That a great and civilized country so called existed in the extremity of Asia had already been reported in Europe by the Friars Plano Carpini (1246) and William Rubruquis (1253), who had not indeed reached its frontiers, but had met with its people at the Court of the Great Kaan in Mongolia; whilst the latter of the two with characteristic acumen had seen that they were identical with the Seres of classic fame.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

In this case a relation is established between the experimenter and his subject [Pg 894] such that the subject responds automatically to every suggestion of the experimenter but is apparently oblivious of suggestions coming from other persons whose existence he does not perceive or ignores.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Romans, friends, followers, favourers of my right, If ever Bassianus, Caesar's son, Were gracious in the eyes of royal Rome, Keep then this passage to the Capitol; And suffer not dishonour to approach The imperial seat, to virtue consecrate, To justice, continence, and nobility; But let desert in pure election shine;
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

little rosetrees besides: there was a rose in each box, and they grew splendidly.
— from Andersen's Fairy Tales by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

This we can easily do, although only by the aid of the faint outline of an abstract conception, by representing this being to ourselves as containing in itself, as an individual substance, all possible perfection—a conception which satisfies that requirement of reason which demands parsimony in principles, which is free from self-contradiction, which even contributes to the extension of the employment of reason in experience, by means of the guidance afforded by this idea to order and system, and which in no respect conflicts with any law of experience.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

Ah, Juliet, if the measure of thy joy Be heap’d like mine, and that thy skill be more To blazon it, then sweeten with thy breath This neighbour air, and let rich music’s tongue Unfold the imagin’d happiness that both Receive in either by this dear encounter.
— from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Ah, Juliet, if the measure of thy joy Be heap'd like mine, and that thy skill be more To blazon it, then sweeten with thy breath This neighbour air, and let rich music's tongue Unfold the imagin'd happiness that both Receive in either by this dear encounter.
— from The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

It was not want of courage that prevented her putting this resolution into execution; but her religious feelings came to her aid and saved her.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Rents, if estimated by the acre, are certainly low, but such low rents are the natural fruit of low wages rather than a cause of substantial comfort; while long hours and lack of amusements forbid the bright sunshine and the pure air to gladden the hearts
— from Garden Cities of To-Morrow Being the Second Edition of "To-Morrow: a Peaceful Path to Real Reform" by Howard, Ebenezer, Sir

That the mystical Babylon emblematically represented the complex systems of civil and ecclesiastical corruption and despotism organized in Christendom, was in some degree understood by the reformers in Europe; but the work of this second angel was carried on successively by men of piety and learning, who were eminently qualified for systematically arranging the doctrines of grace as deduced from the word of God.
— from Notes on the Apocalypse by David Steele

Reprinted in "Essays by the late George Brimley."— United States Magazine and Democratic Review , Sep. 1853, pp. 276-280.—
— from Life of Charles Dickens by Marzials, Frank T. (Frank Thomas), Sir

On his return to England, Moore, who in the interval had married, sent him a second letter, restating the nature of the insult he had received in English Bards .
— from The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

Both Dr Götte and Prof. Haeckel regard the formation of this floor as part of an involution to which the lower layer cells owe their origin, and consider the involution an equivalent to the alimentary involution of Batrachians, Amphioxus, &c. To this question I hope to return, but it may be pointed out that my observations prove that this view can only be true in a very modified sense; since the invagination by which hypoblast and alimentary canal are formed in Amphioxus is represented in Elasmobranchii by a structure quite separate from the ingrowth of cells to form the floor of the segmentation cavity.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 (of 4) Separate Memoirs by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

This usage has now become extremely rare in England; but it may still be met with in the churchyards of retired villages, among the Welsh mountains; and I recollect an instance of it at the small town of Ruthven, which lies at the head of the beautiful vale of Clewyd.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

Fig. 35.—Diminution of Response in Eucharis by Lowering of Temperature ( a ) Normal response at 17° C. ( b ) The response almost disappears when plant is subjected to −2° C. for fifteen minutes.
— from Response in the Living and Non-Living by Jagadis Chandra Bose

I was young and egotistical enough to think that I could defy all the rivals in existence, but he cautioned me, saying: "Hold on, Tom.
— from A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams

As Radicals in England become simple Whigs when they are admitted into public offices, so did Mr. Lincoln with his government become anti-abolitionist when he entered on his functions.
— from North America — Volume 2 by Anthony Trollope

The passage of a Pilidium-like larva into the vermiform bilateral Platyelminth form, and therefore it may be presumed of the ancestral form which this larva repeats, is effected by the [Pg 374] larva becoming more elongated, and by the region between the mouth and one end of the body becoming the præoral region, and by an outgrowth between the mouth and the opposite end developing into the trunk, an anus becoming placed at its extremity in the higher forms.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 3 (of 4) A Treatise on Comparative Embryology: Vertebrata by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

The protection which, through exceptionally low rates, is extended by the railroad companies to certain industries, may not be objectionable per se , but the question arises whether the railroad companies or the people should exercise the right to determine when and where such protection is necessary.
— from The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by William Larrabee