651 The ancient geographers thought that the Jaxartes bifurcated, part of it forming the Tanais, or Don, and flowing into the lake Maeotis, or Sea of Azov; and the other part falling into the Hyrcanian, or Caspian Sea.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

But he has not as yet defined this intermediate territory which lies somewhere between medicine and mathematics, and he would have felt that there was as great an impiety in ranking theories of physics first in the order of knowledge, as in placing the body before the soul.
— from Timaeus by Plato

But if the reader examines the scheme of Spence, which preceded the now-withdrawn proposals of Mr. [109] Herbert Spencer, he will see that Spence’s scheme was entirely freed (as is the one put forward in this little book), from the objections which might probably attend control by the State.
— from Garden Cities of To-Morrow Being the Second Edition of "To-Morrow: a Peaceful Path to Real Reform" by Howard, Ebenezer, Sir

There are thousands of poor families in this country who buy organs and sets of books and encyclopedias, lightning rods, farming implements, and all sorts of things which they might get along without, because they can pay for them a little at a time.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

I have known ambition, when cured at court by frequent disappointments (which are the only physic for it), to break out again in a contest for foreman of the grand jury at an assizes; and have heard of a man who had so far conquered avarice, as to give away many a sixpence, that comforted himself, at last, on his deathbed, by making a crafty and advantageous bargain concerning his ensuing funeral, with an undertaker who had married his only child.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

The next instant, back it all rushed again, with still a deeper throb of pain; for, in that brief interval, she had sinned anew.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Apart from her own personal interest in the war, she was racked by the thought of Paris falling into the ruthless hands of the hordes who had burned Louvain and ruined the wonder of Rheims.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

But such was the preponderating opulence of his fancy, that I am persuaded, not for any half hour together, did they ever look their own prospects fairly in the face.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

It is, however, a matter for thought as to whether many of these fillets were not simply the turban or "puggaree" folded into the shape of a fillet, but capable of being unrolled if desired.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

As he swung these beauties, one after the other, producing folds in the fluttering skirts which Greuze would have found to his taste, amid peals of laughter, the Toulousan Tholomyès, who was somewhat of a Spaniard, Toulouse being the cousin of Tolosa, sang, to a melancholy chant, the old ballad gallega , probably inspired by some lovely maid dashing in full flight upon a rope between two trees:— “Soy de Badajoz, “Badajoz is my home, Amor me llama, And Love is my name; Toda mi alma, To my eyes in flame, Es en
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

The genius of the place is also favourable to such an experiment as the one proposed, for in the event of water being scarce, recourse might be had to some of the old pumps, which, though rather out of use, could easily be made to act again.
— from The Comic Almanack, Volume 2 (of 2) An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett

A division of the business has been indeed attempted; there is more than one puddling forge in the United States that relies upon the purchase of pig for its supply.
— from The American Quarterly Review, No. 18, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

The other parts followed in the course of 1733 and 1734, and the authorship was soon avowed.
— from Alexander Pope by Leslie Stephen

So sang Ogga, on the threshold of poetic feeling, in the days of the Ice.
— from A Woman of the Ice Age by L. P. (Louis Pope) Gratacap

Robert caught and relished the old pugnacious flash in the eye, the Midland strength of accent.
— from Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

There are three other prominent features in the economy of Eton, which I have touched on in former pages, namely, those of fagging, flogging, and attendance in church during the week days.
— from Confessions of an Etonian by I. E. M.

Once it is disintegrated there can be no task, either theoretically or practically, for it to accomplish, therefore it cannot have to sacrifice itself for such a task.
— from Morals and the Evolution of Man by Max Simon Nordau