Next, it brings it about that a man is apt to be bored just in proportion as he is young. Consider, for instance, that constant need of occupation—whether it is work or play—that is shown by children: if they come to an end of both work and play, a terrible feeling of boredom ensues.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Counsels and Maxims by Arthur Schopenhauer

Both agreed that it should be changed the next morning, and the silver cash equally divided.
— from Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day

In the second book, when Glaucon insists that justice and injustice shall be considered without regard to their consequences, Adeimantus remarks that they are regarded by mankind in general only for the sake of their consequences; and in a similar vein of reflection he urges at the beginning of the fourth book that Socrates fails in making his citizens happy, and is answered that happiness is not the first but the second thing, not the direct aim but the indirect consequence of the good government of a State.
— from The Republic by Plato

The programme of Aguinaldo and his people was thus, from the beginning, not to precipitate hostilities until it should become clear that, in the matter of land-grabbing, the gleam of hope held out by the American programme for Cuba was illusive.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

At the sea-shore, unless you are a strong swimmer, do not go outside the life line, and if the undertow is strong be careful not to walk out where the water is so deep it will carry you off your feet.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

[13] I see it stated by competent authority that Romman is often applied to any prose composition in a Romance language.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

"As long as you are with me in the wheel-house for the next hour or so," said Arnold, with almost boyish frankness, "I shall be content.
— from The Angel of the Revolution: A Tale of the Coming Terror by George Chetwynd Griffith

When the rice is boiling, decide whether or not it should be covered tightly.
— from School and Home Cooking by Carlotta C. (Carlotta Cherryholmes) Greer

He came out of his shelter, crossed the cut, went through the belt of wood which I had just passed, and looked out across the park to the house—all this I saw by cautiously edging through the trees and bushes behind me.
— from Dead Men's Money by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

If she be costive, let her use clysters, which may also help to dispel colic, at those times very injurious because attended with useless pains, and because such bear not downward, and so help not to forward the birth.
— from The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle

" Maurice was glad that the room, which was lighted only by one small lamp, was in semi-darkness; for, at the sound of his own voice, it suddenly became clear to him that the piece of gossip Frau Furst had volunteered, had been of the nature of a blow.
— from Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson

In November Captain Morris Williams sent a note to Governor Modyford, offering to come in with a rich prize of logwood, indigo and silver, if security were given that it should be condemned to him for the payment of his debts in Jamaica; and although the governor refused to give any promises the prize was brought in eight days later.
— from The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century by Clarence Henry Haring

Little bird, high in the air, Flying here and everywhere, Dost thou know who made thy wing, Gave thee thy sweet song to sing; Brought thee o'er the ocean track, Guided thee in safety back, Caused thee with the spring to come To thy green and shady home?
— from Chatterbox, 1905. by Various

I have often been convinced of genital irritation being caused from neurasthenia; but as I have intended the more to discuss sexual neurasthenia, in Neurasthenia from Genital Irritation, I shall be compelled to leave the subject with only having mentioned its bearing on sexual irritation as a cause.
— from Sexual Neuroses by J. T. (James Tyler) Kent

Liquid air looks much like water, except for its slight bluish color.
— from Meteorology: The Science of the Atmosphere by Charles Fitzhugh Talman