Hence it may be regarded as another smaller Class, whose Differentia may be formed, from that of the Class first picked out, by prefixing the word “not”; and we may imagine that we have divided the Class first thought of into two smaller Classes, whose Differentiæ are contradictory .
— from Symbolic Logic by Lewis Carroll

After we had come to the determination of seizing the person of Motecusuma, and had been on our knees the whole night in prayer, to [Pg 250] supplicate the Almighty's assistance in this bold attempt, and that it might redound to the glory of his holy religion, we made the necessary arrangements when morning came for that purpose.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

We were half naked again when Masha's email arrived.
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

Not a whit more really in love than this husband is the one, who, not for gain but merely for the sexual appetite, puts up with a peevish and unsympathetic wife, as Philippides, the comic poet, ridiculed the orator, Stratocles, 'You scarce can kiss her if she turns her back on you.'
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

With the invention of the printing press, the access barrier was overcome — now anyone with money to buy a book can read Seneca and Moses.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

my uncle Toby! had not a weightier matter called forth all the ready eloquence of my father—how hadst thou then and thy poor H
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

“Well,” said the marquise, “it seems probable that, by the aid of the Holy Alliance, we shall be rid of Napoleon; and we must trust to the vigilance of M. de Villefort to purify Marseilles of his partisans.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Would they not act with more consistency, in urging the establishment of the latter, as no less necessary to guard the Union against the future powers and resources of a body constructed like the existing Congress, than to save it from the dangers threatened by the present impotency of that Assembly?
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

Here too it was Naevius who gave poetic form to so much of the legendary as well as of the contemporary history as admitted of connected narrative; and who, more especially, recorded in the half-prosaic Saturnian national metre the story of the first Punic war simply and distinctly, with a straightforward adherence to fact, without disdaining anything at all as unpoetical, and without at all, especially in the description of historical times, going in pursuit of poetical flights or embellishments—maintaining throughout his narrative the present tense.(55)
— from The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) by Theodor Mommsen

In availing themselves of this permission, it is noticeable that no allusion was made to all the advantages they were to reap under the Convention, nor did they seem to attach much importance to the appointment of the British Resident.
— from Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

In all his relations with his servants, with the natives, and with Mohammedans, Christianity appeared in its loveliest and most potent forms, constant, sincere, charitable, loving, modest, and always practical.
— from Explorers and Travellers by A. W. (Adolphus Washington) Greely

On the 9th of August Banks and Jackson joined battle once more at Cedar Mountain (or Cedar Run); the Federals, though greatly inferior in numbers, attacked with much vigour.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

THE FIRST AND SECOND VOLUMES of CHRONICLES, comprising 1 The description and historie of England , 2 The description and historie of Ireland , 3 The description and historie of Scotland : first collected and published BY RAPHAELL HOLINSHED, WILLIAM HARRISON, AND OTHERS: Now newlie augmented and continued (with manifold matters of singular note and worthie memorie) TO THE YEARE 1586, By JOHN HOOKER aliàs VOWELL Gent. AND OTHERS.
— from Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine by William Harrison

Not a word more, obey me.
— from Beggars Bush: A Comedy From the Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10) by John Fletcher

In a previous letter I hinted that the well-to-do farmers of the West were not a whit more prompt in paying their rent than the starveling peasants of Mayo and Connemara, who, at the best, are barely able to keep body and soul together.
— from Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. by Bernard Henry Becker

Every care should be taken to soothe and caress them; and there is no animal whose manners cannot be softened by gentle treatment.
— from How to Stuff Birds and Animals A valuable book giving instruction in collecting, preparing, mounting, and preserving birds, animals, and insects by Aaron A. Warford

He will soon notice that the exhaust pipe is very cold, and if the compressed air was not well dried as produced, its moisture will now be deposited not as water merely, but as frost to check the machinery.
— from Inventors at Work, with Chapters on Discovery by George Iles

“You are almost as cheerful, Ned, as was my friend Mr. Parker, the gloomy scientist, who was always predicting dire happenings.”
— from Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; Or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land by Victor Appleton