The concept which the word feeling denotes has merely a negative content, which is this, that something which is present in consciousness, is not a concept , is not abstract rational knowledge .
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer
There is absolutely nothing in common among them except the negative quality that they are not abstract rational knowledge.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer
The plenitude of power and restraint, the highest form of self-affirmation in a cool, noble, and reserved kind of beauty: the Apollonianism of the Hellenic will.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Do you know, now all Russia knows of me!
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Till now only you knew that there was a registration clerk called Dmitry Kuldarov, and now all Russia knows it!
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Now all Russia knows of me!
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Nagkahinay ang radiyu kay nagkadiskarga na ang batiríya, The radio is becoming weak because the batteries are running down.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
She smiled, and when her aunt snatched her from that position she unconsciously threw her arms around the old lady’s neck and rained kisses upon her.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal
The chiefs of Salumbar, Shahpura, and Banera were slain, and the auxiliary Daula Miyan, Raja Man (ex-prince of Narwar), and Raj Kalyan, the heir of Sadri, severely wounded.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod
“Is this where Ned and Ruth kissed each other?”
— from Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
One by one the Indians, each with his rosary in his hand, had entered noiselessly and reverently knelt, until the lodge was filled with a pious and prayerful assemblage.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 17, April, 1873 to September, 1873 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various
Two large and fierce elephants were ordered to advance against him, but they were repulsed by a dreadful shock, and drove by the Nawab, who, as the wild one passed, ordered some of the strongest female elephants to go alongside and endeavour to entangle him with nooses and running knots; the attempt, however, was vain, as he snapped every rope, and none of the tame elephants could stop his progress.
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 2 (of 3) or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone
A little bow-legged girl with a large nose and red knuckles accomplished wonders in the centre, and won them their second basket by stooping abruptly and rolling the ball straight between Kate Sutton's feet to Grace, who sat upon it and threw it so hard at Alison Greer that it bounded out of her hands and was promptly caught by Virginia Wheeler and put into the basket.
— from Smith College Stories Ten Stories by Josephine Dodge Daskam by Josephine Daskam Bacon
The small plates of Nephi, a record kept upon gold plates made by the first Nephi upon which he purposed to record and have recorded more especially the work of the holy ministry among the Nephites, the prophecies of the coming of the Messiah in the flesh, and the exhortations to righteousness by the prophets who should arise among his people.
— from New Witnesses for God (Volume 2 of 3) by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts
Old Saucisse had gone in the morning to complete the sale, and by noon all Rognes knew that he had bought the house on behalf of Françoise, with her husband's authorisation; and not only the house, but the furniture also, and Gédéon and La Coliche.
— from The Soil (La terre): A Realistic Novel by Émile Zola
For this reason there is never a raven killed in England.—Cervantes, Don Quixote , I ii. 5 (1605).
— from Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
The facility with which new and rare kinds can be multiplied, as every well ripened bud almost can be transformed into a plant.
— from The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines by George Husmann
"You may have the next dance if—if you can find me out here—and—and take me away from His Highness." Before he could reply she had smiled and nodded and rejoined Koltsoff, who was waiting, not without impatience, at the foot of the steps.
— from Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport by Lawrence Perry
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