It was staggering to realize that long ago Sri Yukteswar's God-tuned mind had sensitively detected the program of karmic events wandering in the ether of futurity.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

The people of Kôr ever embalmed their dead, as did the Egyptians, but their art was greater than the art of the Egyptians, for, whereas the Egyptians disembowelled and drew the brain, the people of Kôr injected fluid into the veins, and thus reached every part.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

Besides, the working of the mind, which is never at rest, can keep us busy in the pursuit of knowledge even without conscious effort on our part.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

The territory of Nanao had belonged to the Maeda clan from very early times; it was the only good port in the three provinces of Kaga, Etchiû and Noto, and could ill be spared.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

ti pot' oun kantautha epitechnatai?
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen

] Note 27 ( return ) [ The Dashté Kipzak , or plain of Kipzak, extends on either side of the Volga, in a boundless space towards the Jaik and Borysthenes, and is supposed to contain the primitive name and nation of the Cossacks.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

In the Great Hall hangs a large picture of King Edward VI.
— from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

—Knit three, purl one, knit eleven.
— from My Crochet Sampler by Miss (F.) Lambert

But this secret of the king of Sicily was nothing to what this great king possessed; for he had the power of knowing every thought which was conceived in the mind, though it never broke out into words, or proceeded to actions.
— from The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain, and Other Tales by Hannah More

On one occasion, in a newsagent’s shop, a lady customer asked for a picture postcard of King Edward.
— from The Romance of Madame Tussaud's by John Theodore Tussaud

[22] zing arrows centered and shivered in the oak targets, and none hit the bull's but Will Shakspere of Stratford, who was proclaimed winner of the first prize, an ox, a barrel of sack and butt of wine, with the privilege of kissing every girl in the county.
— from Shakspere, Personal Recollections by John A. (John Alexander) Joyce

He makes a point of knowing each one of his pupils personally, and remarkably quick he is in summing up the various temperaments and characters of those with whom he comes into contact.
— from The Eurhythmics of Jaques-Dalcroze by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze

"And you," he said, "will have the pleasure of knowing every night when you lie down alone that she is either writhing under the lash—a frequent exercise for a while, my good sir—or finding subtle comfort in my arms; both pleasant subjects for your dreams."
— from The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

But Betty seemed to think she had nothing whatever to do with this part of Kettles’ education.
— from Penelope and the Others: Story of Five Country Children by Amy Walton

Mrs. Blades, lighting the Ten Little Ladies earlier than usual on account of the gloom, was inclined to look askance at the invasion; but Martha and Maggie—the latter filling the place of Kate, enjoying her "evening off"—fell into the plan with alacrity; and while the former brought out the cold chickens and the galantine intended for the morrow's lunch, Maggie bustled round the oval table laying extra places and making such preparations as commended themselves to her ever-fertile mind.
— from The Making of a Soul by Kathlyn Rhodes

Two years later Mr. Warner, Librarian of the Royal Library at Windsor, identified ten illuminated miniatures, {184} then in the possession of King Edward VII, as the work of Fouquet and furthermore as belonging to the very MS. acquired by Mr. Yates Thomson.
— from Chantilly in History and Art by Luise Richter

2. Palace of Khusrau, east side of courts O and Q . {286} {287} Plate 58 Fig.
— from Palace and Mosque at Ukhaidir: A Study in Early Mohammadan Architecture by Gertrude Lowthian Bell