The great difference, practically, between these authors and Kant is their complete abstraction from the onlooking Psychologist and from the Reality he thinks he knows; or rather it is the absorption of both of these outlying terms into the proper topic of Psychology, viz., the mental experience of the mind under observation.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

The pigeons strutted round one another, puffed out their chests mightily, and had their own private views and opinions.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

Tadeo gave his particular version, which according to him came from a reliable source: Simoun had been assaulted by some unknown person in the old Plaza Vivac, 2 the motive being revenge, in proof of which was the fact that Simoun himself refused to make the least explanation.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

Then the power of each individual in the State to do his own work appears to compete with the other political virtues, wisdom, temperance, courage.
— from The Republic by Plato

Note 585 ( return ) [ Of the strange names given to the different modes of applauding in the theatre, the first was derived from the humming of bees; the second from the rattling of rain or hail on the roofs; and the third from the tinkling of porcelain vessels when clashed together.]
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

"Although my ancestry is all of New England, I was born in the old town of Petersburg, Virginia.
— from The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey

His criticisms on this point, if sound, would make Flaxman a truer artist than Titian or Paolo Veronese.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

They had been floating about all the morning, from gloomy St. Gingolf to sunny Montreux, with the Alps of Savoy on one side, Mont St. Bernard and the Dent du Midi on the other, pretty Vevay in the valley, and Lausanne upon the hill beyond, a cloudless blue sky overhead, and the bluer lake below, dotted with the picturesque boats that look like white-winged gulls.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

"And pray, sir," said the old lady, who seemed convinced that the only purpose vitriol could have been invented for was to throw into people's faces, "and may I ask what you are doing with vitriol here?
— from The Wide World Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 127, October to March, 1909 by Various

The only part visible was a pair of cheeks, the roseate hue of which might cause a sigh of envy in the heart of many a coquette.
— from The Sharper Detected and Exposed by Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin

The tankard was usually made of metal and the common use of pewter in the fifteenth century is shown by an extract from a letter of that period, in which the recipient is reminded, that “If ye be at home this Christmas, it were well done ye should do purvey a garnish or twain of pewter vessel.”
— from The Curiosities of Ale & Beer: An Entertaining History (Illustrated with over Fifty Quaint Cuts) by John Bickerdyke

“Thou art welcome to our tabernacles of peace, venerable father, for no doubt, thou comest to bless the saint thou hast given us.
— from Thais by Anatole France

They would play billiards or picquet by the hour together without uttering a word, if Yagitch drove out on any expedition he always took Volodya with him, and Yagitch was the only person Volodya initiated into the mysteries of his thesis.
— from The Darling and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

He might be wanted at any hour should Mr. Bendall, when found, prove intractable; so he stayed on at the old place, very much against his will in other respects.
— from In the Dead of Night: A Novel. Volume 3 (of 3) by T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight

that are not detailed here, the text presented is that which appeared in the original printed version.
— from Cranial Osteology of the Hylid Frog, Smilisca baudini by Linda Trueb

They were thus continually brought in contact with men of affairs, soldiers of fortune, statesmen, and became imbued with much of their practical spirit; and hence the singularly romantic character which the biographies of many of these men display, wonderful turns of prosperity, violent deaths.
— from History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume II (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper

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— from Travels in the interior of Brazil with notices on its climate, agriculture, commerce, population, mines, manners, and customs: and a particular account of the gold and diamond districts. by John Mawe