with Introduction and Notes by P. Sidney, 1906; Swinburne, A Study of Ben Jonson, 1889. H2 anchor VOLPONE; OR, THE FOX By Ben Jonson TO THE MOST NOBLE AND MOST EQUAL SISTERS, THE TWO FAMOUS UNIVERSITIES, FOR THEIR LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE SHEWN TO HIS POEM IN THE PRESENTATION, BEN JONSON, THE GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGER, DEDICATES BOTH IT AND HIMSELF.
— from Volpone; Or, The Fox by Ben Jonson

Neither of these women ever called themselves to an account, and, notwithstanding all my efforts, everything I acquired was dissipated as fast as it came.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“Abuse is not argument, Mr Egremont.”
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

See him, the poor man's friend in need, The gentleman in word an' deed— An' shall his fame an' honour bleed By worthless, skellums, An' not a muse erect her head To cowe the blellums?
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

Outdoor excursions, gardening, cooking, sewing, printing, book-binding, weaving, painting, drawing, singing, dramatization, story-telling, reading and writing as active pursuits with social aims (not as mere exercises for acquiring skill for future use), in addition to a countless variety of plays and games, designate some of the modes of occupation.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

And indeed, when we consider how aptly natural and moral evidence link together, and form only one chain of argument, we shall make no scruple to allow that they are of the same nature, and derived from the same principles.
— from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

from the beginning; ever the past; never the past Eriw, n. progress, course Erlewyn, n. a meteor Erlid, n. a pursuit, a chase: v. to pursue; to persecute Erlidedig, a. persecuted Erlidedigaeth, n. persecution Erlidfa, n. a pursuit, a chase Erlidiad, n. a pursuing Erlidigaeth, n. persecution Erlidfa, n. a pursuit, a chase Erlidiol, a. pursuing, chasing Erlidiwr, n. pursuer; persecutor Erlif, n. a great torrent; flood Erlifiad, n. a deluging, an overflowing Erlifo, v. to flow in a torrent Erlyn, n. pursuit, chase: v. to pursue, to follow Erlyniad, n. a pursuer Erlyniaeth, n. the act of pursuing Erlyniedydd, n. pursuer Erlynol, a. persuing, chasing Erllen, n. a lamp Erllyfasu, v. to adventure Erllynedd, adv.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

There remains, however, an important question, namely: Are mental events causally dependent upon physical events in a sense in which the converse dependence does not hold?
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell

No man who needs a monument ever ought to have one. Hawthorne.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

But what they can and should do is to see that they have a better and more thorough system of education for their sons, but especially for their daughters—a system of education that specially adapts them to the destiny of their sex, and prepares them to find their happiness in their homes, and the satisfaction [Pg 224] of their highest ambition in discharging its manifold duties, so much higher, nobler, and more essential to the virtue and well-being of the community, the nation, the society, and to the life and progress of the human race, than any which devolve on king or emperor, magistrate or legislator.
— from Public School Education by Michael Müller

‘Well, in the only important way, it’s not at my expense .
— from The Disentanglers by Andrew Lang

Return to text 6 Voices which by this overstrained and unnatural way of singing have become worn-out and useless may by correct, proper treatment recover, even at an advanced age, their former grace and power; and even those chronic inflammations of the larynx which are so difficult of treatment may be cured by a natural and moderate exercise of the voice in singing.
— from The Voice in Singing by Emma Seiler

About this time there arrived, too, at Avignon ambassadors from the King of Hungary to the Pope, demanding in no measured terms the formal condemnation of Joan as an accessory before the fact to the murder of her husband, and her deposition from the throne of Naples; and, most especially, that the Holy Father should give the kingdom instead to Louis of Hungary.
— from Italian Yesterdays, vol. 2 by Fraser, Hugh, Mrs.

Morality must have an intrinsic, not a merely extrinsic, value.
— from A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by W. T. (Walter Terence) Stace

Mrs. Needham not only wrote "provincial letters" (with a difference!), but contributed social and statistical papers to several of the leading periodicals; and one of Katherine's duties was to write out her rough notes, and make extracts from the books, Blue and others, the reports and papers which Mrs. Needham had marked.
— from A Crooked Path: A Novel by Mrs. Alexander

He gave no signal, nor uttered any command, but at his last words a grave, elderly Mexican appeared noiselessly at my elbow.
— from The Killer by Stewart Edward White

EPILOGUE A DAMASCUS POSTSCRIPT; AND SOME WORDS ON THE KNIGHTS OF ARABY, A CRUSADER IN SHORTS, A VERY NOBLE LADYE AND SOME HAPPY ENDINGS Of all the cities in the Near and Middle East Damascus is at once the most ancient, the most unchanged by time, the most unreservedly Oriental, and the most elusive.
— from Eastern Nights - and Flights: A Record of Oriental Adventure. by Alan Bott