The shock of surprise on an occasion of this kind makes us aware of the expectations that habitually enter into our perceptions; and such expectations must be classed as beliefs, in spite of the fact that we do not normally take note of them or put them into words.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell

The bounty, for example, upon refined sugar exported, may be considered as a drawback of the duties upon the brown and Muscovado sugars, from which it is made; the bounty upon wrought silk exported, a drawback of the duties upon raw and thrown silk imported; the bounty upon gunpowder exported, a drawback of the duties upon brimstone and saltpetre imported.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

With the central kitchen, central heating, hot water supply, etc. , might be connected, and much troublesome work entailing a great waste of time and effort would be abolished.
— from Woman and Socialism by August Bebel

Such decorations as that encircling the figure of St. George on the Urbino plate (see engraving) may be called “arabesque,” but they are equally Italian.
— from Travels in South Kensington with Notes on Decorative Art and Architecture in England by Moncure Daniel Conway

Jugglers, acrobats, sword-swallowers, "supers" at the theatre, the men who play the elephant in the pantomime would all be mortified if they were not addressed as "artists," In short, everything may be called an art.
— from William of Germany by Stanley Shaw

Whether two changes are coexistent or are successive, each must be conceived as possessing an antecedent cause.
— from A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' by Norman Kemp Smith

This population, with some exceptions, may be considered as divided into three settlements, detached from each other by a space of several miles, of which settlements two are now provided with churches; but the other colony, situated on the south-east side, is still destitute of the means of religious knowledge.
— from The Forest of Dean: An Historical and Descriptive Account by H. G. (Henry George) Nicholls

From Justin's works, which are still extant, might be collected a tolerably complete account of Christ's life, in all points agreeing with that which is delivered in our Scriptures; taken indeed, in a great measure, from those Scriptures, but still proving that this account, and no other, was the account known and extant in that age.
— from Evidences of Christianity by William Paley

We therefore pray that the word of gentlemen with regard to the quantity and quality of the said goods, to be sent to said establishment, may be considered as equivalent to the certainty of a custom-house register.
— from The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume 1 (of 3) To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7. by Zebulon Montgomery Pike

Any odium which may have attached to the "man of science" as a result of the failure of the meeting of 1892 is effectually wiped out, and if the lesson is read aright by the nations, henceforth the scientific expert must be counted an essential factor in the settlement of governmental disputes.
— from Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, March 1899 Volume LIV, No. 5, March 1899 by Various