227 ).—This stitch, of Persian origin, resembles the one represented in fig.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

All history was henceforth essentially nothing but the conflict between these two cities; two mo ralities, one natural, the other supernatural; two philosophies, one rational, the other revealed; two beauties, one corporeal, the other spiritual; two glories, one temporal, the other eternal; two institutions, one the world, the other the Church.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

"What need is there to go to such trouble?" retorted his mother; "the main object of our present visit to the capital is first of all to pay our respects to our relatives and friends; and it is, either at your elder uncle's, my brother's place, or at your other uncle's, my sister's husband's home, both of which families' houses are extremely spacious, that we can put up provisionally, and by and bye, at our ease, we can send servants to make our house tidy.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

A conversation having two meanings should also be carried on with a child or some other person, apparently having regard to a third person, but really having reference to the woman he loves, and in this way his love should be made manifest under the pretext of referring to others rather than to herself.
— from The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks by Vatsyayana

art of reasoning, logic. process of reasoning, train of reasoning, chain of reasoning; deduction, induction, abduction; synthesis, analysis.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

As a residence, however, a house of so strange a shape was not in request; and eventually some benevolent Hindus turned it into a free hostel for any preacher or religious teacher of repute, whatever his creed, who might be temporarily staying in Madras, especially if he felt that he had a message to deliver to the city.
— from The Story of Madras by Glyn Barlow

met us only when we were on the point of recrossing the Orange River.
— from In the Shadow of Death by P. H. (Pieter Hendrick) Kritzinger

This power of resisting the ordinary reagents explains in a plausible manner why the fungus is not destroyed by the digestive process in the stomach, where, however, the acid reaction of the gastric juice probably arrests its development--is that of the schistomycetes in general--and keeps it in a state of temporary inactivity.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 by Various

Left without chief, or protector, clanship broken up, homes destroyed and kindred murdered, dispirited, outlawed, insulted and without hope of palliation or redress, the only ray of light pointed across the Atlantic where peace and rest were to be found in the unbroken forests of North Carolina.
— from An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean

Their leaders were men of menial occupations—men who would have attracted no notice from the officials of city or Church if they had been contented to conform to any prevailing or recognized type of religion.
— from Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries by Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew) Jones

(2) The Nativity, as the pledge of redemption; typified or rendered necessary by the Fall.
— from Paris Grant Allen's Historical Guides by Grant Allen

Let us boldly and unreservedly call the people of Rome to open rebellion.”
— from Quintus Claudius: A Romance of Imperial Rome. Volume 1 by Ernst Eckstein

Yearling plants should be selected and plenty of roots taken or results can be obtained from planting seeds, but as these are difficult to obtain, the other method is the more satisfactory.
— from Birds and Nature Vol. 09 No. 5 [May 1901] Illustrated by Color Photography by Various