And although there be those that say it was so contrived on purpose by Chorea, that Caius should not be killed at one blow, but should be punished more severely by a multitude of wounds; yet does this story appear to me incredible, because the fear men are under in such actions does not allow them to use their reason.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

that is something essential to any enjoyment of the present moment; and unless its separate moments are enjoyed, there is an end of life's happiness as a whole.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Counsels and Maxims by Arthur Schopenhauer

The sole end of logic is to explain the principles and operations of our reasoning faculty, and the nature of our ideas: morals and criticism regard our tastes and sentiments: and politics consider men as united in society, and dependent on each other.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

I am first affrighted and confounded with that forelorn solitude, in which I am placed in my philosophy, and fancy myself some strange uncouth monster, who not being able to mingle and unite in society, has been expelled all human commerce, and left utterly abandoned and disconsolate.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Our manufacturers are unwilling, it seems, that even this restricted importation should be encouraged, and are afraid lest some part of these goods should be stolen out of the warehouse, and thus come into competition with their own.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

If two men are united in society, who have the same interests, and to a certain extent the same opinions, but different characters, different acquirements, and a different style of civilization, it is probable that these men will not agree.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

I was going, however; but he stept after me, and took hold of my arm, and brought me in again: I am sure he made my arm black and blue; for the marks are upon it still.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

This proceeds from the Want of forming some Law of Life to our selves, or fixing some Notion of things in general, which may affect us in such Manner as to create proper Habits both in our Minds and Bodies.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

I afterward carefully examined my head, shaking it repeatedly, and feeling it with minute attention, until I succeeded in satisfying myself that it was not, as I had more than half suspected, larger than my balloon.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

The second treachery of Moritz of Saxony had overthrown the hopes of the Imperialists; the treaty of Passau had raised anew the Protestant expectations of religious liberty; and in 1552 the Catholic and Protestant leaders of the Moravian Assembly united in such an earnest appeal for mercy to Ferdinand, that he consented to consider the question of the release of his Protestant prisoners.
— from Bohemia, from the earliest times to the fall of national independence in 1620 With a short summary of later events by C. Edmund (Charles Edmund) Maurice

It will be well to explain this phenomenon, and the diagrams will materially assist us in so doing, for the appearances are certainly startling when realized for the first time.
— from Popular Scientific Recreations in Natural Philosphy, Astronomy, Geology, Chemistry, etc., etc., etc. by Gaston Tissandier

"Hump yourselves, before he rolls over and smashes me all up," it said.
— from By Right of Purchase by Harold Bindloss

Equally enthusiastic upon the subject of the English horse and its merits, and upon its superiority over the horses of other nations, was Marshal de Bassompierre, who has something to say about them in the interesting memoirs of his embassy in England in 1626.
— from The Horse in History by Basil Tozer

But whether I’m really earning my salt at the hands of humanity now or not is a deep problem I often have many an uncomfortable internal sigh over to this day.’
— from Philistia by Grant Allen

Let but the soul get into communion with the truth and grace of God, and it is at once delivered from this present evil world, it is turned aside out of the current which is rapidly hurrying millions away upon its surface.
— from Elijah the Tishbite. Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, vol. V by Charles Henry Mackintosh

But the appearance of the women was melancholy and unnatural; I say unnatural because it required to be accounted for.
— from Diary in America, Series One by Frederick Marryat

Clay 130 „ Tallow 14 „ Chloride of magnesium 5 gallons Chloride of zinc 2 „ Colouring matters are used in size to give the yarn any desired tinge.
— from Cotton Weaving and Designing 6th Edition by John T. Taylor