These parts are so situated, as to afford us the notion of distance and contiguity; of length, breadth, and thickness.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

But when it cannot be avoided, as happened to the Florentines when the Pope and Spain sent armies to attack Lombardy, then in such a case, for the above reasons, the prince ought to favour one of the parties.
— from The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

"'Now me mus tuddy my lessin,' went on the funny little thing; so he put her up at the table, opened the great dictionary she had brought, and gave her a paper and pencil, and she scribbled away, turning a leaf now and then, and passing her little fat finger down the page, as if finding a word, so soberly that I nearly betrayed myself by a laugh, while Mr. Bhaer stood stroking her pretty hair, with a fatherly look, that made me think she must be his own, though she looked more French than German.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

When the senate beheld with surprise the indecent contention between the colleagues, Quintus Servilius says, "Since there is no respect either for this house, or for the commonwealth, parental authority shall set aside this altercation of yours.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

So he put her up at the table, opened the great dictionary she had brought, and gave her a paper and pencil, and she scribbled away, turning a leaf now and then, and passing her little fat finger down the page, as if finding a word, so soberly that I nearly betrayed myself by a laugh, while Mr. Bhaer stood stroking her pretty hair with a fatherly look that made me think she must be his own, though she looked more French than German.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The sense of peace and seclusion soothed all thought and feeling into a rapt, unearthly repose; and the balmy quiet, that deepened ever with the deepening light, seemed to hover over us with a gentler influence still, when there stole upon it from the piano the heavenly tenderness of the music of Mozart.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Take thin slices of manchet, a little of the fowl, some sweet butter, grated nutmeg, pepper, and salt; stew all together, and being stewed, put in a lemon minced with the peel.
— from The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery by Robert May

The stems of the plant are so slender, and the armed seed-vessels so {43} numerous, that in attempting to rescue one portion of the dress, another portion becomes entangled, and the traveller gets hopelessly captured.
— from Nature's Teachings: Human Invention Anticipated by Nature by J. G. (John George) Wood

So far as Persia, Bokhara, and Khiva are concerned, England would never for a moment think of doubting the safety of India; but when, in bygone years, it was known that Russia was increasing her power in Central Asia, acquiring a great influence over the Shah of Persia, and sending secret agents to Afghanistan, a suspicion arose that the eye of the Czar was directed towards the Indus as well as towards the Bosphorus, to India as well as to Turkey.
— from The History of the Indian Revolt and of the Expeditions to Persia, China and Japan, 1856-7-8 by George Dodd

But the young lady's sense of propriety was a good deal stronger than her physical powers; and she swayed and tottered, and had to cling to her unknown friend for support.
— from The Midnight Queen by May Agnes Fleming

However, his partner purchased a small safe, and this afforded some security.
— from A Cousin's Conspiracy; Or, A Boy's Struggle for an Inheritance by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

No doubt these two worthies represented the good old Scottish party, strong on Disruption principles and sternly set against the Anglican influences introduced through Malcolm Canmore, in favour of whose family the southern poet shows a natural bias.
— from Bonnie Scotland Painted by Sutton Palmer; Described by A.R. Hope Moncrieff by A. R. Hope (Ascott Robert Hope) Moncrieff

But when you grasp it, then I sigh and pant, And something smarts and tickles at my heart.
— from Dryden's Works Vol. 08 (of 18) by John Dryden

Picturesque as all the streets of Cairo are, they are not all so animated as those I have described, and in many quarters one may ride for miles through streets so narrow that no vehicle could pass, and so silent as to appear deserted.
— from Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt by R. Talbot (Robert Talbot) Kelly