The expulsion of the first among Kant's disciples, who attempted to complete his system, from the University of Jena, with the confiscation and prohibition of the obnoxious work by the joint efforts of the courts of Saxony and Hanover, supplied experimental proof, that the venerable old man's caution was not groundless.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"Nikolai Petrovitch!" came the voice of Thenichka from a spot somewhere in the vicinity.
— from Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

The Barbarians, who had seated themselves in the Western provinces, were insensibly taught to respect the faith and valor of the patrician Ætius.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Of African trade two features are the caravans that traverse great distances, and the trade in slaves that still widely prevails, though it has been greatly restricted in recent years.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

imaginary, 521 , 43; in anticipation, 93 , 46; independent of prosperity and adversity, 286 , 21; independent of wealth and greatness, 297 , 46; in feeling one with the whole, 173 , 2; in sufficiency for self, 77 , 34; in the heart, 185 , 52; in what to be sought, 12 , 25; love of, higher in man than, 471 , 33; made dependent on chance, 200 , 4; main thing for, 457 , 22; matrimonial, condition of, 353 , 46; matter of feeling, 180 , 1; meaning of, 490 , 21; negatively defined, 492 , 28; never perfect, 86 , 29; 210 , 21; no, without a friend, 289 , 5; no, without love, 364 , 4; not dependent on congruity of opinion, 331 , 42; not promoted by argument, 173 , 38; not the purpose of life, 490 , 20; not to be boasted of, 333 , 11; of others, hard to taste, 381 , 39; offered to all, 290 , 4; one good way to, 332 , 28; one's, not to be thought of, 329 , 28; only personated, 521 , 21; or unhappiness, what determines, 533 , 34; our desire for, 530 , 5; power of, to swell heart, 326 , 8; purpose of nature, 516 , 52; pursuit of, 524 , 16; rather than full purse, 81 , 15; real, cheap enough, 369 , 13; real, defined, 459 , 35; Ruskin's definition of true, 267 , 2; sayings about, 232 , 43-50; 433 , 9-12; seat of, 154 , 7; secret of, 452 , 41; seekers for more than, 483 , 18; seen through another's eyes, 160 , 52; sinful and natural, 478 , 38; solid, in the heart, 174 , 3; source of, 202 , 1; the basis of, 338 , 12, 13; 349 , 33; the highest, 434 , 41; the one condition of, 87 , 12; the only, worth while, 446 , 7; the principle of, 366 , 21; to be deserved, 175 , 34; to be found at home, 567 , 32; to fill the hour, 492 , 26; to attain, 532 , 19; true, 87 , 2; two foes of, 459 , 25; unexpected, 132 , 18; untasted, 60 , 13; utmost possible, 493 , 12; what it consists in, 12 , 62; what most contributes to, 533 , 32; within narrow bounds, 541 , 13; without self-control, 192 , 24 Happy , apology for being, 487 , 15; day, a, foretold, 433 , 14; days, a succession of, hard to bear, 298 , 18; days bygone, misery of recalling, 295 , 44; man, insensible to lapse of time, 58 , 17; man, the, 433 , 14, 15; man, the only, 142 , 3; presence of, to wretched, 449 , 8 Hard times not rare, 35 , 2 Hardened , the, with time, 124 , 38 Hard-heartedness , who prone to, 238 , 31 Hardships , our own and others', 433 , 18; stimulating effect of, 563 , 35 Harm , no, but from one's self, 295 , 11; 314 , 6 Harmony , as accepted by the crowd and the musician, 445 , 7; hard to restore, 67 , 35; in which things are reconciled, Gœthe on, 285 , 26; inner, everything, 151 , 16; the condition of, 511 , 39 Harness , die with, on back, 31 , 3; necessary for a man, 12 , 44 Harper , a, on one string, 376 , 37 Haste , and prudence incompatible, 313 , 44; but not hurry, 484 , 16; evil of, 133 , 34; evil of an excess of, 481 , 1; raw, 75 , 37; unreasonable, evil of, 508 , 21; vulgar, 315 , 27 Hat , man in pursuit of his, 469 , 5 Hate , a grief, 473 , 5; deadliest, from deepest desire, 116 , 24; drop of, in cup of joy, 79 , 37; effect of one shriek of, 344 , 4; that blossomed into charity, 491 , 41 Hater , a good, 167 , 37 Hatred , a form of love, 436 , 29; alien to a true man, 22 , 5; avowed, 196 , 40; contrasted with pity, 348 , 52; deprecated, 71 , 44; effect of, 381 , 31; effect of, on worth of a man, 141 , 3; effect of one drop of, 332 , 10; effect of time on, 487 , 18; grafted on extinct friendship, 433 , 21; greatest, characterised, 432 , 15; how provoked, 105 , 15; how to overcome, 117 , 14; in life alone, 319 , 6; our, reason and effect of, 524 , 18; poisoning power of, 332 , 10; the bitterest, 2 , 53; too keen, effect of, 545 , 2; unproductive of good, 30 , 5 Haughtiness from birth, 398 , 33; from work, 206 , 40 Havelock's fidelity to principle, 167 , 22 Having , dependent on using, 122 , 9 Hazard , motive for, 276 , 37; of the die, 167 , 11 Head , a great, the function of, 184 , 27; a witless, 25 , 4; and heart, difficult to unite, 398 , 35; big, witless, 1 , 28; contrasted with heart, 433 , 24; empty, conceited, 58 , 39; figure, mere figurehead, 198 , 37; hoary, to be honoured, 377 , 30; inferior to heart, 433 , 25, 30; one good, value of, 332 , 24; stupid, with good heart, 87 , 40; that wears a crown, 140 , 22; the hoary, 435 , 23; to be held up, 158 , 25; without moral sentiments, 433 , 23 Headache , effect of a, 390 , 3 Heads , grey, 380 , 29; in hearts, 398 , 35; little and long, 467 , 6; may differ when hearts don't, 153 , 48 Healing , in health, 184 , 14; by medicine, lance, or fire, 326 , 41 Health , a recipe for, 217 , 27; a sign of, 453 , 32; and exercise of, 534 , 12; and sickness, rules for, 187 , 20; before holiness, 452 , 9; better in Nature's hand than doctor's, 29 , 50; chief condition of, 224 , 30; compared with money, 282 , 40; dependence of, on cheerfulness, 40 , 48; from labour, 387 , 13; from temperance, 260 , 36; good, wealth, 41 , 30; how to promote, 81 , 42; importance of, 245 , 32; life, 309 , 38; necessary for holiness, 12 , 22; of citizen, bodily and spiritual, {pg 604} concern of all governments, 549 , 16; sacrifice of, 432 , 31; secret of, 2 , 47; sign of, 433 , 27; source of, 116 , 12; text for a sermon on, 533 , 10; the flower of, 40 , 51; the best preservative of, 417 , 55; the sphere melody, 435 , 3; the use of, 537 , 20; the value of, 123 , 13; 428 , 43; true wealth, 492 , 35 Healthy , man, and the seasons, 433 , 28; the, sweet-tempered, 9 , 42 Hear , who will not, 532 , 29 Hearing , and obeying God's word, merit of, 30 , 46; and seeing, 521 , 32; before speaking, 83 , 42; man, compared with the speaking, 140 , 19; mere, and learning, 525 , 12; not always believing, 64 , 1; no, without understanding, 85 , 39; not followed by faith, 32 , 15; rather than sacrifice, 217 , 33; value of, 116 , 7 Hearsay , as a basis of communion, 472 , 16 Heart , a bleeding, only healer of, 125 , 11; a child's, without sorrow, 165 , 35; a great, qualities of, 477 , 23; a heavy, effect of beauty or music on, 545 , 36; a man's, his honour, 54 , 4; a merry, 147 , 15; a noble, an open hand, 167 , 18; a noble, immovable, 48 , 6; a poor, and a rich purse, 198 , 39; a product of, test of, 565 , 22; a pure, to be prayed for, 135 , 18;
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

