Later editions of separate works: De Anima: Torstrik, 1862; Trendelenburg, 2nd edition, 1877, with English translation, E. Wallace, 1882; Biehl, 1884, 1896; with English, R. D. Hicks, 1907.
— from Politics: A Treatise on Government by Aristotle

The whole of the life even of Socrates was not serious; and what confirms me in my favourable opinion is, that the character which Planudes gives to Æsop is similar to that which Plutarch gives him in his Banquet of the Seven Wise Men—that is, the character of a keen and all-observant man.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

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— from The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle

A bolder effort was required to escape from the tyranny of the Cæsars; but this effort was rendered familiar by the maxims of the stoics, the example of the bravest Romans, and the legal encouragements of suicide.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

The king let every one say what he chose, and he himself neither said yes or no about the affair; but people perceived that the king was very well pleased with what had happened.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

The English, with less economy of support, and a lower organisation of structure, were better able to play with their forms.
— from Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of York A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See by A. (Arthur) Clutton-Brock

The upright carriage had something to do with it, the firm mouth, the light blue eyes that looked every one straight in the face.
— from The Life of the Fields by Richard Jefferies

'And was it to spy after me, Miss Loo, ye brought down yer sweetheart to the well this evening?' said the hag, in a harsh, grating voice, that seemed the very last effort of some suppressed passion.
— from Jack Hinton: The Guardsman by Charles James Lever

He edited with distinguished ability the last edition of “South on the Bones.”
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Before these waxed sheets are taken into the field for use, lay each one separately on a piece of board with the waxed side up, and with the point of a sharp knife cut them crossways into narrow strips of from one-half to three-fourths of an inch wide.
— from The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Andrew S. (Andrew Samuel) Fuller

In this way they lived very comfortably, and they loved each other so dearly that they were as happy as happy can be.
— from The Islands of Magic: Legends, Folk and Fairy Tales from the Azores by Elsie Spicer Eells

" Just then Chester uttered a little exclamation of surprise.
— from Chester Rand; or, The New Path to Fortune by Alger, Horatio, Jr.