"However," said Clifford, "I send my good nurse a fine gift every now and then to assure her of my safety; and thus, notwithstanding my absence, I show my affection by my presents,—excuse a pun."
— from Paul Clifford — Volume 04 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Fragments of chalk and flint are preserved in Mull under basalt, an old lava flow, and flints from the chalk are found in more recent deposits (Boulder Clay) on the East of Scotland, pointing to a former great extension northward, which has been nearly all removed by denudation.
— from The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight by J. Cecil (John Cecil) Hughes

[Pg 213] The assertion that the science of nature leads away from God, expresses nothing but a prejudice.
— from The Heavenly Father: Lectures on Modern Atheism by Ernest Naville

A few great elms, near by, are nodding and rustling in the wind, and once or twice a drowsy bird-note floats up from the neighbouring thicket that skirts the vacant, lonely road.
— from Shakespeare's England by William Winter

Zoe, in charmingly becoming and elegant traveling attire, her fond young husband by her side, ready to anticipate every wish and gratify it if in his power, was extremely comfortable, and found great enjoyment, now in chatting gaily with him, now sitting silent by his side watching the flying panorama of forest and prairie, hill, valley, rock, river and plain.
— from The Two Elsies A Sequel to Elsie at Nantucket by Martha Finley

I, absent with a book at the end of the sofa, could not avoid furtive glances, every now and then, at the emulants.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

We say, "Sit down ," to a person who is standing; and, "Sit still ," to a person seated who is about to rise; and in all these minute particulars, the simple text of Shakspeare, if attentively followed, gives every necessary indication of his intention with regard to the attitudes and movements of the persons on the stage in this scene; and the highly commended stage-directions of the folio are here, therefore, perfectly superfluous.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics by Various

E vos, Señor Conde, si tomades pesar, o cuidades que vos loan por escarnescer del añadimiento, que fezistes en los capillos, y en las piguelas, y en las otras cosas de caça que vos fezistes, guisad de fazer algunos fechos granados e nobles que les pertenesce de facer a los grandes omes.
— from History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature (Vol 1 of 2) by Friedrich Bouterwek

The mention of a few good English names, acquaintance with the ordinary English sports, is quite sufficient with a man like that.”
— from The Zeppelin's Passenger by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim