It is remarkable that in many papal pictures the wafer and the cup are depicted precisely as the sun and moon in conjunction.
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, on the Assyrian Sacred "Grove," and Other Allied Symbols by Thomas Inman

The muscles and the sensitive points are represented each by a cortical point, and the brain is nothing but the sum of all these cortical points, to which, on the mental side, as many ideas correspond.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

I never saw a more interesting creature: his eyes have generally an expression of wildness, and even madness; but there are moments when, if any one performs an act of kindness towards him, or does him any the most trifling service, his whole countenance is lighted up, as it were, with a beam of benevolence and sweetness that I never saw equalled.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

'My cousin Jupiter,' said he, 'Will shortly, from his throne supreme, A most important combat see, For all his court a thrilling theme.' 'What combat?' said the ape, with serious face. 'Is't possible you should not know the case?--' The elephant exclaim'd--'not know, dear sir, That Lord Rhinoceros disputes With me precedence of the brutes?
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

In parsing a conjunction, indicate the words or groups of words which it connects, tell whether it is coördinate or subordinate, and mention its correlative ( § 369 ) if it has one. 1.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

She wondered how it came to pass, that her life of a few weeks, here in this heavy-hearted old mansion, had taken such hold of her, and so melted into her associations, as now to seem a more important centre-point of remembrance than all which had gone before.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

I, who came here to inform the father of the poor girl, Jupe, that she could not be received at the school any more, in consequence of there being practical objections, into which I need not enter, to the reception there of the children of persons so employed, am prepared in these altered circumstances to make a proposal.
— from Hard Times by Charles Dickens

I never saw a more interesting creature: his eyes have generally an expression of wildness, and even madness, but there are moments when, if anyone performs an act of kindness towards him or does him any the most trifling service, his whole countenance is lighted up, as it were, with a beam of benevolence and sweetness that I never saw equalled.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

"I wouldn't ask you to undertake anything so—so arduous, but that it'll strengthen my hands with my Committee; in fact, I may get a much stronger and more influential Committee if I can come to them, and tell them beforehand that you have consented to be president."
— from Mr. Waddington of Wyck by May Sinclair

This is not wonderful, since the Koran is never translated, and a very extraordinary desire for knowledge would be required to sustain a man in committing to memory pages and chapters of, to him, unmeaning gibberish.
— from The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi by David Livingstone

“Suppose we put up the bed down there in some secluded nook and then with the spring and mattress I can have a wonderful suite of my own for a few nights.”
— from Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

It is my duty as a son, and more I cannot tell, at least at present.”
— from The Phantom Ship by Frederick Marryat

Since you are so very scrupulous, returned Arabella, that you dare not imitate the sublimest among mortals, I can furnish you with many examples, from the conduct of persons whose quality was not much superior to yours, which may reconcile you to an action, you at present, with so little reason, condemn: and to name but one among some thousands, the fair Cleonice, the most rigid and austere beauty in all Sardis, paid several visits to the passionate Ligdamis, when his melancholy, at the ill success of his passion, threw him into a fever, that confined him to his bed.
— from The Female Quixote; or, The Adventures of Arabella, v. 1-2 by Charlotte Lennox

So far as General Gordon was concerned, the Uganda question was then, both for this period and for his subsequent and more important command, definitely closed.
— from The Life of Gordon, Volume I by Demetrius Charles Boulger

The sixth chapter of St. John is not mentioned in the list, because, although it contains a description of the inward and spiritual grace, of which the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper is a sign and mean, it cannot refer to the sacrament itself; for that was not appointed when the words were spoken; and the persons our Lord was addressing were unconverted and unbaptized Jews, who were following him simply for the loaves and fishes.
— from The Communion and Communicant by Edward Hoare

"And is all this really so?" said Swift, "and may I command here, as in my own house?"
— from Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell by Anonymous