For, on the one hand, it finds the moral basis of any established political order primarily in its effects rather than its causes; so that, generally speaking, obedience will seem due to any de facto government that is not governing very badly.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

It is not good vsing his counsell I see then.
— from Daemonologie. by King of England James I

If nature gives vigor and support to the earth, by the same reason she has an influence over the rest of the world; for as the earth gives nourishment to vegetables, so the air is the preservation of animals.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Plaudite sartores: cætari: plaudite ventres Plaudite mystili tecta per vncta coqui Pila sit albanis quæcunq; ornata lagænis Pingue suum copo limen obesus amet Occupat insubres altissimus ille nepotum Gurges & vndantes auget & vrget
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

The psychological and sociological forces at work are the same, it is really the same mental attitude which [ 91 ] makes us value our heirlooms, and makes the natives in New Guinea value their vaygu’a .
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

Video igitur Ephorum, cum locorum positus per certa capita distribuere et explicare constitueret, insigniorum nomina gentium vastioribus spatiis adhibuisse, nulla mala fraude et successu infelici.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

The ruins of Torônê, bearing the ancient name, and Kufo, a land-locked harbor near it, are still to be seen (Leake, Travels in Northern Greece, vol.
— from History of Greece, Volume 06 (of 12) by George Grote

185 It never got very cold, and my sheep was used to it, anyhow.
— from Hidden Water by Dane Coolidge

Even in the reign of James I. Shire Lane was christened Rogues' Lane, and, in spite of all the dukes and lords of the Kit-Kat, it never grew very respectable.
— from Old and New London, Volume I A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury

“Is it not getting very late, Merton?”
— from Fan : The Story of a Young Girl's Life by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

Intelligent people now know that the bone of a saint has in it no greater virtue than the bone of any animal.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

The cone geysers, on the other hand, have no pool about the crater, and water is not generally visible in the tube.
— from The Yellowstone National Park: Historical and Descriptive by Hiram Martin Chittenden

This is a pleasant drive, is it not, George?' 'Very pleasant,' he said, and to himself added, 'too pleasant.'
— from Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

"Nov. 9.—Our need of means is now great, very great.
— from Answers to Prayer, from George Müller's Narratives by George Müller

A boy is not going very far astray when he finds pleasure in the affection of a dog, or even of a monkey, though we agree with you in keeping our own kisses for sweet child pets.
— from Harper's Young People, January 3 1882 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

Is not God very good to give us roses to look at and smell; and to make into rose-water, after they are all faded and fallen to pieces?
— from Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class; and Moral Culture of Infancy. by Mary Tyler Peabody Mann