We must be careful to note that the pendulum controls motion only; it does not cause movement.
— from How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams

I cannot agree to the new version, which, in my opinion, is directly contrary both to the meaning of the words, and the general sense of the passage.
— 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

This has an influence on the MANNER OF ITS DECISION, on the EFFECT OF THE VICTORY CONTAINED IN IT, and determines THE VALUE WHICH THEORY IS TO ASSIGN TO IT AS A MEANS TO AN END.
— from On War — Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz

Consequently he had to be a man of intelligence, decision and considerable executive ability.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

Some think that the Apostle Paul referred to the Roman empire, and that he was unwilling to use language more explicit, lest he should incur the calumnious charge of wishing ill to the empire which it was hoped would be eternal; so that in saying, "For the mystery of iniquity doth already work," he alluded to Nero, whose deeds already seemed to be as the deeds of Antichrist.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

To know what these conceptions which we have not made ourselves are really made of, it does not suffice to interrogate our own consciousnesses; we must look outside of ourselves, it is history that we must observe, there is a whole science which must be formed, a complex science which can advance but slowly and by collective labour, and to which the present work brings some fragmentary contributions in the nature of an attempt.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

Now, if a contrast and comparison were to be made to find out where most of our moral obligation is due, country would come first, and parents; for their services have laid us under the heaviest obligation; next come children and the whole family, who look to us alone for support and can have no other protection; finally, our kinsmen, with whom we live on good terms and with whom, for the most part, our lot is one.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

"The Lodge of Fellow Crafts was then closed, and a lodge of Master Masons opened in due form.
— from The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey

In the moment of its dissolution, and of his first full knowledge of his influence upon her, she dropped, and he caught her on his arm. 'Lizzie!
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

cried Mrs. Otis; "I don't at all care for blood-stains in a sitting-room.
— from The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

A moment only I divided my mind.
— from The Grey Man by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

In what way this method of investigation destroys or tends to destroy the hypothesis of special creations, or how it affords an important support to the doctrine of evolution, will be considered hereafter.
— from Creation or Evolution? A Philosophical Inquiry by George Ticknor Curtis

He was able to prove that it is the combination of these factors, i.e. inflammation, the ingestion of living and virulent microbes, and their disappearance by means of intracellular digestion which makes immunity possible.
— from Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916 by Olga Metchnikoff

She hasn’t handed much of it down, has she, ma’am?”
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

I found this catalogue this morning while we were getting ready for the funeral; it is all in M. Pons' handwriting, and made out in duplicate.
— from Poor Relations by Honoré de Balzac

And something of this must have imparted itself to his understanding for he answered unpleasantly: “Oh well of course, if you’re so much better employed,” and he moved off in dudgeon.
— from A Frontier Mystery by Bertram Mitford

Its main purpose, as stated in the Russian note proposing the conference, was by means of international discussion and agreement to provide the most effective means for ensuring to all peoples the benefits of a real and lasting peace, and, above all, to limit the progressive development of armaments.
— from Under Four Administrations, from Cleveland to Taft Recollections of Oscar S. Straus ... by Oscar S. (Oscar Solomon) Straus

This old heart clings to Alciphron, and throbs more quickly at the mere mention of its darling's name; but verily you have done little to win our affection.
— from The Complete Short Works of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers

Even if my tale were told I could not be accused of having to do anything with this murder." "Oh, I didn't mean that for one moment," protested Train, uneasily.
— from The Yellow Holly by Fergus Hume

In the dark ages it filled the minds of its disciples with fear, and their bodies with the pains of penance.
— from History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by George Washington Williams