iv, "The Influence of Geographic Environment," pp.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Having set out, they leave Appius Claudius, son of the decemvir, as prefect of the city, a young man of great energy, and one who had ever from his cradle imbibed a hatred of the tribunes and the commons.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

It may be seriously asserted that a chief cause for the remarkable achievements of Greek education was that it was never misled by false notions into an attempted separation of mind and body.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

What motives or emotions drove his masters on their various paths he made no pretence of guessing; even at that age he preferred to admit his dislike for guessing motives; he knew only his own infantile ignorance, before which he stood amazed, and his innocent good-faith, always matter of simple-minded surprise.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

Then when the saint his order gave, Each river with enchanted wave Rolled milk and curds divinely sweet Before the princely Bharat's feet; And dwellings fair on either side, With gay white plaster beautified, Their heavenly roofs were seen to lift, The Bráhman Bharadvája's gift.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Such tastes and acquirements in a man of his condition made the contrast more poignant between his outer situation and his inner needs, and I hoped that the chance of giving expression to the latter might at least unseal his lips.
— from Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

For which cause I, as a dutiful subject, make myself known hereby unto you of great estate in the world, lest your minds should be affected and stirred up against me without a cause by your inferiors, who seek to do evil to the works of God, whenever the Almighty is trying to do you good."
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

Now, not only would this etymology be justified because these three places are indeed surrounded with sand remarkably deep, but as they were the first three important places with which the Tibetans met coming into the desert of Gobi, either by the route of Gurgutluk and of Polor, or by Karakoram and Sandju, or by Tsadam, and they had thus as good a pretext to call them 'towns of sand' as the Chinese had to give to T'un-hwang the name of Shachau , viz.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

The imperative mood is used in a subordinate clause, with a meaning similar to that in its independent use, after a main verb expressing command , exhortation , resolve , consent , wish , etc., or after any word or general expression of command , intention , necessity , expedience , etc.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

We do not give it its proper place, nor present it in its proper colours, as a cause in the production of great effects.
— from Gryll Grange by Thomas Love Peacock

He was possessed of great energy, very courageous—perhaps oftentimes foolhardy—but too ambitious of winning glory.
— from Peeps at Many Lands: Sweden by William Liddle

Ireland is in itself [he declared in a letter to Thomas Cushing] a poor Country, and Dublin a magnificent City; but the appearances of general extreme poverty among the lower people are amazing.
— from Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume 2 (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce

It can therefore be said, without exaggeration, that Germany can face the advent of grave events with complete calm, trusting to God and her own might.']
— from Why We Are at War (2nd Edition, revised) by University of Oxford. Faculty of Modern History

Matthias Lock and Thomas Johnson were notable as designers of frames for pier glasses, ovals, girandoles, etc.
— from Furniture of the Olden Time by Frances Clary Morse

And yet, wonderful as it was, that noble and passionately beloved Highland scenery was wanting in one great element that a writer imperatively needs.
— from The Intellectual Life by Philip Gilbert Hamerton

MEADOWS, preparing her son's new home and defeating the little cheating tradesmen and workmen that fasten like leeches on such as carry their furniture to a new house; Hannah, working round and round her in a state of glorious excitement; Crawley, smelling of Betts' British brandy, and slightly regretting he was not No. 1's tool (Levi's) instead of No. 2's, as he now bitterly called him, and writing obsequious letters to, and doing the dirty work of, the said No. 2; old Merton speculating, sometimes losing, sometimes winning; Meadows gone to Lancashire with a fixed idea that Susan would be his ruin if he could not cure himself of his love for her; Susan rather regretting his absence, and wishing for his return, that she might show him how little she sympathized with Will Fielding's suspicions, injustice and brutality.
— from It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Charles Reade