‘Nowhere’, writes Ewald, ‘can the sensibility and warmth of a tender friendship blend more beautifully with the loftier feeling of a commanding spirit, a teacher and an Apostle, than in this letter, at once so brief, and yet so surpassingly full and significant
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

There have been some other Pyrates, besides those whose History are here related, such as are hereafter named, and their Adventures are as extravagant and full of Mischief, as those who are the Subject of this
— from A General History of the Pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time by Daniel Defoe

He was telling her of his travels in India, and describing the wonderful height of the Himalaya mountains: one touch after another added to their size, and each exceeded the former in absurdity; but Mrs Jamieson really enjoyed all in perfect good faith.
— from Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

330 A still more important link is Elias Ashmole, the antiquary, astrologer, and alchemist, founder of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, who was born in 1617.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

The Rose-Croix, says Mirabeau, "were a mystical, Cabalistic, theological, and magical sect," and Rosicrucianism thus became in the seventeenth century the generic title by which everything of the nature of Cabalism, Theosophy, Alchemy, Astrology, and Mysticism was designated.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

After dinner, Vogler sent for two pianos of his, which were tuned alike, and also his wearisome engraved sonatas.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The heretics themselves also, since they are thought to have the Christian name and sacraments, Scriptures, and profession, cause great grief in the hearts of the pious, both because many who wish to be Christians are compelled by their dissensions to hesitate, and many evil-speakers also find in them matter for blaspheming the Christian name, because they too are at any rate called Christians.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

General Scott told me on my arrival at New York, as early as 1850, that the country was on the eve of civil war; and the Southern politicians openly asserted that it was their purpose to accept as a casus belli the election of General Fremont in 1856; but, fortunately or unfortunately, he was beaten by Mr. Buchanan, which simply postponed its occurrence for four years.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

They seem then to me to be the first, and indeed the only, Arcadians who have abandoned institutions nobly conceived by their ancestors and admirably adapted to the character of all the inhabitants of Arcadia.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

He seems a kind-hearted fellow, too, and is always ready to assist and amuse young Letourneur, who evidently enjoys his company.
— from The Survivors of the Chancellor by Jules Verne

[Pg 508] through all Asia and it was known in the darkest corners of Central Africa.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Lord Northbrook had heard of this, and, now that I was in such disfavour with the Government, thought it would be amusing to "hoist me with my own petard," and by using my name in addition to more solid inducements to get the help of these Arabs against Arabi.
— from Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt Being a Personal Narrative of Events by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

But after a time Robert felt his back begin to ache, and a strange dizzy feeling came into his head, as a result of his bent position and the swinging and crashing of the tables.
— from The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner by James C. Welsh

[4] As is well known, Darwin made use of this as an argument for regarding all the domesticated varieties as having arisen from the same wild species.
— from Mendelism Third Edition by Reginald Crundall Punnett

An uncertain light proceeded from several large candles standing in brass candlesticks, but most of the illumination was due to a fire which burned briskly in a large stone fireplace at the extreme end of the room, and gave to all an aspect of warmth and good cheer.
— from The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts by Charles S. Bentley

After sail has been shortened set the mainsail, hoist up the anchor again and thresh her at it.
— from Boat Sailing in Fair Weather and Foul, 6th ed. by A. J. (Ahmed John) Kenealy

He seeks himself the death of his enemy; he commands it, he executes him on the spot; and, without respect for either the body or soul of his brother, he kills and damns him for whom Christ died; and all this to avenge an affront, or slander, or an insulting word, or other similar offences for which a judge, although clothed with legal authority, would be considered a criminal if he should condemn to death those who had committed them, because the laws themselves are very far from condemning them.”
— from Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Paul Janet

alveus, ī , m., a basket, trough . am, amb, ambi , insep.
— from Selections from Viri Romae by C. F. L'Homond

To the experienced fly-fisherman the impossibility of such a thing as an "all-round" fly-rod is constantly more apparent.
— from Fishing with Floating Flies by Samuel G. (Samuel Granger) Camp