The several parts which are homologous, and which, at an early embryonic period, are identical in structure, and which are necessarily exposed to similar conditions, seem eminently liable to vary in a like manner: we see this in the right and left sides of the body varying in the same manner; in the front and hind legs, and even in the jaws and limbs, varying together, for the lower jaw is believed by some anatomists to be homologous with the limbs.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

Was Felicity perhaps justly indignant, both because she was invited so late, and was invited not to honour, but rather to reproach, because along with her were worshipped Priapus, and Cloacina, and Fear and Dread, and Ague, and others which were not gods to be worshipped, but the crimes of the worshippers?
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

In the realm of nature we feel joy in breaking boughs, shattering rocks, fighting with wild beasts, simply to attest our strength thereby.
— from Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The fugitive in question was “Allender’s Jake,” in Baltimore; but, said he, I am “WILLIAM DIXON,” in New York!
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

Jupiter is believed by some observers still to glow with a dull red heat; and the high temperature of the much larger and still liquid mass of the sun is apparent to everybody.
— from Pioneers of Science by Lodge, Oliver, Sir

He laughed, and the others joined in, but Betty smiled dismally.
— from Brothers: The True History of a Fight Against Odds by Horace Annesley Vachell

My friend became serious and oracular; murmured of "harmony and contrast;" and, in the words of our divine Milton— "With dispatchful looks in haste She turns on ( most becoming ) thoughts intent, What choice to choose, for delicacy best, What order to contrive, as not to mix Hues not well joined, inelegant; but bring Shade after shade upheld by kindliest change."
— from Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 48, January, 1854 by Various

She tried to employ her widow's jointure in buying back Schneeburg for poor Fritz's children, but her agent could effect nothing against Capriani's obstinacy and millions.
— from 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance by Ossip Schubin

This was the first word he had heard from Silas Keene since he left his home to meet the notorious tramp, Perry Jounce, in Billy Bowleg's saloon.
— from Five Thousand Dollars Reward by A. Frank Pinkerton

The jewel is bordered by strapwork à jour of opaque blue and white enamel set with table diamonds and rubies.
— from Jewellery by H. Clifford (Harold Clifford) Smith

And if a chord does not fulfil some such duty, if it does not justify itself by bearing some definite organic part in the total plan, then it is not art but confectionery.
— from Studies in Modern Music, Second Series Frederick Chopin, Antonin Dvořák, Johannes Brahms by W. H. (William Henry) Hadow

That the mistress occasionally peeped at the headlines before the master rose was a fact judiciously ignored by both, so long as the paper was ever found neatly folded beside the waiting coffee-cup.
— from Life on the Stage: My Personal Experiences and Recollections by Clara Morris