So that God, by commanding to subdue, gave authority so far to appropriate: and the condition of human life, which requires labour and materials to work on, necessarily introduces private possessions. Sect.
— from Second Treatise of Government by John Locke

These bonds often suffice for substantial and lasting unanimity, even when no ideal passion preceded; so that what is called a marriage of reason, if it is truly reasonable, may give a fair promise of happiness, since a normal married life can produce the sympathies it requires.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

"His name is Prince Paradox," said Dorian.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

For you are a Pyncheon?" "My name is Phoebe Pyncheon," said the girl, with a manner of some reserve; for she was aware that her new acquaintance could be no other than the daguerreotypist, of whose lawless propensities the old maid had given her a disagreeable idea.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Desire is the feeling which arises in view of some good not in present possession, something agreeable, and to be obtained; it looks forward to that; its root and spring is that grand principle of our nature, the love of happiness.
— from Mental Philosophy: Including the Intellect, Sensibilities, and Will by Joseph Haven

Georgina, gazing fixedly ahead of her at nothing in particular, pondered seriously for a long, silent moment.
— from Georgina of the Rainbows by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

Of all printing mediums the one that has most intrinsic beauty, and is at the same time most capable of rendering satisfactorily the gradations of the negative, is probably platinum, so this is most used by pictorial workers.
— from The Mentor: Photography, Vol. 6, Num. 12, Serial No. 160, August 1, 1918 by Paul Anderson

In Arizona, we found two nests in ponderosa pine snags.
— from Cavity-Nesting Birds of North American Forests Agriculture Handbook 511 by Charles P. Stone

The following clipping from the Ottawa Evening Journal [166] gives some interesting details:— The new Imperial Penny Postage Stamp, to be used between Great Britain and a number of her colonies after Christmas Day next, has been designed by the Postmaster-General and is ready to be issued.
— from Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Clifton A. (Clifton Armstrong) Howes

William Mulock, Postmaster-General, presided yesterday at the printing of the first copies of the new imperial penny postage stamp.
— from Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Clifton A. (Clifton Armstrong) Howes