Note 89 ( return ) [ Sichem, Neapolis, Naplous, the ancient and modern seat of the Samaritans, is situate in a valley between the barren Ebal, the mountain of cursing to the north, and the fruitful Garizim, or mountain of cursing to the south, ten or eleven hours' travel from Jerusalem.
— 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

After mature reflection—as I must suppose it was Master Hugh granted me the privilege in question, on the following terms: I was to be allowed all my time; to make all bargains for work; to find my own employment, and to collect my own wages; and, [254] in return for this liberty, I was required, or obliged, to pay him three dollars at the end of each week, and to board and clothe myself, and buy my own calking tools.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

Likewise in the account of the academy of projectors, and several passages of my discourse to my master Houyhnhnm , you have either omitted some material circumstances, or minced or changed them in such a manner, that I do hardly know my own work.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift

They reason thus because they are unable to comprehend that even venial sin is of such a foul and hideous nature that even if the omnipotent Creator could end all the evil and misery in the world, the wars, the diseases, the robberies, the crimes, the deaths, the murders, on condition that he allowed a single venial sin to pass unpunished, a single venial sin, a lie, an angry look, a moment of wilful sloth, He, the great omnipotent God could not do so because sin, be it in thought or deed, is a transgression of His law and God would not be God if He did not punish the transgressor.
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

On the path of violence I attain this end through physical causality, but on the path of craft by means of motivation, i.e. , by means of causality through knowledge; for I present to his will [pg 435] illusive motives, on account of which he follows my will, while he believes he is following his own.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

Our only consolation lies in the fact that in such moments we are conscious of our own knowledge, and consider ourselves as having earned the right to instruct others; but those to whom we wish to impart our experience act exactly as we have acted before them, and, as a matter of course, the world remains in statu quo, or grows worse and worse.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

He was evidently a young man of considerable taste in reading, though principally in poetry; and besides the persuasion of having given him at least an evening's indulgence in the discussion of subjects, which his usual companions had probably no concern in, she had the hope of being of real use to him in some suggestions as to the duty and benefit of struggling against affliction, which had naturally grown out of their conversation.
— from Persuasion by Jane Austen

Lo, from the shades of Death's deep night, Departed Whigs enjoy the fight, And think on former daring: The muffled murtherer of Charles The Magna Charter flag unfurls, All deadly gules its bearing.
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

The whole business of the poor is to administer to the idleness, folly, and luxury of the rich; and that of the rich, in return, is to find the best methods of confirming the slavery and increasing the burdens of the poor.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

Kant ( Kritik der Praktischen Vernunft, p. 213; R. p. 257) only notice the motive of Compassion to utterly reject and contemn it.
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

Would to Heaven we had a navy able to reform those enemies to mankind or crush them into non-existence."
— from With Americans of Past and Present Days by J. J. (Jean Jules) Jusserand

The third factor is that never before has it been possible, as it is possible by our means of communication to-day, to offset a solidarity of classes and ideas against a presumed State solidarity.
— from The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Norman Angell

At present he is engaged in refurnishing a North River mansion of colonial times with suitable furniture and decorations, and will be handsomely rewarded for his pains.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 22, November, 1878 by Various

[1114] In many other cases the ancient fabric has been replaced by a building of the Renaissance period.
— from The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles. by Ella S. Armitage

Sir, the letter strongly enforces that idea: for though the repeal of the taxes is promised on commercial principles, yet the means of counteracting the "insinuations of men with factious and seditious views" is by a disclaimer of the intention of taxing for revenue, as a constant, invariable sentiment and rule of conduct in the government of America.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

"It would seem serious to me, though," rejoined John, "to see my own child transported."
— from Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume 1 (of 2) by Thomas Cooper

Cannot you leave me one corner to myself, or would your revenge be not full enough for you, then?" "You mistake me, sir," said Hubert, making a violent effort to control himself; "I am on your side in this matter.
— from By What Authority? by Robert Hugh Benson

Among these were the caravan-trade between Russia and China, several branches of fisheries, the manufacture of chintzes, the preparation of sugar, the tobacco-trade, and other things which were freely thrown open to individual competition.
— from The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs. Volume 7 (of 7) by Arthur Thomas Malkin