This is most easily recognized in winter in those who are doing no work but are carousing, especially if the wine be thin and diffusible; Pg 111 Greek text these people rapidly pass almost the same quantity as they drink.
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen

I thought no more of the matter, but early the next day the same Jew called on me, and told me that I must either return him his money, or give sureties for the amount till he had ascertained whether the bill was a forgery or not.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

The instant my eyes rested on her, I was struck by the rare beauty of her form, and by the unaffected grace of her attitude.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

The commissioners, lately appointed by the Queen of England, to inquire into the constitution and management of the British Museum, have, in their report, expressed an opinion decidedly against the printing of the catalogue at all, and principally on the ground that it must ever remain imperfect.
— from On the Construction of Catalogues of Libraries and Their Publication by Means of Separate, Stereotyped Titles With Rules and Examples by Charles C. (Charles Coffin) Jewett

At first, although the Germans had used this procedure to its maximum extent, requisitions were not adequate.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 5 by Various

One promising young officer of the troops was seen thoughtfully removing from his writing-case a lock of hair, which he composedly deposited in his bosom; and another officer procuring paper and pens, addressed a short communication to his father, which was afterwards carefully enclosed in a bottle, in the hope that it might eventually reach its destination, with the view, as he stated, of relieving him from the long years of fruitless anxiety and suspense
— from The Loss of the Kent, East Indiaman, in the Bay of Biscay Narrated in a Letter to a Friend by Duncan McGregor

He had the strength of moral power to think out the situation, and he saw now that it must ever remain impossible that they should unite.
— from Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

In the course of these Lectures I attempted, first of all, to establish a firm foundation for the human soul, considered both in its own proper nature and with regard to its most essential relations in life to nature and to God.
— from The philosophy of life, and philosophy of language, in a course of lectures by Friedrich von Schlegel

Among the frequenters of their home were Émile Ollivier, the French statesman and husband of Liszt's daughter Blandine; Frédéric Villot, keeper of the imperial museums; Edmond Roche, afterward the translator of "Tannhäuser"; Hector Berlioz, Carvalho, director of the Théâtre Lyrique; Gustave Doré, Jules Ferry, Charles Baudelaire, and A. de Gasparini, afterward one of the biographers of Wagner.
— from Richard Wagner His Life and His Dramas A Biographical Study of the Man and an Explanation of His Work by W. J. (William James) Henderson

"Jules gave me that; that is my engagement ring."
— from Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters: A Novel by May Agnes Fleming

At length I came to the conclusion that I must either remain in darkness and confusion, or else I must do as James directs, that is, ask of God.
— from History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Volume 1 Period 1. History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet by Smith, Joseph, Jr.