34-12: The man, Maitra, to whom Lahiri Mahasaya is here referring, afterward became highly advanced in self-realization.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

If Democritus were alive now, and should but see the superstition of our age, our [269] religious madness, as [270] Meteran calls it, Religiosam insaniam , so many professed Christians, yet so few imitators of Christ; so much talk of religion, so much science, so little conscience; so much knowledge, so many preachers, so little practice; such variety of sects, such have and hold of all sides, [271] — obvia signis Signa , &c., such absurd and ridiculous traditions and ceremonies: If he should meet a [272] Capuchin, a Franciscan, a Pharisaical Jesuit, a man-serpent, a shave-crowned Monk in his robes, a begging Friar, or, see their three-crowned Sovereign Lord the Pope, poor Peter's successor, servus servorum Dei , to depose kings with his foot, to tread on emperors' necks, make them stand barefoot and barelegged at his gates, hold his bridle and stirrup, &c.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Gaff’s spring at the chains of the cutwater was successful, but in making it he received a blow on the head from one of the swinging blocks of the sloop which almost stunned him, insomuch that he could only cling to the chain he had caught with the tenacity of despair.
— from Shifting Winds: A Tough Yarn by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Suffice it to say that after many weary trips, extending through months, I had recovered and buried in safety at least ten millions of money, besides having saved six of the brass eighteen-pounders, and a large quantity of copper spikes and bolts.
— from Perseverance Island; Or, The Robinson Crusoe of the Nineteenth Century by Douglas Frazar

[Pg 79] Of the influence of the Principles of Geology in leading him to evolution, he wrote: 'Along with Malthus I had read, and been even more deeply impressed by, Sir Charles Lyell's immortal Principles of Geology ; which had taught me that the inorganic world—the whole surface of the earth, its seas and lands, its mountains and valleys, its rivers and lakes, and every detail of its climatic conditions—were and always had been in a continual state of slow modification.
— from The Coming of Evolution: The Story of a Great Revolution in Science by John W. (John Wesley) Judd

There was a great predisposition to admire and overrate everything relative to Indian history and language, as detailed by this good and sincere missionary in his retirement at Bethlehem.
— from Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

by Page Sir Edgar MacCulloch, in his Robes as Bailiff of Guernsey.
— from Guernsey Folk Lore a collection of popular superstitions, legendary tales, peculiar customs, proverbs, weather sayings, etc., of the people of that island by MacCulloch, Edgar, Sir

The only thing he could think of was that Pedro had made a mistake in his reckoning, and being an airman he knew any number of aviators did the same sort of thing and got miles out of their courses.
— from Airplane Boys at Platinum River by E. J. (Edith Janice) Craine

"The next morning, when I went to my work, the sahib called me into his room, and behold!
— from The Taming of the Jungle by C. W. (Charles William) Doyle

Be that as it may, I had received a blow and my fondest illusion was shattered.
— from All Men are Ghosts by L. P. (Lawrence Pearsall) Jacks

That he is eminently qualified for the position is shown by the fact that the band still maintains its high rank and bids fair to surpass in the future the successes of the past.
— from The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 6, March, 1885 by Various