One might almost say that in certain cities society has become a family affair.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

Briefly it may be said that if catholicity could save a race Israel should rarely have been in trouble, and certainly not at this time.
— from The Expositor's Bible: Judges and Ruth by Robert A. (Robert Alexander) Watson

So that I cannot conceive, since their sin and judgment was so conspicuous, that my admonishing the world thereof should turn to their detriment.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan

And recent experiment shows that in certain cases such a previous activity of expectant attention may even lead to the illusory belief that the perception takes place before it actually does.
— from Illusions: A Psychological Study by James Sully

[Pg 188] superseded the instrument called Clark 's hydrometer, heretofore in use.
— from A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy by Friedrich Christian Accum