| (3) by association with the great, | Next to that, young men win recognition most easily and most favourably, if they attach themselves to men who are at once wise and renowned as well as patriotic counsellors in public affairs.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Therefore, if it is of these the predestinated remnant, about whom another prophet has said, "The remnant shall be saved;" [379] whence the apostle also says, "Even so then at this time also the remnant according to the election of grace is saved;" [380] since it is easily understood to be of such a remnant that it is said, "He that is left in thine house," assuredly he believes in Christ; just as in the time of the apostle very many of that nation believed; nor are there now wanting those, although very few, who yet believe, and in them is fulfilled what this man of God has here immediately added, "He shall come to worship him with a piece of money;" to worship whom, if not that Chief Priest, who is also God?
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

In the last chapter it was stated in as radical a way as possible that the thoughts which we actually know to exist do not fly about loose, but seem each to belong to some one [Pg 331] thinker and not to another.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

“He reasons admirably.” “What a pity that he doesn’t know very well how to gesticulate,” observed Capitan Basilio.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

In his devouring mind’s eye, he pictured to himself every roasting-pig running about with a pudding in his belly, and an apple in his mouth; the pigeons were snugly put to bed in a comfortable pie, and tucked in with a coverlet of crust; the geese were swimming in their own gravy; and the ducks pairing cosily in dishes, like snug married couples, with a decent competency of onion sauce.
— from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

A sort of mustering and reviewing of forces, as a rule associated with a preliminary feast held by the party, is characteristic of all the expeditions or visits in the Trobriands.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

Isagani watched his friend rush away with a precipitation that indicated real terror, but continued to stare toward the charmed window, like the cavalier of Toggenburg waiting for his sweetheart to appear, as Schiller tells.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

At the present juncture the first repulse would be difficult to retrieve, as well as perilous for the issue of the whole war.”
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

In this world the penalty is less equal than could be wished; but without presuming to look forward to a juster appointment hereafter, we may fairly consider a man of sense, like Henry Crawford, to be providing for himself no small portion of vexation and regret: vexation that must rise sometimes to self-reproach, and regret to wretchedness, in having so requited hospitality, so injured family peace, so forfeited his best, most estimable, and endeared acquaintance, and so lost the woman whom he had rationally as well as passionately loved.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

In answer I gently turned both him and myself on one side, too much delighted with its presence to allow his sword to escape from my scabbard, and made him look at the pillow on which my weapon had rested, and where a plenteous effusion of the balmy liquid plainly attested that I too had shared in the delights of his enjoyment.
— from Laura Middleton; Her Brother and her Lover by Anonymous

Polarized light is light which has been subjected to compound refraction , and which, after polarization, exhibits a new series of phenomena, differing materially from those that pertain to the primary conditions of light.
— from The Reason Why A Careful Collection of Many Hundreds of Reasons for Things Which, Though Generally Believed, Are Imperfectly Understood by Robert Kemp Philp

"Here!" shouted Rexdale, angrily, "What are [Pg 65] you about?
— from The North Pacific: A Story of the Russo-Japanese War by Willis Boyd Allen

[2] Tertullian ( circa 208) says that the kingdom and name of Christ were then acknowledged even in those parts inaccessible to the Romans; and we are probably on the safe side in asserting that missions had been successfully introduced into London by the end of the second century.
— from Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch by Arthur Dimock

She was dressed with fastidious taste, and as she mounted the platform after the morgue master had administered the oath, Coroner Penfield rose and, with a polite gesture, indicated the chair she was to occupy.
— from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln

In addition to these works, Herr von Waltershausen has also written purely literary works, amongst others the Festival Play, Die Abschiedssyphonie , produced in Munich in 1908, the comedy in verse, Heidhart Fuchs von Reuenthal , as well as portions of a translation of Horace in very modern form.
— from Stories from the Operas by Gladys Davidson

Religious associations which are public corporate bodies may tax their members on the basis of the rate assessments and subject to Land legislation.
— from The New Germany by George Young

Retrogression may result as well as progression.
— from The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various

The designs upon the vases Page 198 are often moulded in low relief as well as painted, and the thinness of their walls, the form of their handles, and the knobs upon them, which are evidently meant to suggest rivets, show that the potters of the time were endeavouring to emulate the achievements of their brother artists, the metal workers.
— from The Sea-Kings of Crete by James Baikie

There may be greater or lesser resistances and we are prepared to see these differences in the course of our work.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

It is right and wise and proper for men to accumulate sufficient wealth to maintain their age in peace, dignity and plenty, and to be able to start their children into the arena of life sufficiently equipped.
— from Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century by Ignatius Donnelly