But enough has been said to show that similarities of a certain kind, whether criticism is able to detect them or not, may be such as must be attributed to an original writer, and not to a mere imitator.
— from Laws by Plato

If the love of God, which this passage insists upon, is to be regarded as a truth, then the Son also must be a truth, and, in plain language, a physical truth.
— from The Essence of Christianity Translated from the second German edition by Ludwig Feuerbach

The two inner ones are narrow, with pointed ends; the outer sepals are much broader, and they are blunt at the tip.
— from Flowers, Shown to the Children by C. E. Smith

The educational returns from each station area must be added together and the returns of these larger institutions added to the total educational statistics; that will give us the work done in the larger area in proportion to population.
— from Missionary Survey As An Aid To Intelligent Co-Operation In Foreign Missions by Thomas Cochrane

And as soon as might be after that, a barge dashed out from the Arsenal with Captain Troubridge on board, to announce the surrender of the Citadel, the last point in Naples to hold out against the Sovereign, at a loss to us of only two killed and five wounded, though the Swiss and Russians and Albanians and Calabrians suffered somewhat more severely, owing to a sortie which they had successfully countered.
— from The Admiral: A Romance of Nelson in the Year of the Nile by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen

3. No member shall be allowed to take any intoxicating spirits to any meeting of the Den; nor shall any member be allowed to attend a meeting while intoxicated; and for every ap- pearance at a meeting in such condition, he shall be fined the sum of not less than one nor more than five dollars, to go into the revenue of the Order.
— from Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment by John C. Lester

what happiness I enjoyed in these interviews—in seeing Veenah—in gazing on her lovely features—in listening to her sentiments, that were sometimes gay and thoughtless, sometimes serious and melancholy, but always tender and affectionate,—and now and then, when not perceived, in venturing to take her hand.
— from A Voyage to the Moon With Some Account of the Manners and Customs, Science and Philosophy, of the People of Morosofia, and Other Lunarians by George Tucker

The kinds that have a spring and may be adjusted to any size desired have their advantage, but the spring catches the silk also and of course that will never do for fine work.
— from The Library of Work and Play: Needlecraft by Effie Archer Archer

The 10th Native Infantry wear white puggaries, and the Sappers and Miners black, and this acts as an easily-distinguished mark between the various native regiments.
— from The March to Magdala by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Bears evince great sagacity as mountaineers, but although they are tireless and enterprising travelers they seldom cross the range.
— from The Mountains of California by John Muir