Altera est res, ut, cum ita sis affectus animo, ut supra dixi, res geras magnas illas quidem et maxime utiles, sed
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Randolph and his party had nothing for it but to lie close and quiet, each man under the crag, as he happened to be placed, and trust that the guards would pass by without noticing them.
— from Junior High School Literature, Book 1 by William H. (William Harris) Elson
At the close of this exercise the keeper will open the medicine-chest, and question each man upon the uses of the remedies contained therein.
— from The Life Savers: A story of the United States life-saving service by James Otis
E pro ke co, en omna supozi, esas to, quo ni sempre tendencas divenar, konsequas, unesme, ke la precipua skopo di l'instruktisto devas esar inkrustar en la lernanto ta asortajo de kustumi, qua esos max utila ad il tra sa tuta vivo. L'eduko
— from International Language and Science Considerations on the Introduction of an International Language into Science by Richard Lorenz
We doubt much if a real quarrel, even made up, does not loosen the bond between man and wife, and sometimes, unless the affection of both be very sincere, lastingly.
— from Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million Containing Four Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-five Receipts, Facts, Directions, etc. in the Useful, Ornamental, and Domestic Arts by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale
“That is our Prophet Yesias , whom you are quoting,” exclaimed my uncle.
— from Against the Current: Simple Chapters from a Complex Life by Edward Alfred Steiner
I think that small groups must have moved down along the mud-flats of the river banks quite early, making use of naturally favorable spots, and that the rules grew out of such cases.
— from Prehistoric Men by Robert J. (Robert John) Braidwood
These facts would seem to indicate quiet elevating movements, uniform over a large tract.
— from Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Robert Chambers
“Sicut enim modus accidentalis figurae terminat quantitatem, et modus ubicationis constituit rem hic et non alibi, ita modus substantialis personalitatis terminans naturam reddit illam incommunicabilem alieno supposito.”
— from Ontology, or the Theory of Being by P. (Peter) Coffey
1874, p. 1. 2 “Quum enim mundi universi fabrica sit perfectissima, atque a Creatore sapientissimo absoluta, nihil omnino in mundo contingit in quo non maximi minimive ratio quaepiam eluceat; quamobrem dubium prorsus est nullum quin omnes mundi effectus ex causis finalibus, ope methodi maximorum et minimorum, aeque feliciter determinari queant atque ex ipsis causis efficientibus.”
— from On Growth and Form by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
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