Buddha, the Law, and the Priesthood At the head of the Buddhist gods in China we find the triad known as Buddha, the Law, and the Church, or Priesthood, which are personified as Shih-chia Fo (Shâkya), O-mi-t’o Fo (Amita), and Ju-lai Fo (Tathagata); otherwise Fo Pao, Fa Pao, and Sêng Pao (the San Pao , ‘Three Precious Ones’)—that is, Buddha, the prophet who came into the world to teach the Law, Dharma, the Law Everlasting, and Samgha, its mystical body, Priesthood, or Church.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

Any deeper analysis, such as that of each separate note into its partial tones (although it might be performed by the same means and faculty of hearing as the first analysis) would tell us nothing new about the sources of sound actually present, but might lead us astray as to their number.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

But the conception of spirits that must be propitiated lies outside the sphere of magic, and within that of religion.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

[ According to Robertson, there were twice as many slaves as free citizens.—G. Mr. Blair (p. 15) estimates three slaves to one freeman, between the conquest of Greece, B.C. 146, and the reign of Alexander Severus, A. D. 222, 235.
— 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

But they would swell the present volume to unwieldy dimensions, and far beyond its proper and prescribed limits, to present them here; they are therefore reserved for the second volume, and may be published in pamphlet form also.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

"The old girl," says Mr. Bagnet, "puts it correct—why didn't you?"
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

The ceremony must be performed at the house of the girl’s family.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

In one of these intervals of embarrassment he heard the ringing of the far-off mission bell proclaiming the hour of midnight.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

In the eagerness of her affectionate anxiety for Maggie, Lucy could not persuade herself to defer a conversation about her with Tom, who, she thought, with such a cup of joy before him as this rapid fulfilment of his wish about the Mill, must become pliant and flexible.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

She and her young confidante, Miss Mary, had talked over the matter most fully, the very night of the Major's visit, beyond which time the impetuous Polly could not refrain from talking of the discovery which she had made, and describing the start and tremor of joy by which Major Dobbin betrayed himself when Mr. Binny passed with his bride and the Major learned that he had no longer a rival to fear.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Although we can well leave the nude until we come to Michelangelo, who was the first to completely realise its distinctly artistic possibilities, we cannot so well dispense with an enquiry into the sources of our æsthetic pleasure in the representation of movement and of landscape, as it 50 was in these two directions—in movement by Pollaiuolo especially, and in landscape by Baldovinetti, Pollaiuolo, and Verrocchio—that the great advances of this generation of Florentine painters were made.
— from The Florentine Painters of the Renaissance With An Index To Their Works by Bernard Berenson

What difference there is between receiving money for watching a spinning-jenny, and doing household work, I do not see; in either case it is servitude, although the former may be preferred, as being less under control, and leaving more time at your own disposal.
— from Diary in America, Series Two by Frederick Marryat

Somethin' must be proposed, an' somethin' must be did.
— from Sandburrs by Alfred Henry Lewis

He travelled far and met with many strange and entertaining adventures, which I must be pardoned for not relating, as this is not a story-book.
— from Birds and Man by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

They saw that every act of man has a social and public as well as a moral and personal bearing, and concluded that the rules which directed and the powers which rewarded or punished must be parallel and similar, not so much two powers as different manifestations of one and the same.
— from The Holy Roman Empire by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

You've made me be Pharaoh with the ten plagues of Egypt, or a Christian martyr thrown to the wild beasts, just as it pleased your fancy.
— from The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

"It is all right," he said, "this must be Putney Common, and I told Gregory to meet me with any news."
— from The Green Rust by Edgar Wallace

A count, indeed!" "Go and make me some good coffee, Mariuccia," I said, eying her severely to show I suspected her of having used mine; "and be careful to make it of my best Porto-Rico, if you have any left, without any chicory.
— from A Roman Singer by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

Royalty payments must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax returns.
— from Dick Lester of Kurrajong by Mary Grant Bruce