[Pg 66] THE TWO POTS Two Pots, one of brass and the other of clay, stood together on the hearthstone.
— from The Aesop for Children With pictures by Milo Winter by Aesop

In sum, the discourse of the mind, when it is governed by design, is nothing but seeking or the faculty of invention, [Pg 596] which the Latins called sagacitas , and sollertia ; a hunting out of the causes, of some effect, present or past; or of the effects, of some present or past cause."
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

"Well put out of hand," said Coggan, at the end of the verse.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

As when we behold, first of all, the beauty and brilliant appearance of the heavens; secondly, the vast velocity of its revolutions, beyond power of our imagination to conceive; then the vicissitudes of nights and days, the fourfold division of the seasons, so well adapted to the ripening of the fruits of the earth, and the temperature of our bodies: and after that we look up to the sun, the moderator and governor of all these things; and view the moon, by the increase and decrease of its light, marking, as it were, and appointing our holy days; and see the five planets, borne on in the same circle, divided into twelve parts, preserving the same course with the greatest regularity, but with utterly dissimilar motions among themselves; and the nightly appearance of the heaven, adorned on all sides with stars; then, the globe of the earth, raised above the sea, and placed in the centre of the universe, inhabited and cultivated in its two opposite extremities, one of which, the 39 place of our habitation, is situated towards the north pole, under the seven stars: Where the cold northern blasts, with horrid sound, Harden to ice the snowy cover’d ground; the other, towards the south pole, is unknown to us, but is called by the Greeks ἀντίχθονα : the other parts are uncultivated, because they are either frozen with cold, or burned up with heat; but where we dwell, it never fails, in its season, To yield a placid sky, to bid the trees Assume the lively verdure of their leaves: The vine to bud, and, joyful, in its shoots,
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

While changes in intensity have a definite relation to the area over which public opinion on an issue may be said to exist, the devagations of public opinion, as distinguished from the trend, will probably turn out to have a direct relation to the character of the parties that participate.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

The rite, therefore, is not the simple charming of a part or of a constructive implement, which will enter into the composition or be used in the making of an object.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

It is our own passions that excite us against the passions of others; it is our self-interest which makes us hate the wicked; if they did us no harm we should pity rather than hate them.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

She had considerably improved her mind by study; she had not only read all the modern plays, operas, oratorios, poems, and romances—in all which she was a critic; but had gone through Rapin's History of England, Eachard's Roman History, and many French Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire : to these she had added most of the political pamphlets and journals published within the last twenty years.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

3 c 1 d′ 0 † 4 e 1 a′ 0 ; 1 a d † 3 c d′ † 4 e a′ † 2 e′ b′ ¶ c b′ 0 † c 1 , i.e. ¶ c 1 b′ 0 i.e. Discussions, that go on while Tomkins is in the chair, endanger the peacefulness of our Debating-Club.
— from Symbolic Logic by Lewis Carroll

Should a companion be in danger of drowning, it is our duty to use every exertion to save his life; and, indeed, not to use the utmost exertion is a high degree of moral guilt, but in doing this, we must not rashly hazard our own life, nor put ourselves into a position in which the swimmer can cling to us or grasp any part of our body, or the loss of both will be inevitable.
— from The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering by William Martin

The problem of the monophyletic or polyphyletic origin of the human race has also been much discussed.
— from Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward

They are strikingly given, and will attract the notice, as they might form the model, of the future historian of this glorious period of our annals.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 by Various

"I been born en bred right over yonder to dat big patch of oak trees bout dat house what you see after you pass de white people church cross de creek dere.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by United States. Work Projects Administration

If the declaration, that 'I am thy servant,' is affirmed with emphasis on the first personal pronoun, so as to imply that others are no servants of thine, the implication is that thy servants' enemies are thy enemies; whereas if there is, for all men, one God only, then all men are his servants, and not one person, or one tribe, alone.
— from The Idea of God in Early Religions by F. B. (Frank Byron) Jevons

Fortunately the horse recovered its footing, and she was able to get safely away from her pursuer; but the bruise was a serious one (though she thought little of it at the time), and many years later she came to the conclusion that this was the probable origin of her illness.
— from The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton: The Story of Her Life. Volume II by W. H. (William Henry) Wilkins

The white man and the Indian can no longer occupy the same territory in peace; one or the other must be removed or annihilated, and the General Government will justly decide the question.
— from Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes by A. M. (Abbie M.) Brooks

A pair of old cowhide boots that leaked in more snow an' water 'n they kept out, an' a couple pairs of woolen socks that was putty much all darns, was expected to see me through the winter, an' I went barefoot f'm the time the snow was off the ground till it flew agin in the fall.
— from David Harum A Story of American Life by Edward Noyes Westcott

"If I continue this picking off of warriors, one at a time," muttered Fred, "I will be able to thin them out before morning."
— from Wyoming by Edward Sylvester Ellis

The Daily News , in the poor hope of saving itself from annihilation, by opposing the new Bill, and thus becoming the organ of the pot-house says:—“The Pharisees of our drawing-rooms and saloons ought, before they are allowed to hamper and annoy the honest poor by their enactments, to be compelled to share for a season in the labour of the poor, in order that they might have some conception of the privations which they entail upon their victims, and the possible consequences of such privation.”
— from The New Sunday Liquor Law Vindicated by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie