Six of them haven’t got quite back-bone enough to slew around and come right out for you on the first ballot to-morrow; but they’re going to vote against you on the first for the sake of appearances, and then come out for you all in a body on the second—I’ve fixed all that!
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

v [A; a] cook rice.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Another Association closely resembling the Illuminés , Berckheim reports, is known as the Idealists , whose system is founded on the doctrine of perfectibility; these kindred sects "agree in seeing in the words of Holy Scripture the pledge of universal regeneration, of an absolute levelling down, and it is in this spirit that the sectarians interpret the sacred books."
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

P’an Ku and his myth must be regarded rather as an accident than as a creation resulting from any sudden flow of psychological forces or wind of discontent ruffling the placid Chinese mind.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

Rent comes in but for a very small share, frequently for no share; and the most fertile mines only afford any considerable rent.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

The words were still on his lips, when an arm came round his neck, his back felt a knee, and he was sprawling backward.
— from The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Those who remained at home, with sense and money, were enriched by the epidemical disease: the sovereigns acquired at a cheap rate the domains of their vassals; and the ecclesiastical purchasers completed the payment by the assurance of their prayers.
— 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

According to Vierordt, [188] the motion of a point at a constant rate over a sizable piece of skin, e.g., the back of the hand from the wrist to the finger tips, gives, if not looked at, the definite impression of increasing rapidity.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

From henceforth I devoted much thought to the subject, and, in my childish fancy, pictured to myself how glorious it would be when the Messiah would come, [309] and, as a child rejoices to greet its father from afar, I looked forward, daily and hourly, to the advent of the Redeemer of Israel.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

Besides, whilst they are only made to acquire personal accomplishments, men will seek for pleasure in variety, and faithless husbands will make faithless wives; such ignorant beings, indeed, will be very excusable when, not taught to respect public good, nor allowed any civil right, they attempt to do themselves justice by retaliation.
— from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft

We love to reach those free, open spaces at which the cross-roads of the world converge, and where we are sure to meet, as at a common rendezvous, with travellers from its many [22] paths.
— from The Book of Christmas Descriptive of the Customs, Ceremonies, Traditions, Superstitions, Fun, Feeling, and Festivities of the Christmas Season by Thomas K. Hervey

ALIGNING A CONNECTING ROD.
— from Motion Pictures 1960-1969: Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

The matter being reported to Mr. Abbott, the English Consul at Tabriz, the chief of the Lazarists, with some fifteen of his satellites, went thither, and apprehending a cool reception from the Consul, whose protection the Lazarists enjoyed in common with the American missionaries, he applied for assistance to the Russian Consul, proposing to transfer his passports to his hands.
— from History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. by Rufus Anderson

At a comparatively recent date, northern and southern regions have been swept over and worn down by the joint action of ice and water, the force in general
— from The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Edward Hitchcock

About 3 o'clock, when I was again snoozing fitfully on my sofa-pillow by the door, Sheppy began to bark and a cow rushed past.
— from The Red Cow and Her Friends by Peter McArthur

but had a fine house, with a carriage drive and a conservatory, right at the other end of the town.
— from Children of the Dear Cotswolds by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker

You would have taken the cries, the jostling, and the sudden rushes for those at some fair just breaking up amidst a ceaseless roll of vehicles.
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Complete by Émile Zola

The Romans came, like the Egyptians, to regard marriage as a contract rather than a legal form.
— from The Truth About Woman by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

I would respectfully suggest, therefore, that there be furnished to this government either the text or a clear exposition of the articles, with the amendments and constructions referred to, in order that the understanding may be complete.
— from The Red Cross in Peace and War by Clara Barton

It is hard to see how any American can read it now without feeling his veins thrill.
— from Thomas Hart Benton by Theodore Roosevelt