That these observances are dictated by fear of the ghosts of the slain seems certain; for from another account of the ceremonies performed on the return of a successful head-hunter in the same island we learn that sacrifices are offered on this occasion to appease the soul of the man whose head has been taken; the people think that some misfortune would befall the victor were such offerings omitted.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

He is aware that he seldom passes so far as a dozen blocks from his own bureau, without being recognized and accosted.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

I This is the Month, and this the happy morn Wherin the Son of Heav'ns eternal King, Of wedded Maid, and Virgin Mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring; For so the holy sages once did sing, That he our deadly forfeit should release, And with his Father work us a perpetual peace.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

At the corner of the Rue du Petit Carreau and the Rue de Cléry there was a deserted barricade, fairly high and well built.
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo

Since all demonstration is syllogistic, in the case of a new truth we must first seek, not for a demonstration, but for direct evidence, and only in the absence of such evidence is a demonstration to be temporarily made use of.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

ANT: Ductile, brittle, friable, diffuse, unshapely, straggling, sparse, broadcast, dispread.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

In 1910, the Hungerford Co. business was discontinued in New York; and David B. Fraser moved to Jersey City, where he continued to operate as
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Again Don Benito faintly shuddered.
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

And his letters from Rome to the Bishop of Maillezais, interesting as they are in regard to the matter, are as dull, bare, flat, and dry in style as possible.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

One evening, as we drew to the camp-fire, a deer broke from the woods and ran straight through the little circle we were making, and disappeared in the bushes by the riverside.
— from A Romany of the Snows, Complete Being a Continuation of the Personal Histories of "Pierre and His People" and the Last Existing Records of Pretty Pierre by Gilbert Parker

He already seemed a different boy from what he had been, and would hardly be recognized for the bully of a short time before.
— from Derrick Sterling: A Story of the Mines by Kirk Munroe

As her chariot, draped with black velvet fringed with gold, and drawn by four superb white horses of Arab breed, drew up in front of the Cardinal's palace, a murmur of admiration ran through the crowd.
— from Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan and Lorraine, 1522-1590 by Julia Cartwright

Let them that list these pastimes still pursue, And on such pleasing fancies feed their fill, So I the fields and meadows green may view, And daily by fresh Rivers walk at will, Among the Daisies and the Violets blue, Red Hyacinth, and yellow Daffadil, Purple Narcissus, like the morning rayes, Pale ganderglass and azure Culverkayes.
— from The Complete Angler 1653 by Izaak Walton

We are torn and distracted by faction and feud.
— from The Lord of Dynevor: A Tale of the Times of Edward the First by Evelyn Everett-Green

There is no scenery round Paris so striking as the forest of Fontainbleau, but the heights of Belleville exhibit nature in a more pleasing aspect, and are distinguished by features of a gentler character.
— from Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. by Patrick Fraser Tytler

Beyond was a ruinous pier, at the head of which was the foundation of a large building apparently destroyed by fire a long time before.
— from The Bradys' Chinese Clew; Or, The Secret Dens of Pell Street by Francis Worcester Doughty

He went doun in de riber swamp an' de blow flies blowed de gashes an' he wuz unconscious when a white man found him an' tuk him home wid him.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration

Thus it begins:— "Whelped on the desert sands, and desert bred From dugs whose sustenance was blood alone— A life translated out of other lives, I grew the king of beasts; the hurricane Leaned like a feather on my royal fell; I took the Hyrcan tiger by the scruff And tore him piecemeal; my hot bowels laughed
— from Memories and Studies by William James

We have spoken of hop-bine ensilage as a discovery, but French farmers have for years mixed green hop-leaves with their cows’ food, under the belief, rightly or wrongly we know not, that it increases the flow of milk.
— from The Curiosities of Ale & Beer: An Entertaining History (Illustrated with over Fifty Quaint Cuts) by John Bickerdyke