Suppose therefore a person to have enjoyed his sight for thirty years, and to have become perfectly well acquainted with colours of all kinds, excepting one particular shade of blue, for instance, which it never has been his fortune to meet with.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Suppose, therefore, a person to have enjoyed his sight for thirty years, and to have become perfectly acquainted with colours of all kinds except one particular shade of blue, for instance, which it never has been his fortune to meet with.
— from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

My words had not missed the keen ears of Princess Schneeboule.
— from Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey by Ingersoll Lockwood

In 1517, King Emanuel of Portugal sent a fleet of eight ships to China, and an embassy to Peking; but it was not until after the formation of the Dutc
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

They kissed each other passionately, sealing the contract of souls with the red sealing-wax of burning lips.
— from The King of Schnorrers: Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill

‘Come with me, young man,’ said he, laying his hand kindly enough on Philammon’s shoulder....
— from Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face by Charles Kingsley

The one on the envelope is the only specimen known to have passed through the post 309 Design for the King Edward One Penny stamp, approved and initialled by His late Majesty.
— from Chats on Postage Stamps by Frederick John Melville

Alytes obstetricans is of special interest as the first known example of paternal solicitude in Batrachians, and although many no less wonderful cases of nursing instinct have since been revealed to us, it remains the only one among European forms.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

As Mr. Waldemar Kaempffert, editor of Popular Science Monthly, has said: There is hardly a paper read before the Royal Institution or the French Academy or our American engineering and chemical societies that cannot be made dramatically interesting from a human standpoint and that does not chronicle real news.
— from How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer