But notwithstanding that this distinction be thus universally received, both in the active speculative scenes of life, I shall not scruple to pronounce, that it is, at bottom, erroneous, at least, superficial.
— from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

The conditions of the rapids below The Dalles was such that one boat, fortunately empty, was lost, and the upper rapids being impracticable, they broke up or traded all their boats and canoes but two, which were carried to the upper river.
— from Explorers and Travellers by A. W. (Adolphus Washington) Greely

This fine beetle may be taken under rimu bark in tolerable abundance, and is often observed flying about at dusk during the summer.
— from An Elementary Manual of New Zealand Entomology Being an Introduction to the Study of Our Native Insects by G. V. (George Vernon) Hudson

The phantom of the unhappy Renaissance breathes in these strains, religious only in so far as they are a fabric built on sacred words.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 14, October 1871-March 1872 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

There are two rows of hieroglyphs above the monster, the upper contains 8 and the second 6, but the second hieroglyph in the upper row belongs in the lower.
— from Commentary on the Maya Manuscript in the Royal Public Library of Dresden by Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann

Once discovered, however, it became possible to trace their unconscious recognition back in time.
— from Mars and Its Canals by Percival Lowell

After many honours done to them, who were to transport her thence unto Rhodes , being imbarked, they set saile uppon their Bon viaggio .
— from The Decameron (Day 1 to Day 5) Containing an hundred pleasant Novels by Giovanni Boccaccio

They take up red beets in the wrong sign and wonder why the beets cook up stringy.
— from Amanda: A Daughter of the Mennonites by Anna Balmer Myers

You know that, as a general rule, I am reluctant to undertake reviewing, but in this case I should have been glad to make an exception to my usual practice.
— from Mogreb-el-Acksa: A Journey in Morocco by R. B. (Robert Bontine) Cunninghame Graham

But notwithstanding that this distinction be thus universally received, both in the active and speculative scenes of life, I shall not scruple to pronounce that it is at bottom erroneous, or at least superficial.’
— from Rationalism by J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson