I was really and truly worn out; and delighted enough I was to hear the word Halt.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

And here it may be worth while to observe, that though abstract reasoning, and the general maxims of philosophy and law establish this position, that property, and right, and obligation admit not of degrees, yet in our common and negligent way of thinking, we find great difficulty to entertain that opinion, and do even secretly embrace the contrary principle.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

To transpose and repeat patterns by means of looking-glasses (fig. 885 ).—We have referred to the necessity that often occurs of adapting patterns to certain given proportions; this can in most cases be done easily enough without the help of a draughtsman, especially in the case of cross stitch embroideries, by means of two unframed looking-glasses (Penelope mirrors, as they are called) used in the following manner.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

How The Instruction, The Habits, And The Practical Experience Of The Americans Promote The Success Of Their Democratic Institutions What is to be understood by the instruction of the American people—The human mind more superficially instructed in the United States than in Europe—No one completely uninstructed—Reason of this—Rapidity with which opinions are diffused even in the uncultivated States of the West—Practical experience more serviceable to the Americans than book-learning.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

For an aggregate of actual desires, each directed towards a different part of the general happiness, does not constitute an actual desire for the general happiness, existing in any individual; and Mill would certainly not contend that a desire which does not exist in any individual can possibly exist in an aggregate of individuals.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

ā dextrō cornū , on the right wing Diāna, -ae , f. Diana , goddess of the moon and twin sister of Apollo dīcō, -ere, dīxī, dictus (imv. dīc ), say, speak, tell .
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

There was nothing for it but submission; and the English fleet left the harbor after a stay of twenty-four hours, having relieved the empress of a dangerous enemy.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

At the same time, it must not be forgotten that hitherto I have been only a dilettante eater of opium; eight years’ practice even, with a single precaution of allowing sufficient intervals between every indulgence, has not been sufficient to make opium necessary to me as an article of daily diet.
— from Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey

Now the Jews were unskillful in war, but were to fight with those who were skillful therein; they were footmen to fight with horsemen; they were in disorder, to fight those that were united together; they were poorly armed, to fight those that were completely so; they were to fight more by their rage than by sober counsel, and were exposed to soldiers that were exactly obedient; and did every thing they were bidden upon the least intimation.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

The last rays of the sun now disappeared entirely, and two or three claps of distant thunder followed each other at brief intervals, echoing and re-echoing among the range of heathy fells like the sound of a distant engagement.
— from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott

This was a pleasant attention to me, for there are drunken sailors, and fellows of the lower class, (which are called here, as in Mexico, Guichinangos,) in great numbers here, and as these creatures have a strong propensity to street-robbing and stabbing, it is not very prudent to be alone on a dark evening, upon this deserted road.
— from Travels Through North America, During the Years 1825 and 1826. v. 1-2 by Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Bernhard

The years 1881-1882 mark off a distinct era in the history of the Jewish people.
— from The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) by Nahum Slouschz

Subscribers here by thousands float, And jostle one another down; Each paddling in his leaky boat, And here they fish for gold, and drown.
— from The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 by Jonathan Swift

She used to have such a variety; one day fish, another asparagus and oil, another dressed eggs, another pease, another minced beef, etc., along with this she had bread, and wine and water; and afterwards she had a cup of coffee and some more bread, so that she did very well.
— from The Diary of a Girl in France in 1821 by Mary Browne

A small, quick-hatching grub, richly nourished on a dozen eggs, will replace the family of the Cigale.
— from Social Life in the Insect World by Jean-Henri Fabre

103.—RESULT OF A DOUBLE EXPOSURE.
— from Photographic Amusements, Ninth Edition Including A Description of a Number of Novel Effects Obtainable with the Camera by Walter E. Woodbury

When they gave the first Real Performance in a Dog Town on a drizzly evening in November, there was not Social Eclat to fill the sails.
— from Ade's Fables by George Ade

Bonaparte had no idea of pushing ships into the Mediterranean, or embarking his naval forces on any doubtful experiments, until he had first tested the possibility of that supreme adventure, the invasion of England.
— from The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan