“He is probably a good deal cleverer than all three of you girls put together.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

2. Of the body 300, which are Epidemical, as Plague, Plica, &c. Or Particular as Gout, Dropsy, &c. Or Of the head or mind.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

But we see contrariwise, that the more a man doth withdraw himself from these wherein external pomp and greatness doth consist, or any other like these; or the better he doth bear with the loss of these, the better he is accounted.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

The memorable citadel of Antwerp in particular had already been commenced in October under the superintendence of the celebrated engineers, Pacheco and Gabriel de Cerbelloni.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) by John Lothrop Motley

By each one being prepared in this way to speak as concisely as possible, a great deal can be said in a short time, and the evening’s exercises close promptly at the time appointed, notwithstanding the large attendance.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 03, April 1883 by Chautauqua Institution

A small pair of calipers will prove handy for measuring the depth of the channelling of the original parts and gouging down carefully until a corresponding modelling has been effected.
— from The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Horace Petherick

Suddenly his eye fell upon this paragraph: “After giving due credit to humanism for its vast contribution to the arts and to literature, there yet remains to acknowledge the greatest debt of all: it taught man to hold himself open to truth from every side, and so to assimilate it that it became a part of his very life itself.
— from The Spell by William Dana Orcutt

POULTRY AND GAME DISHES CHICKEN CROQUETTES 1 four pound chicken 1/2 pint of milk 2 level tablespoonfuls of butter 4 level tablespoonfuls of flour 2 teaspoonfuls of salt 2 teaspoonfuls of onion juice 2 tablespoonfuls of chopped parsley 1 saltspoonful of grated nutmeg 1 saltspoonful of white pepper A dash of cayenne Draw, truss the chicken, put it into boiling water, boil it rapidly for ten minutes, and let it simmer until tender.
— from Ice Creams, Water Ices, Frozen Puddings Together with Refreshments for all Social Affairs by S. T. Rorer

They must, however, not be confounded with the three schools of the "Naturalists," "Positivists," and "Grotians," details concerning which will be given below, §§ 55-57.
— from International Law. A Treatise. Volume 1 (of 2) Peace. Second Edition by L. (Lassa) Oppenheim

From 1737 to 1741 J. Dylander preached at Gloria Dei Church in German, Swedish, and English every Sunday, served the Germans in Germantown and Lancaster, and, in the absence of their pastor, ministered also to the Episcopalians.
— from American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by F. (Friedrich) Bente

In the Holy Land, however, though the outcome of that tremendous struggle was to liberate once and for all the Heart and Center of the Faith from the Turkish yoke, a yoke which had imposed for so long upon its Founder and His Successor such oppressive and humiliating restrictions, yet severe privations and grave dangers continued to surround its inhabitants during the major part of that conflict, and renewed, for a time, the perils which had confronted ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during the years of His incarceration in Akká.
— from God Passes By by Effendi Shoghi