iii. 24 ‘Undique clamor; et orientem solem (ita in Syria mos est) tertiani salutavere,’ as illustrating this Essene practice.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

In that state, crowds become an oppression to him; music even, too sensual and gross.
— from Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey

On my entrance the students all stand up, then they sit down, and the sound as of the sea is suddenly hushed.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

O wherefore was my birth from Heaven foretold Twice by an Angel, who at last in sight Of both my Parents all in flames ascended From off the Altar, where an Off'ring burn'd, As in a fiery column charioting His Godlike presence, and from some great act Or benefit reveal'd to Abraham's race? Why was my breeding order'd and prescrib'd 30 As of a person separate to God, Design'd for great exploits; if I must dye Betray'd, Captiv'd, and both my Eyes put out, Made of my Enemies the scorn and gaze; To grind in Brazen Fetters under task With this Heav'n-gifted strength?
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

But it was by no means easy to set about discovering Henchard.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

But on mine ears there smote a lamentation, Whence forward I intent unbar mine eyes.
— from Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Hell by Dante Alighieri

After the dazzle of day is gone, Only the dark, dark night shows to my eyes the stars; After the clangor of organ majestic, or chorus, or perfect band, Silent, athwart my soul, moves the symphony true.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

There is a genuine pleasure in planning a work, in modelling and painting it; there is a pleasure in showing it to a sympathetic friend, who associates himself in this way with the artist's technical experiment and with his interpretation of some human episode; and there might be a satisfaction in seeing the work set up in some appropriate space for which it was designed, where its decorative quality might enrich the scene, and the curious passer-by might stop to decipher it.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

More even that seeing a concert live or a film at a cinema, I like the physical experience holding a book in my lap and enjoying its smell and feel and heft.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Membership in secret societies also continues to be limited to men, more especially to such as have reached a mature age.
— from Elements of Folk Psychology Outline of a Psychological History of the Development of Mankind by Wilhelm Max Wundt

It means exactly the same as eternal.
— from The Good News of God by Charles Kingsley

Such is always the case, whether it be that the female mind is more generally accessible to gentle thoughts of and yearnings over their lost ones, or whether the explanation be simply that, as is especially the case here, women, having less to occupy their leisure either in the way of business or amusement, are more eager to seek any emotion or occasion which may serve to break the flat monotony of their lives.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 by Various

One hears such now and then, mostly from the West,—like "Mean enough to steal acorns from a blind hog"; "I take my tea bar-foot ," the answer of a backwoodsman, when asked if he would have cream and sugar.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

Again two manufacturers may employ the same amount of fixed, and the same amount of circulating capital; but the durability of their fixed capitals may be very unequal.
— from On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation by David Ricardo

He tells how he once saw a man from Porto Maurizio, pallid, with little hair on his face, and fat in person, who had in his breasts milk enough to suckle a child.
— from Jerome Cardan: A Biographical Study by W. G. (William George) Waters

In the second place, the scruples of Kenric, which justly appeared so generous and noble to the fine, unsophisticated intellect of the young girl, by no means appeared in the same light to the proud barons, accustomed to regard the Saxon, and more especially the serf, as a being so palpably and manifestly inferior, that he was scarcely deemed to possess rights, much less sentiments or feelings, other than those of the lower animals.
— from Wager of Battle: A Tale of Saxon Slavery in Sherwood Forest by Henry William Herbert

"And when I clothed myself in the robe of empire, I shut my eyes to safety, and to the repose which is found on the bed of ease.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

Some will remain rooted, obstinate, steadfast in their place; and to some the lightest word will be mighty enough to stir all the slumbering pulses of their sin-ridden hearts, and to bring them, broken and penitent, for mercy to His feet.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke by Alexander Maclaren