry the Second's importune Juno did by Rosamond at Woodstock; for she complains in a [6132] modern poet, she scarce spake, But flies with eager fury to my face, Offering me most unwomanly disgrace.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Krause, Karl Christian Friedrich , German philosopher, born at Eisenberg; studied under Fichte and Schelling, and was himself lecturer successively in Jena, Dresden, Berlin, Göttingen, and Münich, where he died; of the school of Kant, his work has suffered through the pedantry of his style; he wrote "The Ideal of Humanity," and many philosophical treatises (1781-1832).
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

A roar came from the bear's throat, and the beast [Pg 205] reared on its hind feet, its jaws dripping blood and foam, and rushed upon the dauntless boy.
— from Frank Merriwell's Bravery by Burt L. Standish

Another thing: in January, Delhi, before the sun is high and after he has sunk, is cool and bracing.
— from Roving East and Roving West by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

This fact would be no excuse for delaying payment of what is justly due, but it shows the great importance of time in this connection—the great advantage of a policy by which we shall not have to pay until we number 100,000,000 what by a different policy we would have to pay now, when we number but 31,000,000.
— from State of the Union Addresses by Abraham Lincoln

Hence this theory is justly despised by the most celebrated naturalists as the whim of an extravagant fancy.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 01, April to September, 1865 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Various

"For this third course to me is justly due": But he as yet his helmet had not tied; So that Guichardo to the combat flew.
— from Orlando Furioso by Lodovico Ariosto

I judge daily by my own case.
— from Queens of the French Stage by H. Noel (Hugh Noel) Williams

"I will tell you all about it, John, dear; but first answer my question?
— from Old Valentines A Love Story by Munson Aldrich Havens

For my own part, I had rather submit the decision of a case to ignorant jurors directed by a skilfull judge, than to judges, a majority of whom are imperfectly acquainted with jurisprudence and with the laws.
— from American Institutions and Their Influence by Alexis de Tocqueville