Rhasis , Capivaccius, Hildesheim, &c., all inculcate this as an especial means of their cure, that their [3401] minds be quietly pacified, vain conceits diverted, if it be possible, with terrors, cares, [3402] fixed studies, cogitations, and whatsoever it is that shall any way molest or trouble the soul, because that otherwise there is no good to be done.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Again Agamemnon advised flight; but the others thought it not good to flee thus, and they counselled King Agamemnon that he should go to the Grecian ranks, bidding them bear themselves bravely and put courage into their hearts.
— from The Boys' Book of Famous Rulers by Lydia Hoyt Farmer

Thus, since for the One there is no good outside of Himself, there is nothing that He could wish.
— from Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 1 In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods by Plotinus

But the age of priestcraft is over; throne, altar, purple, sceptre, incense and all, have fled; and in the stead of man’s mummeries we have installed Man himself, in the might of his intellect, the glorious grandeur of his great conceptions, and the noble breadth of his philanthropy; and who is the type of these, if not Gabriel Riquetti?
— from Gerald Fitzgerald, the Chevalier: A Novel by Charles James Lever

A small vial can be filled and taken along--even an ounce vial will last several trips; or a few drops of the oil can be put into a bottle and water added, but as water will not cut the oil, it remains insoluble and when the bottle is turned in order that the mixture will run out, it often happens that our scent (after using a time or two) is no good, the oil having disappeared.
— from Bee Hunting: A Book of Valuable Information for Bee Hunters Tells How to Line Bees to Trees, Etc. by John Ready Lockard

Every competent scholar recognizes a close affinity between the Iranian Yima and the Hindu Yama, between the soma -cult and the haoma -cult, but in how far the thoughts and forms that have clustered about one development are to be compared with those of the other there is no general agreement and there can be none.
— from The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Edward Washburn Hopkins

To this object, then, I next gave my attention.
— from Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" by James Fenimore Cooper

We are weary of the incessant brandishing of the sword, the menaces to Slavdom, and the obstacles to its natural growth.
— from New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various

Why is it denied to me and given to you and Bastin?” “Because as Bastin would tell you, it is a gift, though one that is never granted to the proud and self-sufficient.
— from When the World Shook Being an Account of the Great Adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard