Therefore it is to this aspect of affairs that it gives its attention: it is a part of its nature to see things in large and under the aspect which they ordinarily have.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Formerly this was only the case when the enemy was Pagan or Infidel; now the same is observed when the victories are over Christians.
— from Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 3 (of 5) In the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773 by James Bruce

The Sixtieth chapter of Isaiah is the spiritual counterpart of a typical Eastern day, with the dust laid and the darts taken out of the sunbeams,—a typical Eastern day in the sudden splendour of its dawn, the completeness and apparent permanence of its noon, the spaciousness it reveals on sea and land, and the barbaric profusion of life, which its strong light is sufficient to flood with glory.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Isaiah, Volume 2 (of 2) by George Adam Smith

broad or less, terminal, solitary, nodding; calyx 5-lobed, purplish, spreading; 5 petals, abruptly narrowed into claws, forming a cup-shaped corolla; stamens and pistils of indefinite number; the styles, jointed and bent in middle, persistent, feathery below.
— from Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Neltje Blanchan

Ilwaco is a fishing post of importance near the southwest shore of the county, with 900 population.
— from A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 by Ithamar Howell

All men are swayed and chained by public opinion—it is the public judge; but public opinion is not the same for all ranks.
— from Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Other parties look upon the earth as mainly solid to the centre, but with large reservoirs of liquid matter in various parts of it near the surface, which furnish all the material for volcanic eruptions and are the causes of earthquakes.
— from New Theories in Astronomy by Willam Stirling

It is this tracking down, hunting which is the true book-lover's chief delight, and, needless to say, his primary object is not to secure books of great price for a nominal sum.
— from The Romance of Book-Collecting by J. Herbert (John Herbert) Slater

It covers that portion of it next the sun, so that it increases the amount of light and warms the grapes without scorching them, a result due to the convexity of the glass and the layer of air between it and the bag.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 by Various