It is indisputable that, apart from the extreme disparity between the two republics, the bourgeoisie of Geneva is exactly equivalent to the patriciate of Venice; our natives and inhabitants correspond to the townsmen and the people of Venice; our peasants correspond to the subjects on the mainland; and, however that republic be regarded, if its size be left out of account, its government is no more aristocratic than our own.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

So little has learning or imitation to do with several of them that they are from the earliest days and throughout life quite beyond our control; for instance, the relaxation of the arteries of the skin in blushing, and the increased action of the heart in anger.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

It was used as a euphemistic epithet to appease Rudra, the lord of tempests; and finally, the epithet developed into a distinct god.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

They come and feel her pulse, they hold consultation together, and write their prescriptions, but, though she has taken their medicines, she has seen no improvement; on the contrary, she's compelled to change her clothes three and five times each day, and to sit up to see the doctor; a thing which, in fact, does the patient no good."
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

He was the first that more desir'd to have One then another; first that ere did crave Love by mute signes, and had no power to speake; First that could make love faces, or could doe 465 The valters sombersalts, or us'd to wooe [pg 314] With hoiting gambolls, his owne bones to breake To make his mistresse merry; or to wreake Her anger on himselfe.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

How unfortunate is Man; he is the prey of his own ideas, has given up everything to them, and finds that each day he must continue to give more, lest the gulf open under his feet and he be swallowed up in it.
— from Clerambault: The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War by Romain Rolland

The arms from the elbows down are restored; when it was found it had traces of gilding on the hair; the ears are pierced, as if gold rings had sometimes been placed in them.
— from A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by Clara Erskine Clement Waters

Having passed the greater part of the night in conference with one person or another, and the abbot's flight having caused him much disquietude, though he did not hear of it till the fugitive was recovered; the earl would not seek his couch until within an hour of daybreak, and his attendants, considering the state of the weather, and that it yet wanted full two hours to the time appointed for the execution, did not think it needful to disturb him.
— from The Lancashire Witches: A Romance of Pendle Forest by William Harrison Ainsworth

The two friends tore themselves away from the effusive display of gratitude which he made, and went off to lunch together at the Café Tabourey, in front of the Luxembourg.
— from Sentimental Education; Or, The History of a Young Man. Volume 1 by Gustave Flaubert

General Winder's brigade in the advance found the enemy drawn up in line of battle at Charlestown.
— from The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2 by Jefferson Davis

" Mrs. Blows went, and returned in tears, and for two entire days her husband, a prey to gloom, sat trying to evolve fresh and original ideas for the possession of the money.
— from A Spirit of Avarice Odd Craft, Part 11. by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

What is more, it strengthens materially the argument for the early date of The Acts.
— from The Literature and History of New Testament Times by J. Gresham (John Gresham) Machen

In these regions at any rate, the tone of the air, for the eye, during the brief desolation, has often an extraordinary charm: nature still smiles as with the deputed and provisional charity of colour and light, the duty of not ceasing to cheer man’s heart.
— from Italian Hours by Henry James

The large masses of sand not found in place have been transported and accumulated by water or by wind, the former being generally considered the most important of these agencies; for the extensive deposits of the Sahara, of the deserts of Persia, and of that of Gobi, are commonly supposed to have been swept together or distributed by marine currents, and to have been elevated above the ocean by the same means as other upheaved strata.
— from Man and Nature; Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh

For one whole year, the school teacher had passed the Ames farm twice each day.
— from Added Upon A Story by Nephi Anderson