Dr. Vannini brought me another servant, of the same height as the first, and engaged that he should obey orders and guess nothing.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Let circumstances only favour us, and by ten or eleven o'clock we shall have landed on some spot of terra firma, alive or dead.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

Francis Galton [29] says: "The French appear to possess the visualizing faculty in a high degree.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

Who would not have paused and questioned the future as Eugene was doing?
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

Now and again the quarrels would assume a bitter aspect, and threats would be exchanged in uncompromising language that fairly awed the listening servants.
— from Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker

The book fell open to Isaiah, and she read aloud: “I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles.”
— from Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking

In the Great Hall, which has a minstrels' gallery, ornamented with carvings of figures and animals, heraldry, &c. are a picture, life-size, of the white horse on which Queen Elizabeth rode at Tilbury Fort: and ten large paintings of Adam and Eve.
— from Nooks and Corners of English Life, Past and Present by John Timbs

The highest summit we shall have to climb together is under five thousand feet; and there is none of that tremendous and magnificent scenery which is to be seen in Switzerland and Tyrol.
— from A July Holiday in Saxony, Bohemia, and Silesia by Walter White

While these troops were stealing in behind Arnold to close on him like a trap, it was easy trick for another English battalion to scramble over house roofs, over back walls, and up the very stairs of houses where Arnold's troops were guarding the windows.
— from Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Agnes C. Laut

She had been too much tired to hear anything the night before, but to-night there was scratching, nibbling, careering, fighting, squeaking, recoil and rally, charge and rout, as the grey Hanover rat fought his successful battle with his black English cousin all over the floors and stairs—nay, once or twice came rushing up and over the bed—frightening its occupant almost out of her senses, as she cowered under the bed-clothes, not at all sure that they would not proceed to eating her.
— from Love and Life: An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

Each lost faith in his own ability to fight, and therefore turned his mind to flight.
— from The Deeds of God Through the Franks by Abbot of Nogent-sous-Coucy Guibert

This meant that he would have them returned to their previous owners, have them flogged and fined for running away from their masters, or even shot if he felt like it.
— from Lincoln's Yarns and Stories A Complete Collection of the Funny and Witty Anecdotes That Made Lincoln Famous as America's Greatest Story Teller by Alexander K. (Alexander Kelly) McClure

But then—the years that can be granted me now are but few; and she has no kinsman to whom she can go, even to glean in the fields and ask for a pitcher of water.
— from Stand Fast, Craig-Royston! (Volume I) by William Black

The first announcement of the rising was so sudden that it took all but those immediately concerned entirely by surprise, and after a moment of almost speechless amazement the movement was promptly denounced by every moderate man in Ireland.
— from Six days of the Irish Republic A Narrative and Critical Account of the Latest Phase of Irish Politics by Redmond-Howard, L. G., (Louis George)