Later philosophy made this imaginary beast the incarnation of those five primordial elements—earth, air, water, fire and ether of which all things, including man's body, are made and which are symbolized in the shapes of the cube, globe, pyramid, saucer and tuft of rays in the Japanese gravestones.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

For a much-petted, quick-witted youth, plunged into such a society as that of Rome in the first century A.D. , hardly any training could be more mischievous.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

At one that rolled along the ground, breaking shapelessly and trailing out reluctantly into long grappling ribbons and bands, all three horses began to shy and dance.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

I beheld with reverent dread, and highly marvelling in the sight and in the feeling of the sweet accord, that our Reason is in God;
— from Revelations of Divine Love by of Norwich Julian

“Even the trivial fact that in the year 1865 a picture by Greuze entitled La Jeune Fille a l'Agneau fetched one million two hundred thousand francs—more than forty thousand pounds—at the Portalis sale may start a train of reflection in your mind.”
— from The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle

I find by him that the House of Parliament continues full of ill humours, and he seems to dislike those that are troublesome more than needs, and do say how, in their late Poll Bill, which cost so much time, the yeomanry, and indeed two-thirds of the nation, are left out to be taxed, that there is not effectual provision enough made for collecting of the money; and then, that after a man his goods are distrained and sold, and the overplus returned, I am to have ten days to make my complaints of being over-rated if there be cause, when my goods are sold, and that is too late.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Only in the permanent, then, are relations of time possible (for simultaneity and succession are the only relations in time); that is to say, the permanent is the substratum of our empirical representation of time itself, in which alone all determination of time is possible.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

In the medium term, prospects for the economy will depend largely on the tourism sector and, therefore, on revived income growth in the industrialized nations as well as on favorable weather conditions.
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Amply supplied with munitions, guns, and money for patriot scalps received from Hamilton, known among the frontiersmen as the "Hair Buyer", these Indians swarmed across the Ohio River in 1775, 1776, and 1777.
— from The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 by Virginia. History, Government, and Geography Service

"That," explained Hunter, "is partly why I'm doing so, and the other reason is that I must have something that will keep me occupied just now.
— from A Prairie Courtship by Harold Bindloss

While it is undeniable that cases of chivalrous courtesy such as this occurred repeatedly in the course of the campaign, it is equally undeniable that the Boers sometimes deliberately set aside all the usages of civilized war.
— from With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back by Edward P. Lowry

The detective strolled around the other rooms in an aimless sort of way, and when he returned I asked— “What is your opinion of this affair?”
— from The Bond of Black by William Le Queux

In conclusion, he asked him to come to the office, which was still in the U——Building, adding that if he wished to avoid the newspaper men he could find seclusion at the old rooms in Wells Street.
— from Jane Cable by George Barr McCutcheon

Yet, amidst the most awful manifestations of divine power, the simple assurance that our Redeemer is near us is enough to allay our fears, and diffuse calmness through the soul.
— from Notes on the New Testament, Explanatory and Practical: Revelation by Albert Barnes