Which administereth unto others a sufficient cause for rendering these churchmen suspicious of iniquity, and of an unjust and fraudulent manner of dealing, no more to be connived at nor countenanced, after that it be well weighed in the scales of reason, than if with a reciprocal temerity the laics, by way of compensation, would impose laws to be followed and observed by those mysts and flamens, how they should behave themselves in the making and performance of their rites and ceremonies, and after what manner they ought to proceed in the offering up and immolating of their various oblations, victims, and sacrifices; seeing that, besides the decimation and tithe-haling of their goods, they cut off and take parings, shreddings, and clippings of the gain proceeding from the labour of their hands and sweat of their brows, therewith to entertain themselves the better.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

For instance, the severest sarcasms have been levelled against the sex, and they have been ridiculed for repeating "a set of phrases learnt by rote," when nothing could be more natural, considering the education they receive, and that their "highest praise is to obey, unargued"—the will of man.
— from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft

A tenant for years intends to exclude all persons, including the owner, until the end of his term; yet he has not the animus domini in the sense explained.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

At present there are three pronunciations in use—Peps, which is the most usual; Peeps, which is the received one at Magdalene College, and Peppis, which I learn from Mr. Walter C. Pepys is the one used by other branches of the family.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

When we are talking as we think, the ultimate process is that of utterance.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

In the one way, besides, this expense maintains productive, in the other unproductive hands.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

The progress of science in any branch continually brings with it a realization that problems in their previous form of statement are insoluble because put in terms of unreal conditions; because the real conditions have been mixed up with mental artifacts or misconstructions.
— from Studies in Logical Theory by John Dewey

But if a spectrum of bright lines is given by a nebula, we can be certain that gases at low pressure are present in the object under examination.
— from The Story of the Heavens by Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball

Spread lard over the bottom and sides of the baking-tin, place in the oven until very hot, then pour in the batter and bake in a quick oven until a delicate brown.
— from The Myrtle Reed Cook Book by Myrtle Reed

(d) The hedonist, in maintaining that pleasure is the only ultimate object of desire, appears, thus, to be committed to the doctrine that the satisfaction of all other desires is subordinated to the satisfaction of the desire for pleasure.
— from A Handbook of Ethical Theory by George Stuart Fullerton

[187] It should always be kept in mind that production is then organized up to the highest point of technical perfection, and all the people are at work.
— from Woman under socialism by August Bebel

Tents were pitched in the open, under the great oaks, anywhere and everywhere.
— from Gold by Stewart Edward White

In a state of nature this probably never happens; at least I have never seen or heard of it happening to nests placed in trees or under rocks.
— from Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers by John Burroughs

und der odder vat dey haf pehind deir pack iss toupled oop und ready to shtrike!
— from Motor Matt in Brazil; or, Under The Amazon by Stanley R. Matthews

Eggs may be placed in the one used for the cornmeal.
— from Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Girl Scouts of the United States of America

I don't believe that the pistol is the one used in the murder.
— from The Silver Bullet by Fergus Hume