And yet, there and then, some tiny trace of contrariety in his mind, or of weakness in his body,—by inciting him to regard the present as an exceptional moment, one not to be governed by the rules, one in which prudence itself would allow him to take advantage of the soothing effects of a pleasure and to give his will (until the time should come when its efforts might serve any purpose) a holiday—suspended the action of his will, which ceased to exert its inhibitive control; or, without that even, the thought of some information for which he had forgotten to ask Odette, such as if she had decided in what colour she would have her carriage repainted, or, with regard to some investment, whether they were 'ordinary' or 'preference' shares that she wished him to buy (for it was all very well to shew her that he could live without seeing her, but if, after that, the carriage had to be painted over again, if the shares produced no dividend, a fine lot of good he would have done),—and suddenly, like a stretched piece of elastic which is let go, or the air in a pneumatic machine which is ripped open, the idea of seeing her again, from the remote point in time to which it had been attached, sprang back into the field of the present and of immediate possibilities.
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

Mr. Rosier pursued in answer to another question of Isabel’s.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James

Si des sites ne souhaitent pas être sur un réseau public, ils peuvent créer un réseau privé.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

I shall come sometimes to see how you prosper; and remember, if you tire of it and want to change, let me know, for I take great satisfaction in putting the right people in the right places.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

[702] See Spencer and Gillen, Nat. Tr. , pp. 96 f.; Nor. Tr. , p. 137; Brough Smyth, II, p. 319.—This ritual promiscuity is found especially in the initiation ceremonies (Spencer and Gillen, Nat. Tr. , pp. 267, 381; Howitt, Nat. Tr. , p. 657), and in the totemic ceremonies ( Nor. Tr. , pp.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

No, it is indolence and vanity —the love of pleasure and the love of sway, that will reign paramount in an empty mind.
— from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft

For eight conifers it is as follows: 19 Rings per inch Douglas fir 24 Shortleaf pine 12 Loblolly pine 6 Western larch 18 Western hemlock 14 Tamarack 20 Norway pine 18 Redwood 30 No satisfactory explanation can as yet be given for the real causes underlying the formation of early and late wood.
— from The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Samuel J. (Samuel James) Record

When this idea had been once suggested, thousands of patterns could have been invented, and slices from these rods placed in liquid blue or other colored glass, and cast in a mould and ground into shape, gave rise to the endless combinations of Greek or Roman workers—The Millefiori glass of the Venetian republic was simply a revival of this old industry....
— from The Pleasures of Collecting by Gardner C. Teall

Curious to know why even he had been forbidden to enter at that time without any apparent reason, Pushpadanta immediately entered, making use of his magic power attained by devotion to prevent his being seen, and when he had thus entered, he heard all the extraordinary and wonderful adventures of the seven Vidyádharas being narrated by the trident-bearing god, and having heard them he in turn went and narrated them to his wife Jayá; for who can hide wealth or a secret from women?
— from The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story by active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta

She had arrived at Ipswich with her husband, and was passing over the Green just as Margaret with the children, all wrapped up in cloaks and muffs, were going to see the skaters on the Round Pond in the Park.
— from The History of Margaret Catchpole, a Suffolk Girl by Richard Cobbold

Mrs. B. made the best of it, whispering confidentially that he was a distant connection, immensely rich, partially insane, but perfectly harmless.
— from The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales by Francis A. (Francis Alexander) Durivage

The contrast of idealistic and realistic philosophy is therefore of no importance.
— from The Logic of Hegel by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

The 'mother'-fiend P[=u]tan[=a], who suckles babes to slay them, is scarcely known to the early epic, but she is a very real personality in the late epic and Pur[=a]nas.
— from The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Edward Washburn Hopkins

John Jeffries, who, in 1776, went to Halifax, with the British garrison, did not return and resume practice in Boston, till 1790.
— from Dealings with the Dead, Volume 2 (of 2) by Lucius M. (Lucius Manlius) Sargent

Sometimes it was hard, indeed almost impossible, for the two children to climb over the rough places in their path; and Aster was very often discouraged; but Eva persevered, for she felt that the flower they sought could never be found in this barren and dreary land.
— from Eva's Adventures in Shadow-Land by Mary D. (Mary Dummett) Nauman

Moreover, the English stock, which we unite in calling--incorrectly--the Anglo-Saxon, has remained permanent in type and fount; but this is not so with the American.
— from Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) by John Ruse Larus