The result is a system in which both "cultural" and "utilitarian" subjects exist in an inorganic composite where the former are not by dominant purpose socially serviceable and the latter not liberative of imagination or thinking power.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

," said I, in the kindest tone I could assume under such exciting circumstances, "will you go home with me now—not to my office, but my dwelling—and remain there till we can conclude upon some convenient arrangement for you at our leisure?
— from Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street by Herman Melville

Meanwhile, the merchants and ship-masters, the spruce clerks and uncouth sailors, entered and departed; the bustle of his commercial and Custom-House life kept up its little murmur round about him; and neither with the men nor their affairs did the General appear to sustain the most distant relation.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

These collective ideas of substances the mind makes, by its power of composition, and uniting severally either simple or complex ideas into one, as it does, by the same faculty, make the complex ideas of particular substances, consisting of an aggregate of divers simple ideas, united in one substance.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

The Colonna and Ursini still exercised their deadly feuds: the bannerets of Rome asserted and abused the privileges of a republic: the vicars of Christ, who had levied a military force, chastised their rebellion with the gibbet, the sword, and the dagger; and, in a friendly conference, eleven deputies of the people were perfidiously murdered and cast into the street.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

financiera y contribuyendo así al desarrollo de la economía mundial; contribuir a una sana expansión económica tanto en los países miembros como en los no miembros, con miras al desarrollo económico; contribuir a la expansión del comercio mundial sobre una base multilateral y no discriminatoria conforme a las obligaciones internacionales.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

The stories told by Adhemar of Chabanois, an apparently ignorant and certainly untrustworthy contemporary, of his going to Cordova, are unsupported. (See e.g. Picavet, p. 34.)
— from The Hindu-Arabic Numerals by David Eugene Smith

An expression of opinion was obtained recently from some leading soil chemists of this country, and upon such expression we base the estimate that when pulverized limestone costs three dollars a ton, the value of the lime in a ton of basic slag should not be placed higher than 50 cents, and some chemists believe that the lime content is entirely negligible as an agent in soil amendment.
— from Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement by Alva Agee

" "And what d'ye ca' an untruth?" said Effie, again showing a touch of her former spirit—"Ye are muckle to blame, lass, if ye think a mother would, or could, murder her ain bairn—Murder!—I wad hae laid down my life just to see a blink
— from The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Walter Scott

An incident, showing the disposition which they manifested, even at this period, (1773,) towards their American neighbors, may throw some light upon their character, and upon subsequent events.
— from Indian Biography; Vol. 2 (of 2) Or, An Historical Account of Those Individuals Who Have Been Distinguished among the North American Natives as Orators, Warriors, Statesmen, and Other Remarkable Characters by B. B. (Benjamin Bussey) Thatcher

And therefore we find the Spirit of God accommodates himself to our contracted and teddered capacities, and uses such expressions of God as are suited to us in this state of flesh wherein we are.
— from The Existence and Attributes of God, Volumes 1 and 2 by Stephen Charnock

Many more instances might be given to show how Rudolf's clever and unscrupulous scheming extended his power all over the midlands and the eastern districts, and how grievously his heavy hand was felt throughout the country.
— from The Story of Switzerland by Lina Hug

The two gentlemen were thoroughly friendly and hearty; Parson Frank could hardly have helped being so towards any one in the same house with himself; and as to little Anne, she found in the new-comer a carpenter and upholsterer superior even to Martyn; but her candour revealed a great deal which I overheard one afternoon, when the two children were sitting together on the hearth-rug in the bookroom in the twilight.
— from Chantry House by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

[Pg 35] expanded, but turned toward higher and more holy purposes; namely, until their collective and unexpanded strength enables their possessor to enter the true Sanctuary of the Soul and stand therein in the presence of the Master —the Higher Self !
— from Studies in Occultism; A Series of Reprints from the Writings of H. P. Blavatsky No. 1: Practical Occultism—Occultism versus the Occult Arts—The Blessings of Publicity by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

The fact that the law classifies under subsection (d) dramatic or dramatico-musical compositions and under subsection (e) musical compositions, has caused the Copyright Office to prepare separate application forms and certificates for (D 1 ) a dramatic composition, (D 3 ) a dramatico-musical composition and (E 1 ) a musical composition, "published"; as also for (D 2 ) a dramatic composition (or a dramatico-musical composition) and (E 2 ) a musical composition, "not reproduced for sale."
— from Copyright: Its History and Its Law by R. R. (Richard Rogers) Bowker