The entire plant is diuretic and the natives give the decoction of the stalk for various diseases of the bladder and kidneys.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

The Second Law Of Nature From this Fundamentall Law of Nature, by which men are commanded to endeavour Peace, is derived this second Law; "That a man be willing, when others are so too, as farre-forth, as for Peace, and defence of himselfe he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himselfe."
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

Whether the trade which those companies carry on, is reducible to such strict rule and method as to render it fit for the management of a joint-stock company, or whether they have any reason to boast of their extraordinary profits, I do not pretend to know.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

The Egyptians in agreement with their climate, which is unlike any other, and with the river, which shows a nature different from all other rivers, established for themselves manners and customs in a way opposite to other men in almost all matters: for among them the women frequent the market and carry on trade, while the men remain at home and weave; and whereas others weave pushing the woof upwards, the Egyptians push it downwards: the men carry their burdens upon their heads and the women upon their shoulders: the women make water standing up and the men crouching down: they ease themselves in their houses and they eat without in the streets, alleging as reason for this that it is right to do secretly the things that are unseemly though necessary, but those which are not unseemly, in public: no woman is a minister either of male or female divinity, but men of all, both male and female: to support their parents the sons are in no way compelled, if they do not desire to do so, but the daughters are forced to do so, be they never so unwilling. 36.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

At the first glance it appeared to be a Woman, seen sideways; but a moment's observation shewed me that the extremities passed into dimness too rapidly to represent one of the Female Sex; and I should have thought it a Circle, only that it seemed to change its size in a manner impossible for a Circle or for any regular Figure of which I had had experience.
— from Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Illustrated) by Edwin Abbott Abbott

Yesterday I was for the second time at Count Sickingen's, ambassador from the Elector Palatine; (I dined there once before with Wendling and Ramm.)
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Coffee that has not received the extra polish is described as habitant ; while coffee in the parchment is known as café en parché .
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Getting and keeping attention is one of its major missions, and psychological warfare which starts by fixing attention on the enemy presentation is doomed from the start.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

So being defeated, away by coach home, and there spent the evening prettily in discourse with my wife and Mercer, and so to supper, prayers, and to bed. 23rd.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Indoors; sevenfold langit langit , and tabir ; wires are used in some performances to enable performers impersonating Dewas , etc. to fly.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

With heavy boots clattering on the brick floor, servants and nurses ran past them; emaciated patients in dressing-gowns staggered by; and vessels of filth, and corpses were carried out.
— from The Black Monk, and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The editto princeps is dated 1470 (H. MULLER-STRUBING).]
— from The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete by da Vinci Leonardo

As the axis on which the earth performs its diurnal rotation is inclined towards the plane of its path about the sun at an angle of 66½°, and the angle between the plane of the ecliptic and the plane of the earth's equator is therefore 23½°, the sun ascends in the heavens, as seen from our northern latitudes, from 21st March to 21st June (the summer solstice ), to about 23½° above the celestial equator, and descends again towards the equator from 21st June to 23rd Sept.; it then sinks till 22nd Dec. (the winter solstice ), when it is about 23½° below the equator, and returns again to the equator by 21st March.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Deposition to Eberswalde Volume 4, Part 1 by Various

The Eldest Prince is Don Carlos , and was destin’d by the Quadruple Alliance to the Succession of Tuscany and the Duchies of Parma and Placentia :
— from The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by Pöllnitz, Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von

Have half a pint of water boiling hot; roll a lump of butter the size of an egg into three teaspoonsful of flour; when you have the butter perfectly smooth remove the water from the fire, and stir your butter in till every particle is dissolved.
— from The Philadelphia Housewife; or, Family Receipt Book by Hodgson, Mary, active 1855

Society is doing its best in extending this education, propagating it, developing it; and men should do their best toward it.
— 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

The holding of the English peasant is distinguished by two 401 characteristic features: it is a unit which as a rule does not admit of division; it is equal to other units in the same village.
— from Villainage in England: Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff

3) that they pretended to predict future events by divination, to explain prodigies, interpret dreams, and avert evils or confer benefits by means of augury and incantations.
— from Mysticism and its Results: Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy by John Delafield

The edition published in Didot's Bibliotheca Classicorum Grocorum, Paris, 1883, is excellent.
— from A History of Science — Volume 5 by Edward Huntington Williams