And, in a single word, if there is any work in the world which cannot be so well finished by another as by him who has commenced it, it is that at which I labour.
— from Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences by René Descartes

The western portion of this settlement is generally known by the name of the Norway (or Norwegian) Grove Settlement, from the post-office of that name in Vienna Township around which it lies.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

[starting] It seems to me that I shall presently be married to Ann whether I like it myself or not. MRS WHITEFIELD.
— from Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by Bernard Shaw

Science and hygiene have at last [Pg 600] shown beyond all question that alcohol, whether in large or smaller doses, exerts a damaging effect upon both mind and body.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

For I admit the opinion of Copernicus, who maintains that it never ceases to revolve from the east to the west, not upon the poles of the Equinoctial, commonly called the poles of the world, but upon those of the Zodiac, a question of which I propose to speak more at length here-after, when I shall have leisure to refresh my memory in regard to the astrology which I learned at Salamanca when young, and have since forgotten.”
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

A new prick to a woman is like a fresh cunt to a man, and for the time gives additional zest to the lust which rages in us.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

I have not nor had aye any in whom I so trusted and whom I loved as I love and trust in Anichino.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

"Then again, when I looked at our Senate-house (I mean the old building of Hostilius, not this new one; when it was enlarged, it diminished in my estimation), I used to think of Scipio, Cato, Laelius and in particular of my own grandfather.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Then abruptly she turned and went in, leaving my cousins side by side wishing me good hap.
— from The War of the Worlds by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

They struggled half an hour longer under the tumbler, and when I looked again the black soldier had severed the heads of his foes from their bodies, and the still living heads were hanging on either side of him like ghastly trophies at his saddle-bow, still apparently as firmly fastened as ever, and he was endeavoring with feeble struggles, being without feelers and with only the remnant of a leg, and I know not how many other wounds, to divest himself of them; which at length, after half an hour more, he accomplished.
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

Because there is a particular Friend of mine dead, for whose Loss I can never sufficiently mourn my self; and therefore I desire that all whom I love should mourn with me for him, return’d the Gentleman; not but that there are three other Suits in Hand for you at this Time.
— from The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume V by Aphra Behn

Lying scattered about were the shattered fragments of the sculptured frieze of the temple; and, with infinite labour the camp of explorers succeeded in gathering together and arranging the slabs which are now deposited in this, the Phigaleian saloon.
— from How to See the British Museum in Four Visits by Blanchard Jerrold

She, who was sensitive to the point of delicacy, I knew, watched him crumble his bread into his green turtle, and gulp down his sherry, with a glance which apparently was oblivious of the thing at which it looked.
— from The Romance of a Plain Man by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

22 CHAPTER II I AM ATTACKED IN THE WOODS It was late in the afternoon when I left the armorer’s.
— from The Messenger of the Black Prince by Thomas A. H. Mawhinney

In this parapet even loopholes appeared—rather funny-looking loopholes, I thought; and when I looked closer, I saw that they were framed in by boots!
— from A Soldier of the Legion by Edward Morlae

Young St. Ives set out before them, and was in London last night.
— from Anna St. Ives by Thomas Holcroft

"I should love to have you if you'll promise not to tell anyone where I live," said Perrine, delightedly.
— from Nobody's Girl (En Famille) by Hector Malot

But he turned and went in, leading the child by the hand.
— from A Little Girl in Old Salem by Amanda M. Douglas

I suppose that gentle mansion has other merits, but the fine staircase that ended under a baroque dome left us facing a bolted door, so that we had to guess at those attractions, which I leave the reader to imagine in turn.
— from Familiar Spanish Travels by William Dean Howells