This class can only be marked off [pg 081] by means of a concept; therefore, at the beginning of every science there stands a concept, and by means of it the class of objects concerning which this science promises a complete knowledge in the abstract, is separated in thought from the whole world of things.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

Most people urged the movement down the Mississippi River; but Generals Polk and Pillow had a large rebel force, with heavy guns in a very strong position, at Columbus, Kentucky, about eighteen miles below Cairo.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Sheep being about as liable as other animals to a variety of accidents, it is necessary that the shepherd should possess a competent knowledge of the means which art affords for the remedy of those mishaps.
— from A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. by Ambrose Blacklock

Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 ESSAYS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1780-1860 BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY PERCIVAL AND CO. KING STREET , COVENT GARDEN London 1890 {v} PREFACE Of the essays in this volume, the introductory paper on "The Kinds of Criticism" has not before appeared in print.
— from Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by George Saintsbury

Among these was a St. Paul attorney, Cushman Kellogg Davis, a native of Wisconsin, who had been graduated from the University of Michigan.
— from Minnesota, the North Star State by William Watts Folwell

‘Not so pretty as Cotes Kenton outside.
— from That Stick by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge