The chief architect of the temple of Solomon is often called "the Builder."
— from The Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philosophy, Its Legends, Myths and Symbols by Albert Gallatin Mackey

He has more of Cowper than of Johnson in him,—fonder of tame hares and blank verse than of the full tide of human existence at Charing Cross.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen

To be convinced of this we need only consider the influence of heights and depths on that faculty.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Such students often complained that they did not understand Sri Yukteswar.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

Pity, for example, has a much larger part in King Lear than in Macbeth , and is directed in the one case chiefly to the hero, in the other chiefly to minor characters.
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

The whole history of life until man has been that of the effort of consciousness to raise matter, and of the more or less complete overwhelming of consciousness by the matter which has fallen back on it.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

[Clark, September 19, 1806] Friday 19th of Sept. 1806 Set out this morning a little after day & proceeded on very well the men ply their oares & we decended with great velocity, only Came too once for the purpose of gathering pappows, our anxiety as also the wish of the party to proceed on as expeditiously as possible to the Illinois enduce us to continue on without halting to hunt.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

All these consectaries are drawne out of that same axiome of congruity, to witt out of the 10.
— from The Way To Geometry by Petrus Ramus

The Assyrians worshipped their gods chiefly with sacrifices and offerings, Tiglath-Pileser I., relates that he offered sacrifice to Anu and Vul on completing the repairs of their temple.
— from The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 2: Assyria The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by George Rawlinson

At length the poor thing became convinced that it could no longer fly, that it could only swim, and at once ceasing to struggle it swam away from the boats and out towards the open bay.
— from The Land's End: A Naturalist's Impressions In West Cornwall, Illustrated by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

My dear Lora , I think I owe you a letter, and probably this is my only chance to pay up for a long time.
— from The Letters of Ambrose Bierce, With a Memoir by George Sterling by Ambrose Bierce

We can hardly indorse this remark, in full, but it would be at least wise for every guardian of children to criticize most carefully their habits and to quickly detect the first indications of sinful practices.
— from Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg

Theodore de Bary, ed., Sources of Chinese Tradition, Vol.
— from The Zen Experience by Thomas Hoover

It was his ambition to send both boy and girl to New York for their education, now that the Civil War had made it possible for anyone with a touch of colour to make good.
— from Beggars on Horseback by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse

Great changes effected in habits and character of the people—Easily explained—“Broken men” expatriated—How reiving was regarded—Border ethics—Right to rob the English—Statistics of crime—The Tweed Act—A hard school—Grim and dour—Services rendered by Borderers—Great feature of Border life—Birthplace of poetry—The old ballads—A priceless inheritance—James Thomson, the author of “The Seasons”—Sir Walter Scott—Hogg—Leyden—Burns probably sprung from a Border stock—The name “Burness”—A Western Mecca—Rural population decreasing—Conclusion 299-310
— from Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland