Paratus sum ad obeundum mortem, si tu jubeas; hanc sitim aestuantis seda, quam tuum sidus perdidit, aquae et fontes non negant, &c. 5430 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Although the main of this relation might be true, and Adam might foretell a conflagration and a deluge, which all antiquity witnesses to be an ancient tradition; nay, Seth's posterity might engrave their inventions in astronomy on two such pillars; yet it is no way credible that they could survive the deluge, which has buried all such pillars and edifices far under ground in the sediment of its waters, especially since the like pillars of the Egyptian Seth or Sesostris were extant after the flood, in the land of Siriad, and perhaps in the days of Josephus also, as is shown in the place here referred to.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Delighted with the novel style and form, he built some columns after that pattern for the Corinthians, determined their symmetrical proportions, and established from that time forth the rules to be followed in finished works of the Corinthian order.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

Particularly today most men assume that Africa is far afield from the center of our burning social problems and especially from our problem of world war.
— from Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

She put an extraordinary force of appeal into her supplicating tone.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

Some provinces are exempted from them, and pay a composition or equivalent.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

—That religion has always existed on earth, which consists in believing that man has fallen from a state of glory and of communion with God into a state of sorrow, penitence, and estrangement from God, but that after this life we shall be restored by a Messiah who should have come.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

He therefore applied himself to economize with the most rigid exactness; and at a time when everything that was extravagant and thoughtless was done by all those around him, he devoted himself to study and to thought, making his application to such pursuits an excuse for absenting himself from the society of those with whom he had begun to associate.
— from Charles Tyrrell; or, The Bitter Blood. Volumes I and II by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

(887) A person of distinguished abilities, She possessed an extraordinary force of mind, clearness of understanding, and remarkable powers of thought and combination, She retained them unimpaired to the great age of eighty-five, by exercising them daily, both in the practice of mathematics and in reading the two dead languages; of which, late in life, she had made herself mistress.
— from The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Horace Walpole

And again, "If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die ; and thou shalt put away evil from among you."
— from The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society

[17] For solo playing gambas were used not only for the execution of monotone—viz., compositions of one part only; but also for several parts, and especially for double-stops and chords.
— from The Violoncello and Its History by Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski

As every house has a garden, each family raises its own vegetables, and some poultry, and each family has also its own bakeoven.
— from Travels Through North America, During the Years 1825 and 1826. v. 1-2 by Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Bernhard

Up and down among the chairs they went, and then Jim, seeing an opening, got home on the point, and turned swiftly to receive the sixth policeman, an enormous fellow who was unfortunately given to over-much beer.
— from Jim Mortimer by R. S. Warren (Robert Stanley Warren) Bell

ALTERNATORS 1,125 to 1,186 Uses of alternators—classes of alternator— single phase alternators ; essential features; width of armature coils—
— from Hawkins Electrical Guide v. 05 (of 10) Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications by N. (Nehemiah) Hawkins

The pigeon, by being constantly in his master's company, obtained so perfect an ear for music, that no one who saw his behavior could doubt for a moment the pleasure it took in hearing his master play and sing. Carrier Pigeon.
— from Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich