xlvii.), and without it (I. xv.), can neither be, nor be conceived; therefore, in proportion as the mind's essence involves a greater knowledge of God, so also will be greater the desire of the follower of virtue, that other men should possess that which he seeks as good for himself.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

One day as the master and man were wandering amongst old monuments, reading with much pleasure the inscriptions, Xantus came to one which he could not understand, although he remained a considerable time trying to explain it.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

We may affirm the same thing of each part of each individual composing the human body; therefore, the knowledge of each part composing the human body is in God, in so far as he is affected by very many ideas of things, and not in so far as he has the idea of the human body only, in other words, the idea which constitutes the nature of the human mind (II. xiii); therefore (II. xi. Coroll.), the human mind does not involve an adequate knowledge of the human body.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

I. xx.; Catull.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

But of that effect whereof God is the cause, inasmuch as he is affected by an idea which is adequate in a given mind, of that effect, I repeat, the mind in question is the adequate cause (II. xi. Coroll.).
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

affected with hatred towards the loved object and also towards his rival (III. xv. Coroll.), which latter he will envy as enjoying the beloved object.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

There is an example in Xenophon: “Clashing their shields together they pushed, they fought, they slew, they fell.”
— from On the Sublime by active 1st century Longinus

The magistrates hastily summoned an assembly and announced the message from the Senate; a furious riot followed, every man in xxxii Corinth suspected of being a Spartan was seized and thrown into prison; the very residence of the Roman commissioners was not able to afford such persons any protection, and even the persons of Orestes and his colleagues were in imminent danger.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

In other words, it will have the idea which does not exclude, but postulates the existence or presence of the nature of the external body; therefore the mind (by II. xvi., Coroll. i.) will regard the external body as actually existing, until it is affected, &
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

A statement that the illuminating power of a gas is x candles is, strictly speaking, incomplete, unless it is supplemented by the information that the gas during testing was burnt (1) in a specified type of burner, and (2) either at a specified fixed rate of consumption or so as to afford a light of a certain specified intensity.
— from Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by W. J. Atkinson (William John Atkinson) Butterfield

Clinton, A., papers in possession of, I, xxii. Clinton, De Witt, II, 585.
— from Life of Joseph Brant—Thayendanegea (Vol. II) Including the Border Wars of the American Revolution and Sketches of the Indian Campaigns of Generals Harmar, St. Clair, and Wayne; And Other Matters Connected with the Indian Relations of the United States and Great Britain, from the Peace of 1783 to the Indian Peace of 1795 by William L. (William Leete) Stone

Titlepage iii Preface v Contents vii Tail-piece to Contents ix List of Illustrations xi Tail-piece to Illustrations xvi Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents 1 Beth put a pair of slippers down to warm 5 I used to be so frightened when it was my turn to sit in the big chair 6 Do it this way, clasp your hands
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

It would seem from what follows that the condition of affairs in Xibalba closely resembled those of some of the secret societies still in vogue among the Indians all over North America.
— from An Introduction to Mythology by Lewis Spence

HAZEL'S INSPIRATION X. COCKLES AND CRAMBO XI.
— from Real Folks by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney

452. Critics, Macaulay on the, i. xix. Croker, J. W., twits Fanny, i. xxvi.
— from The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Fanny Burney

The palace itself has been lucky enough to escape being carved up into XV century Gothic, or shaved into XVIII century ashlar, or "restored" by a XIX century builder and a Victorian architect with a deep sense of the umbrella-like gentlemanliness of XIV century vaulting.
— from Getting Married by Bernard Shaw

{ix} CONTENTS PAGE Introduction xu CHAPTER
— from Ancient, Curious, and Famous Wills by Virgil M. (Virgil McClure) Harris