They differ from other kine in no other respect, except that their hide is thicker and harder.
— from The Boys' and Girls' Herodotus Being Parts of the History of Herodotus, Edited for Boys and Girls by Herodotus
As I read his different ethical books, ‘What to Do,’ ‘My Confession,’ and ‘My Religion,’ I recognized their truth with a rapture such as I have known in no other reading, and I rendered them my allegiance, heart and soul, with whatever sickness of the one and despair of the other.
— from Literature and Life (Complete) by William Dean Howells
They differ from other kine in no other respect than this, except that their hide is thicker and harder.”
— from Curious Creatures in Zoology by John Ashton
Severe strictures on the conduct of the British king in negativing our repeated repeals of the law which permitted the importation of slaves were disapproved by some Southern gentlemen, whose reflections were not yet matured to the full abhorrence of that traffic.
— from True to His Home: A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin by Hezekiah Butterworth
This knowledge is not only rational, but indispensable, in order to understand and apply the principles which ought to govern in the medication and cure of disease.
— from Asiatic Cholera: A treatise on its origin, pathology, treatment, and cure by Elijah Whitney
As I read his different ethical books, 'What to Do,' 'My Confession,' and 'My Religion,' I recognized their truth with a rapture such as I have known in no other reading, and I rendered them my allegiance, heart and soul, with whatever sickness of the one and despair of the other.
— from My Literary Passions by William Dean Howells
In his time [pg 213] neglect of ritual on the part of the average man or the average king implied neglect of religion, or rather adherence to an alien and immoral faith.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Books of Chronicles by W. H. (William Henry) Bennett
He who knoweth our frame, knows its needs of rest and medicine, food and clothing; and the procuring of these for our own entrusted bodies should be done just as much ‘for Jesus’ as the greater pleasure of procuring them for some one else.
— from Kept for the Master's Use by Frances Ridley Havergal
Severe strictures on the conduct of the British king, in negativing our repeated repeals of the law which permitted the importation of slaves, were disapproved by some southern gentlemen, whose reflections were not yet matured to the full abhorrence of that traffic.
— from The Rural Magazine, and Literary Evening Fire-Side, Vol. 1 No. 05 (1820) by Various
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