This is not the sole instance of such jealousies being converted 177 into a generous and patriotic rivalry; many others could be adduced throughout the greater principalities, but especially amongst the brave Rathors of Marwar.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

"Illness makes men better," this famous assumption which is to be met with in all ages, and in the mouth of the wizard quite as often as in the mouth and maw of the people, really makes one ponder.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book I and II by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Passion reminds me of Boythorn.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

It is only a small portion of all the confessions that we receive; of these the greater part remain more or less unexplained.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

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— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

[ 538 ] Sir Frank Swettenham’s account of a similar ceremony of which he was an eye-witness will serve as a good illustration of the methods in use for this purpose:— “It was my misfortune some years ago to be robbed of some valuable property, and several Malay friends strongly advised me to take the advice of an astrologer, or other learned person who (so they said) would be able to give the name of the thief, and probably recover most of the stolen things.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

And when they found me alive, in their delight, like men who meet friends whom they had not hoped to see again, they pressed round me on this side and on that, and embraced me and carried me on their shoulders.
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 2 by Emperor of Rome Julian

(E) If appropriate, the extent to which such database and such list have been used, individually or jointly, for allocating funds by the Federal Government to prevent, reduce, mitigate, or respond to acts of terrorism.
— from Homeland Security Act of 2002 Updated Through October 14, 2008 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security

At the bead of the grave, omniscient owls, like the foreman of a grand jury, stood a majestic "grand duc," the largest owl of the Pyrénées, resembling much our Virginian species,—a donation from a French savant , Le Frère Ogérien.
— from Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir

These craters, the old ones, were not unlike the ancient buffalo-wallows of the West; and the tangled, heavy grass, undisturbed for three plantings, reminded me of the dried virgin turf of my own country.
— from Huts in Hell by Daniel A. (Daniel Alfred) Poling

This is the maxim of certainty , and it is very important, because, if a tax is not certainly known, the tax-gatherers can oppress people, requiring more or less as they choose.
— from Political economy by William Stanley Jevons

Cozen the world with gravity? Prethee resolve me one thing, do's the King love thee?
— from Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (2 of 10) - the Humourous Lieutenant by John Fletcher

He was, indeed, often so rude that a less sweet-tempered, a less just youth than George Hyde would have pointedly resented many offences that he passed by with that "noble not caring" which is often the truest courage.
— from The Maid of Maiden Lane by Amelia E. Barr

I cannot possibly repeat my official cable and my demi-official letter.
— from Gallipoli Diary, Volume 1 by Ian Hamilton

For this reason, Purchas retrenched much of the journal, and to make amends subjoined that by Floris.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Robert Kerr

The violent Desire of pleasing in the Person reproved, may otherwise change into a Despair of doing it, while he finds himself censur'd for Faults he is not Conscious of.
— from The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 With Translations and Index for the Series by Steele, Richard, Sir

"Personally I don't care a straw whether people respect me, or despise me, as long as I respect myself.
— from The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts