Weber found by the method of just-perceptible differences that persons could distinguish an increase of weight of 1/40 when the two weights were successively lifted by the same hand.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

I do not intend to sail until the month of June; and when shall I return?
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

His numerous ministers of justice were posted behind the line, to urge, to restrain, and to punish; and if danger was in the front, shame and inevitable death were in the rear, of the fugitives.
— 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

Iris, 51 the messenger of Juno, clothed in various colors, collects 29 I. 271-301 the waters, and bears a supply upwards to the clouds.
— from The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid

For over two hundred years this discipline in the Chinese ethics, literature and history constituted the education of the boys and men of Japan.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

We left him in the focus of such glory As may be won by favour of the moon Or ladies' fancies—rather transitory Perhaps; but who would scorn the month of June, Because December, with his breath so hoary, Must come?
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

line reference meaning 6 censure the word has here its original meaning of "judge," not its modern "judge severely" or "blame." 8 Because each foolish poem provokes a host of foolish commentators and critics.
— from The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems by Alexander Pope

Amongst the greatness of the kings of the prophet Jesus, let your majesty be the greatest; and all monarchs derive their wisdom and counsel from your breast, as from a fountain, that the law of the majesty of Jesus may receive, and flourish under your protection.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

SOME MORE OFFICIAL JILLS.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. August 6, 1887. by Various

As a proof that this was no merely complimentary utterance, but the expression of a thought which is constantly in the Emperor's mind, an incident which happened at Kiel regatta in the month of June previously may be recalled.
— from William of Germany by Stanley Shaw

Returning in advance of the others, I sat down just within the majestic gateway of the cavern, a flattened arch about 100 feet wide resting on enormous rocky jambs, and looked out across the deep wooded abyss where Cheddar lay, its lights reflected here and there by the dark waters of the mere, towards the craggy heights of Mendip opposite, just sinking down towards Sedgemoor.
— from The Netherworld of Mendip Explorations in the great caverns of Somerset, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and elsewhere by Ernest A. (Ernest Albert) Baker

He went there about the middle of July, remaining until the 5th of October, but of his life there we know nothing except that he must have worked assiduously, for in that space of time he nearly finished a book containing almost twice as many pages as “The Scarlet Letter.”
— from The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Frank Preston Stearns

“You must permit me to be my own judge,” was the withering reply.
— from The Boy Scouts at the Battle of Saratoga: The Story of General Burgoyne's Defeat by Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917

We often remain during our whole lifetime the dupes of our childish and accustomed judgments in our manner of judging our fellow-men (their minds, rank, morality, character, and reprehensibility), and we find it necessary to subscribe to their valuations.
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

"That you may be arrested—" "Yes, John?" "For—the murder of Jasper Gaunt.
— from The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffery Farnol

[180] The motives for the massacre of Jaffa are given by Bourrienne in so impartial a manner, that we are inclined to believe he has given a true transcript of his master's mind.
— from Palestine, or, the Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Michael Russell

The priest replied: "This, and the second, third, and fourth parts, want a little rhubarb to purge away their excess of bile; besides, we must remove all that relates to the castle of Fame, and other absurdities of greater consequence; for which let sentence of transportation be passed upon them, and, according as they show signs of amendment, they shall be treated with mercy or justice.
— from Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra