[pg xxviii] Heeren, who is evidently little disposed in favour of modern theories, finely observes:— "It was Homer who formed the character of the Greek nation.
— from The Iliad by Homer

But our good Lord the Holy Ghost, which is endless life dwelling in our soul, full securely keepeth us; and worketh therein a peace and bringeth it to ease by grace, and accordeth it to God and maketh it pliant.
— from Revelations of Divine Love by of Norwich Julian

He turns the key in the door, ungirdles his black pocket-book (book of fate to many), lays another letter by it, and reads, boldly written in each, "Lady Dedlock."
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Heeren, who is evidently little disposed in favour of modern theories, finely observes:— "It was Homer who formed the character of the Greek nation.
— from The Odyssey by Homer

Not merely the genuinely masculine woman, but every little doll of a woman in every little doll's house, became obsessed with the imperative necessity of the emancipation of her own body and the self-development of her own soul.
— from Modernities by Horace Barnett Samuel

In 1763 the silk weavers in east London drew up a scale of wages, and upon its being rejected, 2000 of them broke their tools, destroyed the materials, and left their workshops.
— from Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776 by S. A. Reilly

Children, who in every little difficulty are assisted by others, really believe that [Pg 147] others are in fault whenever this assistance is not immediately offered.
— from Practical Education, Volume I by Richard Lovell Edgeworth

Another Office, which is even less durable, is that of General of the Arms, which no one Man can exercise above Two Months, for Fear, no doubt, lest he who is invested with it should acquire too much Power.
— from The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by Pöllnitz, Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von

The wonderful Machairodus , which in Europe lived down to Post-Pliocene times, is found in the Upper Miocene of Dakota; and perfect crania have been discovered, showing that the chin was lengthened downwards to receive and protect the enormous canines.
— from The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 1 With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface by Alfred Russel Wallace

My parents emigrated from England a short time previous to my birth, and I am happy to say that my mother is dead, so that she wo'nt feel the mortification of hearing or knowing of my untimely and ill-fated end, for she was, in early life doomed to drink deep of the galling cup of bitter sorrow.
— from Life and Confession of Sophia Hamilton Who was Tried, Condemned and Sentenced to be Hung, at Montreal, L. C. on the 4th of August, 1845, for the Perpetration of the Most Shocking Murders and Daring Robberies Perhaps Recorded in the Annals of Crime by William H. Jackson

The next and last face was that of a young man—a dark, fearless face; firmness was in every lineament, determination in every line.
— from Brother Against Brother; or, The Tompkins Mystery. A Story of the Great American Rebellion. by John R. (John Roy) Musick

(4) Meetings of the society (only including what is essential, leaving details to the By-Laws).
— from Robert's Rules of Order Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Robert

It was claimed that the water in which the segments were boiled, according to the process which is explained later, did not whiten them.
— from Philippine Mats Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1 by Philippines. Bureau of Education

He almost doubted whether its exceeding loveliness did not equal that of his betrothed.
— from William Shakespeare as He Lived: An Historical Tale by Henry Curling