We may begin with observing, that the difficulty in the present case is not concerning the matter of fact, or whether the mind forms such a conclusion concerning the continued existence of its perceptions, but only concerning the manner in which the conclusion is formed, and principles from which it is derived.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

that weasel-sighted Grecian Could not suspect him of suspicion. 'My friend,' said he, 'I know you've quit me,
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

—— We should so,—said my mother.——We defer it, my dear, quoth my father, shamefully.—— I think we do, Mr. Shandy, —said my mother.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

—Nec si miserum Fortuna Sinonem Finxit , vanum etiam , mendacemque improba finget .
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift

The French naval historian says:— "Unable to renew the naval armaments, Louis XIV. increased the number of cruisers upon the more frequented seas, especially the Channel and the German Ocean
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Of those here cited, Nattestad was from Numedal, Luraas from Telemarken, Menes from Sogn, while Sandsberg came from Ryfylke.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

I may further state that M. Brun stated that he received only about £6 for the necklace he pledged, so that either he referred to a necklace of which I know nothing, or he made a huge mistake.
— from My Memoirs by Marguerite Steinheil

Nobody can prevent me from seeing her once at least.
— from Maezli: A Story of the Swiss Valleys by Johanna Spyri

Up by 5 o'clock, and when ready down to my chamber, and there with Mr. Fist, Sir W. Batten's clerk, who writes mighty well, writing over our report in Mr. Carcasses business, in which we continued till 9 o'clock, that the office met, and then to the office, where all the morning, and so at noon home to dinner, where Mr. Holliard come and eat with us, who among other things do give me good hopes that we shall give my father some ease as to his rupture when he comes to town, which I expect to-morrow.
— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 53: May 1667 by Samuel Pepys

When we are comfortably sleeping at night and in the early hours of the morning, Y.M.C.A. workers are hard at work on motor patrol conveying leave men from station to station or hut to hut, and others are on foot meeting the men and guiding them to their destination.
— from The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire by Arthur K. (Arthur Keysall) Yapp

"I have had it in mind for some time," said the Idiot, blandly.
— from The Inventions of the Idiot by John Kendrick Bangs

Page 24 "I don't know," admitted Doc Madison, frowning seriously.
— from The Miracle Man by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard

In connection with the following note by Mr. C. P. Rāman Menon on sambandham among the Akattu Charna or Akathithaparisha (inside clan), Mr. Fawcett states that “my informant says in the first place that the man should not enter into sambandham with a woman until he is thirty.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 5 of 7 by Edgar Thurston