And in Him, as the binding and sustaining power, universal nature coheres and consists.’
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

For if a writer possesses any clear thought or knowledge it will be his aim to communicate it, and he will work with this end in view; consequently the ideas he furnishes are everywhere clearly defined, so that he is neither diffuse, unmeaning, nor confused, and consequently not tedious.
— from Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer

Under the pretence of supporting the Constitution, but in violation of its most valuable provisions, your citizens have been arrested and imprisoned upon no charge and contrary to all forms of law.
— from From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet

When he is placed under new conditions and committed to his own resources, we [Pg 161] are then better able to judge by his conduct whether he is actuated by reason or not.
— from The Speech of Monkeys by R. L. (Richard Lynch) Garner

A frock coat is, under no circumstances, a correct garment for a man to wear at an evening dance, neither is a Tuxedo or dinner coat.
— from Practical Etiquette by Cora C. Klein

The result is that he is neither diffuse, nor unmeaning, nor confused, and consequently not tedious.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; The Art of Literature by Arthur Schopenhauer

Now, although these rumours of a native rising were current in Matabeleland some time before the insurrection actually broke out, and were reported to the then acting chief native commissioner, Mr. Thomas, and to the heads of the Government, I do not think that they would have been warranted in taking any steps of a suppressive nature at this juncture; for there was absolutely nothing tangible to go upon, nor could any commission of inquiry have come to any other conclusion than that the natives had no intention of rebelling; for they were as quiet and submissive in their demeanour towards Europeans as they ever had been since the war, and there was absolutely no evidence of any secret arming amongst them; and the fact remains that, with one exception, all those Europeans in Matabeleland who had had a long experience of natives—that is, the native commissioners, [Pg 14] missionaries, and a few old traders and hunters, amongst whom I must include myself—were unanimous in the opinion that no rebellion on the part of the Matabele was to be apprehended.
— from Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia Being a Narrative of Events in Matabeleland Both Before and During the Recent Native Insurrection Up to the Date of the Disbandment of the Bulawayo Field Force by Frederick Courteney Selous

One of them has found that John Storm was intended to represent Christ himself, come back to earth in this most unbelieving Nineteenth century; a construction which seems to have been as far as possible from anything that was in the novelist's thought.
— from The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by William Cowper Brann

In quadam insulae parte sunt gentes quae Wallenses dicuntur, tantae audaciae et ferocitatis ut nudi cum armatis congredi non vereantur, adeo ut sanguinem pro patria fundere promptissime, vitamque velint pro laude pacisci.” Hactenus Giraldus .
— from Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evan Evans

So sometimes this private enterprise causes great detriment to public welfare such as blocking up navigable channels and causing floods.
— from The International Development of China by Yat-sen Sun

88 An anxious night passed, and at daybreak Uncle Naboth called a council of war, at which all on board were present.
— from Sam Steele's Adventures on Land and Sea by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum