But if Mr. Allen means by 'physical conditions' the whole of nature, his assertion, though true, forms but the vague Asiatic { 238} profession of belief in an all-enveloping fate, which certainly need not plume itself on any specially advanced or scientific character.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

Besides the ordinary sort of Trefoil, here are two more remarkable, and one of which may be properly called Heart Trefoil, not only because the leaf is triangular, like the heart of a man, but also because each leaf contains the perfection of a heart, and that in its proper colour, viz.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

Considerations may be presented capable of determining the intellect to” accept “the Utilitarian formula.”
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

it is true that the hue of the waters of this turbulent and troubled stream but illy comport with the pure celestial virtues and amiable qualifications of that lovely fair one; but on the other hand it is a noble river; one destined to become in my opinion an object of contention between the two great powers of America and Great Britin with rispect to the adjustment of the North westwardly boundary of the former; and that it will become one of the most interesting brances of the Missouri in a commercial point of view, I have but little doubt, as it abounds with anamals of the fur kind, and most probably furnishes a safe and direct communication to that productive country of valuable furs exclusively enjoyed at present by the subjects of his Britanic Majesty; in adition to which it passes through a rich fertile and one of the most beatifully picteresque countries that I ever beheld, through the wide expance of which, innumerable herds of living anamals are seen, it's borders garnished with one continued garden of roses, while it's lofty and open forrests, are the habitation of miriads of the feathered tribes who salute the ear of the passing traveler with their wild and simple, yet sweet and cheerfull melody.—I arrived at camp about 5 OClock in the evening much fatiegued, where I found Capt. Clark and the ballance of the party waiting our return with some anxiety for our safety having been absent near two days longer than we had engaged to return.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Indeed, if the individual is known, what he means by “proved” can be determined beforehand.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

* Most bedding plants can be induced to continue flowering for a considerable period longer, if deprived of their seed-vessels so soon as these are formed, than they would otherwise do; geraniums, more especially.
— from Little Folks (September 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

There is, also, I think, some probability in the view propounded by Andrew Knight, that this variability may be partly connected with excess of food.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

These may be public characters, as Mozart, Faraday, or real persons formerly known to the subject, or altogether imaginary beings.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

rs, you must be perfectly cracked about her. PICKERING.
— from Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw

For look at the photograph of me made by Penniwit, Chin resting on hand, and deep—set eyes— Gray, too, and far-searching.
— from Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters

The deputy-governor of the colony, Danforth, began to arrest suspected persons months before proceedings commenced, or were thought of, in Salem Village.
— from Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II With an Account of Salem Village and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects by Charles Wentworth Upham

well notice some of the other moon-myths: though in the case of these, as of the myths of the sun, our only object must be to show the characteristic forms which this order of tales assumes, so that the way may be partly cleared for their detection; nothing like a complete list of the infinitely varied shapes which the same nature-story can assume being possible.
— from The Dawn of History: An Introduction to Pre-Historic Study by C. F. (Charles Francis) Keary

It was made by putting creta argentaria (a species of white clay) into the caldrons containing the ingredients for dying purple.
— from The History of Chemistry, Volume 1 (of 2) by Thomas Thomson

Sometimes to hear this hum the ear must be placed close to the hive, when clear and sharp sounds may be distinguished, which appear to be produced by the vibration of the wings of a single bee.
— from An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 2 or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects by William Kirby

If the sun ceased to rise, which, for aught we know, may be perfectly compatible with the general laws of matter, night would be, or might be, eternal.
— from A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) by John Stuart Mill

This she does by a thousand methods, being particularly cautious lest any of them should be discovered by the man; for she is well aware that love cannot be forced, but that it is insinuated in freedom; wherefore it is given to women to know from the sight, the hearing, and the touch, every state of the mind of their husbands; but on the other hand it is not given to the men to know any state of the mind of their wives.
— from The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love To Which is Added The Pleasures of Insanity Pertaining To Scortatory Love by Emanuel Swedenborg

“I got along all right supporting myself by planting cotton until last year when the doctor stopped me.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration

These new ideas cannot hope for full and immediate credence and must be presented carefully, with this fact in mind and with due consideration for the degree of intelligence of the listener.
— from Technic and Practice of Chiropractic by Joy Maxwell Loban

We kept steadily to our westward course, and as the U-33 was one of the fastest submersibles we had ever turned out, I knew that we must be pretty close to the North American coast.
— from The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs