I hear this day that Sir W. Batten was fain to put ashore at Queenborough with my Lady, who has been so sick she swears never to go to sea again.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

The island which I remembered was some three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide, heavily timbered, and lay near the Kentucky shore—within two hundred yards of it, I should say.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

Within an hour of the receipt of this message, Mr. Audley arrived at the King's-cross station, and took his ticket for Wildernsea by an express train that started at a quarter before two.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Of this festive composition each boy had one porringer, and no more—except on occasions of great public rejoicing, when he had two ounces and a quarter of bread besides.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

They demonstrated that if the daily consumption of fresh milk was less than 50 c.c., a guinea-pig died almost as quickly as if it received no milk; if the daily quota varied from 50 to 100 c.c., a greater or less protection from scurvy was observed, varying proportionately with the amount consumed; if 100 to 150 c.c. were taken daily, which practically amounts to a complete milk diet, satisfactory growth and development occurred, and no symptoms of scurvy were observed.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess

‘And, Mrs. Graham,’ said he again, five minutes after, ‘we were disputing, as we came along, a question that you can readily decide for us, as it mainly regarded yourself—and, indeed, we often hold discussions about you; for some of us have nothing better to do than to talk about our neighbours’ concerns, and we, the indigenous plants of the soil, have known each other so long, and talked each other over so often, that we are quite sick of that game; so that a stranger coming amongst us makes an invaluable addition to our exhausted sources of amusement.
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

This we might call the qualitative plurality of characteristic marks, which belong to a conception as to a common foundation, but are not cogitated as a quantity in it.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

Ita relatum caput ad Antonium iussuque eius inter duas manus in rostris positum, ubi 20 ille consul, ubi saepe consularis, ubi eo ipso anno adversus Antonium quanta nulla umquam humana vox cum admiratione eloquentiae auditus fuerat: vix attollentes prae lacrimis oculos homines intueri trucidati membra civis poterant.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

Since the Captain's visit, she had received a letter from him, and also one from Mrs. Mengan, his married sister, condoling with her on the loss of her baby, and expressing vaguely the hope that they should see her again at Quallingham.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

The sloping way was through groves and woods, and over grassed slopes, and around queer rocks; and there were flowers with stories in their hearts, and trees holding tree-spirits.
— from Kimiko, and Other Japanese Sketches by Lafcadio Hearn

Ducks, the larger bay-snipe, ruffed grouse, and, above all, quail late in the season, will carry off several shots—flying away apparently unhurt, although in the end they may fall dead.
— from The Game-Birds of the Coasts and Lakes of the Northern States of America A full account of the sporting along our sea-shores and inland waters, with a comparison of the merits of breech-loaders and muzzle-loaders by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt

A life-size portrait of the gallant General Wolfe, who was slain while leading his army against Quebec, is painted on the board, which is three feet long by two and a half wide.
— from Peculiarities of American Cities by Willard W. Glazier

However, this ecstasy did not last above a quarter of an hour; but it was considerably longer before my spirits subsided to their usual frame.
— from The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, Volume 1 (of 2) by Robert Paltock

“I must admit, though,” he added, “that there were immediate causes for the attack, and quite sufficient ones too.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

While the carpenter was repairing the shallop, he was busy with the other boat, transporting the corn out to the vessel, which, as we have mentioned, it was necessary to anchor at quite a distance from the shore.
— from Miles Standish, the Puritan Captain by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

Close to where we were brought up lay the 'Canada,' an English frigate, and about a quarter of a mile from her an American frigate of about the same size, with the stars and stripes conspicuously flying.
— from The English in the West Indies; Or, The Bow of Ulysses by James Anthony Froude

“What do you hear of that man Huntington?” he asked, as indifferently as a man 197 is ever able to ask a question which means much to him.
— from The Indifference of Juliet by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond

Nec solum id in universitate artium est verum, sed in singulis earum, in quarum nulla tantum est humanum ingenium progressum, ut ad medium pervenerit, etiam in infimis illis ac villissimis; ut nihil existimetur verius esse dictum ab Academicis quam Scire nihil."
— from Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe by Jaime Luciano Balmes