[24] If, in such a case as this last, the left brain were to become the seat of apoplexy, the left and not the right half of the body would be the one to suffer paralysis.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

of a yellowish red, & brownish White Clay which is a hard as Chalk this Bluff is 170 or 180 feet high, here the High lands approach near the river on each Side, that on the S. S. not So high as that on the L. S. opposit the Bluffs is Situated a large Island Covered with timber close under the L. S. above the Isd the high land approach & form a Clift to the river on the S. S. this Clift is Called White Bear Clift one of those animals haveing been killed in a whole in it H2 anchor
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

As to the rest, he had no need of steel nor of blood: he resolved to go out of this life and not to run out of it; not to escape from death, but to essay it.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Thence shall Romulus, gay in the tawny hide of the she-wolf that nursed him, take up their line, and name them Romans after his own name.
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

To superintend the repairs, that would be requisite to make it a comfortable residence, had been a principal motive with the Count for passing the autumnal months in Languedoc; and neither the remonstrances, or the tears of the Countess, for, on urgent occasions, she could weep, were powerful enough to overcome his determination.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

" "Ah, there's a great deal to be said for that plan—indeed I think my uncle Egmont used to say he found it less agitating not to read the morning papers till after dinner," said Mrs. Archer responsively.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

There is no longer any need to refer to the prudent man, or general experience.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

For it is the act of a madman to distress oneself over what is lost, and not to rejoice at what is left; but like little children, if one of their many playthings be taken away by anyone, throw the rest away and weep and cry out, so we, if we are assailed by fortune in some one point, wail and mourn and make all other things seem unprofitable in our eyes.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

“I have implored him for the sake of our child,” continued the little angel, “not to risk his salvation and my own.
— from Monsieur, Madame, and Bébé — Complete by Gustave Droz

“Miss Thayer has been working all the afternoon in the library, and needs the refreshment of the air even more than Helen.”
— from The Spell by William Dana Orcutt

Count these joints and also the leaves, and note the relationship of leaves and joints in the stalk, and how the leaves come off in different directions so as not to shade each other.
— from Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Department of Education

Englishmen, that sith ours is a meane language, and neither too rough nor too smooth in vtterance, we may with much facilitie learne any other language, beside Hebrue, Gréeke & Latine, and speake it naturallie, as if we were home-borne in those countries; & yet on the other side it falleth out, I wot not by what other meanes, that few forren nations can rightlie pronounce ours, without some and that great note of imperfection, especiallie the French men, who also seldome write any thing that sauoreth of English trulie.
— from Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete by William Harrison

It is rare to find a middle-class family with more than two or three children; two children, at least, are necessary to replace the father and the mother, and to maintain the population; a certain number of celibates and of married people who are sterile must be allowed for.
— from The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study by Jean-Marie Guyau

“There is no news from England; but Lord 157 Palmerston’s letters are not to risk the Turks beyond the means of retreat to the shipping; also the marines; and saying, that Acre is not to be attacked at present.
— from The War in Syria, Volume 1 (of 2) by Charles Napier

" Late at night they reached their halting-place.
— from Jack Archer: A Tale of the Crimea by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

“As soon as Brian comes back, and we know the extent of the damage, I shall have to send into Fort Lamport and notify the Resident Magistrate.
— from A Veldt Vendetta by Bertram Mitford