Where the stitches of the two rows meet, the working thread of the second row must be drawn through, under that of the first.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

That is that corn is a commodity whose price is not enhanced by taxes in the country producing it, and which, in spite of its absolute necessity, may be diminished in quantity without the price being increased.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

(3) Consequently it must base itself upon no experience at all, but upon something else , it must be derived from another source of knowledge!
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

‘Very well,’ said the Honourable Samuel Slumkey, with a resigned air, ‘then it must be done.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Brutus, on hearing that the chief men of the city, and among others his own brother, had been put to death by his uncle, resolved to leave nothing in his intellects that might be dreaded by the king, nor any thing in his fortune to be coveted, and thus to be secure in contempt, where there was but little protection in justice.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

Animal largo tiempo desdeñado, no se ha levantado aún a los ojos de los criollos del largo abandono en que vegetaba hace aún un cuarto de siglo; por el contrario es muy buscado de [5] los extranjeros y por esta causa el consumo aumenta extraordinariamente.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Her attitude was modest but dignified, and she was always extremely truthful and sincere.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Speaking as though he were saying to himself, "Believe me or not as you like, it is all one to me," Bazarov drew his long fingers through his whiskers, while his eyes glowed like coals.
— from Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

He would forget things, and his mind became dull and stupid.
— from The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore

A body in motion or at rest must be determined to motion or rest by another body, which other body has been determined to motion or rest by a third body, and that third again by a fourth, and so on to infinity.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

“Something must be done, and it must be done right away!
— from The Staying Guest by Carolyn Wells

(It may be different in women—but my own experience has never failed in the discovery, that where there was a kind of feminine softness and pliability in the male character, there was also treachery, dissimulation, and heartlessness.)
— from Melmoth the Wanderer, Vol. 1 (of 4) by Charles Robert Maturin

"Maybe a water pipe has burst," suggested Mr. Bobbsey, dropping his paper and making a jump toward the kitchen.
— from The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat by Laura Lee Hope

In my boyhood days, when I would find a bee, I was very slow to tell any one just where it was for fear they might cut it.
— from Bee Hunting: A Book of Valuable Information for Bee Hunters Tells How to Line Bees to Trees, Etc. by John Ready Lockard

Therefore this metaphor must be dropped, for Lorraine pulled out his roll of paper, pen, and ink (which he was bound to carry), and put up his knees, all stiff and creaking, and on that desk did what he ought to have done at least three months ago.
— from Alice Lorraine: A Tale of the South Downs by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

Very proper; very proper, my boy," Dr. Gregory answered, and, as he proceeded to maul him well with his cane, "you see I must follow your example.
— from Scotch Wit and Humor by W. H. (Walter Henry) Howe

Whoever might be destined to wear future laurels at school, Winona, as Captain of the V.a. team, assumed direction of the games at the Camp.
— from The Luckiest Girl in the School by Angela Brazil

They multiply by direct division of the individual elements, and in old cultures it has been observed that the cocci vary in form and size.
— from Bacteria Especially as they are related to the economy of nature, to industrial processes, and to the public health by Newman, George, Sir

But the proportion of lunatics made by drink seems to be much larger.
— from Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, April 1885 by Various