Parted at Redriffe, and there home and to the office, where did much business, and then to Sir W. Batten’s, where [Sir] W. Pen, [Sir] R. Ford, and I to hear a proposition [Sir] R. Ford was to acquaint us with from the Swedes Embassador, in manner of saying, that for money he might be got to our side and relinquish the trouble he may give us.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

These present a remarkable affinity to human art, in which all, at least, is not the effect of teaching.
— from The philosophy of life, and philosophy of language, in a course of lectures by Friedrich von Schlegel

Should the expulsive efforts cease, and the animal appear to be rapidly sinking, no time must be lost; nature evidently calls for assistance, but not in the manner usually resorted to, viz., that of placing a rope around the head and feet of the calf, and employing the united strength of several men to extract the fœtus, without regard to position.
— from The American Reformed Cattle Doctor Containing the necessary information for preserving the health and curing the diseases of oxen, cows, sheep, and swine, with a great variety of original recipes, and valuable information in reference to farm and dairy management by George H. Dadd

It may be said that "if Giotto had not appeared, some other great initiator would have played a role analogous to his, and that without Charles VIII there would have been the commerce with Italy, which in the long run would have sufficed to place France in relation with Italian artists.
— from Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward

Napoleon was delighted to see the distinguished philosopher, and ran and threw his arms around his neck, and begged him immediately to draw out his class.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. III, No. XVII, October 1851 by Various

The little mouth which had been twisted by spasms grew natural and the child was soon able to be up, playing and romping about the house as any child should.
— from Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy

Parted at Redriffe, and there home and to the office, where did much business, and then to Sir W. Batten's, where [Sir] W. Pen, [Sir] R. Ford, and I to hear a proposition [Sir] R. Ford was to acquaint us with from the Swedes Embassador, in manner of saying, that for money he might be got to our side and relinquish the trouble he may give us.
— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1667 N.S. by Samuel Pepys

The soldier is the degenerate hero, as the priest is the degenerate saint; and the soldier and the priest are related as the hero and [the] saint.
— from Journal 01, 1837-1846 The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 07 (of 20) by Henry David Thoreau

Often his father or his mother would toss aside their books or papers and read aloud to him an entire evening.
— from Christopher and the Clockmakers by Sara Ware Bassett

Here the broken form arametakuahátina buka appears to represent the polysynthetic arametakuanientibubuka (root arameta , to hide), as in Père Breton's Grammaire Caraibe , p. 45, where we have also the form arametakualubatibubasubutuiruni = know that he will conceal thee (p. 48).
— from Man, Past and Present by A. H. (Augustus Henry) Keane

Isaaco returned on the 20th with a large canoe; but half of it was very much decayed and patched, I therefore set about joining the best half to the half formerly sent; and with the assistance of Abraham Bolton (private) took out all the rotten pieces; and repaired all the holes, and sewed places; and with eighteen days hard labour, changed the Bambarra canoe into His Majesty's schooner Joliba ; the length forty feet, breadth six feet; being flat bottomed, draws only one foot water when loaded.
— from The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 Together with Other Documents, Official and Private, Relating to the Same Mission, to Which Is Prefixed an Account of the Life of Mr. Park by Mungo Park