The body would, in this view of the question, be regarded, not as the cause of thought, but merely as its restrictive condition, as promotive of the sensuous and animal, but as a hindrance to the pure and spiritual life; and the dependence of the animal life on the constitution of the body, would not prove that the whole life of man was also dependent on the state of the organism.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

It became a Roman colony after Pliny’s time, under the Emperor Trajan.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

Behind the Governor and Mr. Wilson came two other guests—one, the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, whom the reader may remember as having taken a brief and reluctant part in the scene of Hester Prynne's disgrace; and, in close companionship with him, old Roger Chillingworth, a person of great skill in physic, who for two or three years past had been settled in the town.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Witness that Guelph and Ghibelline faction in Italy; that of the Adurni and Fregosi in Genoa; that of Cneius Papirius, and Quintus Fabius in Rome; Caesar and Pompey; Orleans and Burgundy in France; York and Lancaster in England: yea, this passion so rageth
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Every member of the respectable coterie appeared plunged in his own reflections; not excepting the dog, who by a certain malicious licking of his lips seemed to be meditating an attack upon the legs of the first gentleman or lady he might encounter in the streets when he went out.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

monu- rēx- cēp- audīv- Pluperfect Indicative Active Tense Sign -erā- SINGULAR I had loved I had advised I had ruled I had taken I had heard 1.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Tacitus stands in the front rank of the historians of antiquity for the accuracy of his learning, the fairness of his judgments, the richness, concentration, and precision of his style.
— from Tacitus on Germany by Cornelius Tacitus

Their rates were moderately lower than for long distance calls, but it was hard to find the relationship between real costs and prices.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

She was entreated to give them as much of her time as possible, invited for every day and all day long, or rather claimed as part of the family; and, in return, she naturally fell into all her wonted ways of attention and assistance, and on Charles's leaving them together, was listening to Mrs Musgrove's history of Louisa, and to Henrietta's of herself, giving opinions on business, and recommendations to shops; with intervals of every help which Mary required, from altering her ribbon to settling her accounts; from finding her keys, and assorting her trinkets, to trying to convince her that she was not ill-used by anybody; which Mary, well amused as she generally was, in her station at a window overlooking the entrance to the Pump Room, could not but have her moments of imagining.
— from Persuasion by Jane Austen

Concluding Suggestions—Country Homes 366 ILLUSTRATIONS Hanging a Picture Frontispiece FACING PAGE All the Rough Carpentry was Assigned to the Boys of the Woodworking Sections of the Vocational School 22 The Boys of the Forging Classes of the Technical High School were not Overlooked in the Distribution of the Work on the House 24 A Table Runner of Russian Crash and Pillow Cover with Geometrical Design 96 Window Draperies with Stencilled Border 108 Crocheted Panels, a Linen Work Bag with Conventional Landscape in Darning Stitch,
— from The Library of Work and Play: Home Decoration by Charles Franklin Warner

There are ladles for soups, sauces, gravy, and cream; shovels for sugar and salt, and scoops for cheese; tongs for sugar, pickles, olives, and asparagus; spoons for sugar, jelly, fruit, sauces, salads, vegetables, and macaroni; slicers for ice-cream, cake, and jelly; knives for fish, pie, cake, and fruit; forks for fish, oysters, pickles, olives, salad, and asparagus; scissors for grapes and raisins; crackers and picks for nuts; and rests for the carving knife and fork.
— from Carving and Serving by Mary J. (Mary Johnson) Lincoln

Her hands played carefully, holding to the rhythm, carefully avoiding pressure and emphasis.
— from Honeycomb: Pilgrimage, Volume 3 by Dorothy M. (Dorothy Miller) Richardson

I MARIE DE MEDICIS AS QUEEN CHAPTER IX 1610 Preparations for the coronation of Marie de Medicis—Wherefore deferred—They are resumed—The Cathedral of St. Denis—Gorgeous coup d'oeil —The procession—Indignation of the ex-Queen Marguerite—The Comte and Comtesse de Soissons leave Paris—Magnificence of Marie de Medicis and her Court—The coronation—The Queen is affectionately received by the King on reaching the Palace—The banquet—The Court returns to the Louvre—Last advice given by the King to the Queen-Regent—Gloomy forebodings—The Queen's toilet—The Due de Vendôme and the Astrologer—The King's coach—Assassination of Henri IV—The Queen and the Chancellor—The royal children are placed under the care of M. de Vitry—Examination of the royal body—The King's heart—The state bier—The royal funeral BOOK II MARIE DE MEDICIS AS REGENT CHAPTER
— from The Life of Marie de Medicis, Queen of France, Consort of Henri IV, and Regent of the Kingdom under Louis XIII — Volume 2 by Miss (Julia) Pardoe

Probably portion of a clasp or buckle.—A brass finger ring containing a piece of mottled green glass held loosely in place by a turned-over denticulated rim.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Rustichello of Pisa

Thus it was Byron who, towards the middle of the twenties, inaugurated the Radical campaign against political Romanticism and that Holy Alliance which was nothing but a systématisation of the political hypocrisy of Europe.
— from Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 4. Naturalism in England by Georg Brandes

Battle was expected every day, and the major in order to be as well prepared as possible, accepted the offer of assistance made by the Red Cross, and placed a house at our disposal to serve as a hospital.
— from The Red Cross in Peace and War by Clara Barton

Simply natural, purely human are all his processes of reasoning, comparing, and planning, and the whole Gospel is but the perfect bloom of this seed-thought.
— from Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St Luke by Henry Burton

It was stated in our first chapter that religion is the expression of human needs with reference to higher beings who are supposed to be capable of fulfilling men's desires, and it was also stated as an inference from this, that the growth of human needs is the cause of religious change and progress.
— from History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Allan Menzies

The houses--white walls and blue-grey roofs of iron--were tucked away at the bottom of a regular cup, and partly hidden by the dark green Australian trees.
— from Ian Hamilton's March by Winston Churchill