How are we to know, in a given case, that our belief is not erroneous?
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

[A2S] look for s.t. one wants to obtain but is not easy to find.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

“Yes, he was his heir, and the old boy is nearly eighty—cram full of gout, too.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

The best of these is Adventure Bay, which is shut in from any winds that can blow directly from the ocean, but is nevertheless exposed to the north-east winds, which have a reach of twenty miles from the opposite side of the bay.
— from Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America by W. C. (William Charles) Wentworth

Some attempt must also be made to tell of those inner stores with which this gallant vessel was freighted; for, after all, the outward bravery is not everything with a woman.
— from The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope

And if they coincide, the history of philosophy and the history of historiography also coincide: the one is not only not distinguishable from the other, but is not even subordinate to the other, for it is all one with it.
— from Theory & History of Historiography by Benedetto Croce

With all his hatred of foreign importations, the Old Believer is no enemy to reform in the sense of national tradition or of furthering the interests of the lower classes, the artisan and the peasant.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 by Various

[149] The origin of this type of building is not entirely clear.
— from The Fairfax County Courthouse by Ruby Waldeck

And in the thirty first yeare of the Reigne of King Charles the Second over &c. Betweene Robert Taft of Brantery, in New England housewright on the one part and John Bateman of Boston in New England aforesd shopkeeper on the other part are as followeth— House Built for John Bateman, in 1679, at What Is Now The Corner of North and Blackstone Streets, Boston From a drawing by Lawrence Park
— from Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony by George Francis Dow

I used generally to suck the oranges, but it never entered my head to inquire what was the origin of the custom.
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 122, February 28, 1852 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various