THE IMPERIAL DICTIONARY, English, Technological, and Scientific; adapted to the present state of Literature, Science, and Art, on the Basis of "Webster's English Dictionary;" with the Addition of many Thousand Words and Phrases from the other Standard Dictionaries and Encyclopædias, and from numerous other sources; comprising all Words purely English, and the principal and most generally used Technical and Scientific Terms, together with their Etymologies, and their pronunciation, according to the best authorities.
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 107, November 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

A faint noise of shouting came from on deck; the engine-room bell sounded a sudden and peremptory signal.
— from Faery Lands of the South Seas by James Norman Hall

But, whatever might be the amount of inconvenience that in the first appointment arose from neglect of such criteria, the system of promotion by merit, being regulated entirely by reference to official services, was found to work exceedingly well.
— from The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Hill, Rowland, Sir

He lighted another of his paper cigars at his companion’s; put it tightly between his teeth; covered his head with a soft slouched hat; threw the end of his cloak over his shoulder again; and walked out into the side gallery on which the door opened, without taking any further notice of Signor Cavalletto.
— from Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

Have you ever read the records your fathers have handed down from age to age, for now over sixteen centuries?"
— from The Sword of Honor; or, The Foundation of the French Republic A Tale of The French Revolution by Eugène Sue

Now, by a new interpretation; we are taught that all sensations are equally true, and that all faithfully represent the great X. If they be all [50] equally true, it is absolutely the same as if they were all false; no one sensation can have any privilege over the others, none can be truer than the others, none can be capable of explaining the others, none can usurp to itself the sole right of representing the essence of matter; and we thus find ourselves, in this case, as in the preceding, in presence of the insurmountable difficulty of creating a synthesis with heterogeneous elements.
— from The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Alfred Binet

It consists ( Pl. 24, fig. 10) of a basis in most parts fibrous, but in some nearly homogeneous, with a fair number of scattered cells.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 (of 4) Separate Memoirs by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

If, then, by Federalist is to be understood one who was for cementing the Union by a general government operating equally over all the States, in all matters that embraced the common interest, and to which the authority of the States severally was not adequate, for no one State can make laws to bind another; if, I say, by a Federalist is meant a person of this description, (and this is the origin of the name,) I ought to stand first on the list of Federalists , for the proposition for establishing a general government over the Union, came originally from me in 1783, in a written Memorial to Chancellor Livingston, then Secretary for Foreign Affairs to Congress, Robert Morris, Minister of Finance, and his associate, Gouverneur Morris, all of whom are now living; and we had a dinner and conference at Robert Morris's on the subject.
— from The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Thomas Paine

How numerous these crosses must have been in the pre-Reformation days is proved by the number that still remain in their ruined state, in spite of the complete destruction of others during the Puritan time, and from the frequent and familiar name of "Stone Cross" or "Stony Cross" one finds on the maps, though no vestige of a cross can now be discovered at such spots.
— from A Leisurely Tour in England by James John Hissey