In the trance-subject , on the contrary, it seems to stick ; I find that persons in the hypnotic state easily count the dots in the mind's eye so long as they do not much exceed twenty in number.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

A surface terminates a solid; a line terminates a surface; a point terminates a line; but I assert, that if the ideas of a point, line or surface were not indivisible, it is impossible we should ever conceive these terminations: For let these ideas be supposed infinitely divisible; and then let the fancy endeavour to fix itself on the idea of the last surface, line or point; it immediately finds this idea to break into parts; and upon its seizing the last of these parts, it loses its hold by a new division, and so on in infinitum, without any possibility of its arriving at a concluding idea.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

The Talmud relates that for twelve years the Rabbi Simon and his son Eliezer concealed themselves in a cavern, where, sitting in the sand up to their necks, they meditated on the sacred law and were frequently visited by the prophet Elias.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

Whereas the original was divided arbitrarily into books, Xiphilinus divided his condensation into "sections," each containing the life of one emperor.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

That was Sunday morning, and Monday night Jurgis came home, sober and sick, realizing that he had spent every cent the family owned, and had not bought a single instant's forgetfulness with it.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Never esteem of anything as profitable, which shall ever constrain thee either to break thy faith, or to lose thy modesty; to hate any man, to suspect, to curse, to dissemble, to lust after anything, that requireth the secret of walls or veils.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

Thence, by a bold and sudden movement, they entered Messenia; and without any regard for their ancient friendship and alliance with the Messenians, or for the principles of international justice common to all mankind, subordinating every consideration to their selfish greed, they set about plundering the country without resistance, the Messenians being absolutely afraid to come out to attack them.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

"'No,' said Eoppo, commanding the chiefs to throw overboard the coffin.
— from On the Makaloa Mat/Island Tales by Jack London

For a minute he did not speak, but looked at me with such a stony stare that his face seemed entirely changed; then he said slowly, but distinctly: "I hate you.
— from Roger Trewinion by Joseph Hocking

"And might not this, this second Eve, console The emptiest heart?
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

It was this beneficent god who caused a panic among the brigands and so enabled Chloë to return to her friends, though I don't know why he ever let her be captured, for he was there at the time.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 17, 1914 by Various

Well, having a good guess where the hounds would find, and the line that sly Reynolds (as they call the fox) would take, the Spicy Dustman turned his animal down the lane from Squashtail to Cutshins Common; across which, sure enough, came the whole hunt.
— from Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray

In the second year of the war the revenue cutter Vigilance overhauled and after a sharp engagement captured the British privateer
— from The Sea Rovers by Rufus Rockwell Wilson

Second: Either combine three or more patrols or having one patrol, appoint several patrol leaders and enlist boys for the new patrols.
— from Outdoor Sports and Games by Claude Harris Miller