We see it as a little child, or as a savage who visits a civilized nation.
— from The World I Live In by Helen Keller

One of them, seeing that I was thoroughly out of health, though of course he pretended not to notice it, suggested that I should take a little change of air and go down with him to one of the principal towns, which was some two or three days’ journey from the metropolis, and the chief seat of the Colleges of Unreason; he assured me that I should be delighted with what I saw, and that I should receive a most hospitable welcome.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

A PINK STOCKING AT A SUMMER VILLA The House with the Messanine THE HOUSE WITH THE MEZZANINE TYPHUS GOOSEBERRIES IN EXILE THE LADY WITH THE TOY DOG GOUSSIEV MY LIFE The Bet and Other Stories THE BET A TEDIOUS STORY THE FIT MISFORTUNE AFTER THE THEATRE THAT WRETCHED BOY ENEMIES A TRIFLING OCCURRENCE A GENTLEMAN FRIEND OVERWHELMING SENSATIONS EXPENSIVE LESSONS A LIVING CALENDAR OLD AGE The Darling and Other Stories THE DARLING ARIADNE POLINKA ANYUTA THE TWO VOLODYAS THE TROUSSEAU
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The first leaves of our ordinary Sea-holly, are nothing so hard and prickly as when they grow old, being almost round, and deeply dented about the edges, hard and sharp pointed, and a little crumpled, of a bluish green colour, every one upon a long foot stalk; but those that grow up higher with the stalk, do as it were compass it about.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

Mrs. Wilcox gave a little cry of annoyance.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

This is not indeed a final purpose by which we can explain the presence of such a Being, but one of which we may at least convince ourselves (as was the case in physical Teleology) that we can make the possibility of such a world conceivable, not merely according to purposes, but only through the fact that we ascribe to its existence a final purpose.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

Father Christopher spread a little caviare on a piece of bread, put it in his mouth and said: “The Apostle Paul says: ‘Do not apply yourself to strange and diverse studies.’
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

"We might be tidier, mightn't we, sir?" said the cheerful clerk; "but when you're in a lost corner of a place like this, what are you to do?
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

A little crying out, and they must come round to their brother; when the three of us will lay siege to old Mr. Osborne.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Ab′sinth, French Absinthe (a ˙ b-san ˙ t), a liqueur consisting of an alcoholic solution strongly flavoured with an extract of several sorts of wormwood, oil of anise, &c. When taken habitually, or in excess, its effects are very pernicious.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

Then they went at the shoveling again, the engineer got up steam, and soon we left the short platform and little cube of a house at the siding behind.
— from Track's End Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There as Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full by Hayden Carruth

Indeed, did he not reign from his austere little cell over all the fine folk of the department?
— from Truth [Vérité] by Émile Zola

Presently the cry was repeated, and riding in the direction whence the sound proceeded, he came upon a little child of about two and a half years of age sitting on the ground among the sage-brush; the sole survivor of the disaster.
— from When Dreams Come True by Ritter Brown

The general Beer-convention, which must consist at least of five Chore Burschen, is the highest and last Court of Appeal; and therefore its decision is final and unalterable.
— from The Student-Life of Germany by William Howitt

This is owing to the fact that the wood contains carbohydrates which give up hydrogen and oxygen as water to the sulphuric acid, leaving charcoal, or a black mass very rich in it.
— from The Principles of Chemistry, Volume II by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev

Destiny is the grandiose title we give to the grand total of a long column of accidents when we stop to tot up the figures.
— from The Cup of Fury: A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Rupert Hughes

"If you expect to find any large class of Americans who will appreciate such heroism, exhibited at the sacrifice of your own blood and family, you do not know your countrymen in these days.
— from Tales of the Chesapeake by George Alfred Townsend