The various sciences already regard the one nature as their common object, and the one system of interdependent laws as their common achievement.
— from The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry

M. A. and J. L. S. are referred to our No. 172., p. 157.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 180, April 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

As girls, according to such a rendering, they ought not to have learned any thing; for a father's teaching—if it were proper for him to give it—and a husband's might differ widely.
— from Woman: Man's Equal by Thomas Webster

The one sustaining the honour of our nation, of our predecessors, and of our societie: the other ignominious to our selves, and reproachful to our nation.
— from The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins, Knt, in his Voyage into the South Sea in the Year 1593 Reprinted from the Edition of 1622 by Hawkins, Richard, Sir

But could such a revised theory of nuclear structure be made to seem plausible?
— from Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy, Volume 2 (of 3) Mass and Energy; The Neutron; The Structure of the Nucleus by Isaac Asimov

It was an answer worthy of the great statesman, and recalls that of Newton, who said that he owed his splendid discoveries to the power of fixed attention.
— from Knowledge for the Time A Manual of Reading, Reference, and Conversation on Subjects of Living Interest, Useful Curiosity, and Amusing Research by John Timbs

He smoked a little, then had an interval of evacuation, and back to his cigar whilst he rubbed his stomach and remarked to Oates 'no good'—gallant little Anton!
— from Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Being the journals of Captain R. F. Scott by Robert Falcon Scott