Meanwhile we can say that the multiplicity of emotional and instinctive reactions in man, together with his extensive associative power, permit of extensive recouplings of the original sensory and motor partners.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

A capital may be employed in four different ways; either, first, in procuring the rude produce annually required for the use and consumption of the society; or, secondly, in manufacturing and preparing that rude produce for immediate use and consumption; or, thirdly in transporting either the rude or manufactured produce from the places where they abound to those where they are wanted; or, lastly, in dividing particular portions of either into such small parcels as suit the occasional demands of those who want them.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

So they [154] went forth with them and walked a while, having a pleasant prospect on every side.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

“Would you pass in his eyes for a prophet?” “Prophets of evil are not in favor at the court, father.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

He recalled the purchase price of each article, added up the figures, counted his losses, pell-mell, in confused words and unfinished phrases.
— from The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc

* Note: The present population of Europe is estimated at 227,700,000.
— 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

Herb Robert is commended not only against the stone, but to stay blood, where or howsoever flowing, it speedily heals all green wounds, and is effectual in old ulcers in the privy parts, or elsewhere.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

The poor Chancellor was not long in removing himself from this dangerous vicinity; nor did the commission waste time in giving the royal assent to the work of the slavish Parliament, and appointing the morrow for the beheading of the premier peer of England, the luckless Duke of Norfolk.
— from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

Although freeholders who could vote represented only a small part of the male population, patriots of every class rejoiced in the substitution of a neighbour for a lord across the sea.
— from A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 by De Alva Stanwood Alexander

The gold we employ must be either pure “passing,” or else the Chinese or Japanese gold threads which differ in colour, but have each their own value, and never tarnish, even in the coal smoke of London.
— from Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

The Precipitating Power of Electrolytes and the Valence of their Ions.
— from The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2. With Special Consideration of the Application of the Laws of Equilibrium and of the Modern Theories of Solution. by Julius Stieglitz

Thus terminated, forever, [Pg 80] the actual exercise of the political power of England in or over Massachusetts.
— from Daniel Webster for Young Americans Comprising the greatest speeches of the defender of the Constitution by Daniel Webster

Thus were these two powerful Princes openly embroiled with each other.
— from A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete by Thomas D'Arcy McGee

Marie Van Vorst evidently knows the gentle Southern life thoroughly; her pictures of it have served to increase my conviction that Virginia must be one of the pleasantest places on earth.
— from Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 148, February 10, 1915 by Various

The problem presents on examination, however, a most paradoxical aspect.
— from A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' by Norman Kemp Smith

Of these I will now enumerate a few, though my time and space are far too limited either to give a complete list, or to relate any but the most prominent particulars of each case mentioned; but I can promise that any one who will consult the authorities quoted will be abundantly repaid by the long and interesting details that I am forced to pass over in almost every instance.
— from Medical Women: Two Essays by Sophia Jex-Blake

On the other hand, the return of so many emigrants—(a great part of whom, not receiving back the property promised to them, were disappointed and aggrieved anew)—could not fail to strengthen the influence of the royalists in the private society of Paris; and by degrees, as has often happened in the history of parties, the leaders of the republicans and those of the Bourbonists came together, sinking for the time the peculiar principles of either side, in the common feeling of hatred to Napoleon.
— from The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart