A lot of little Chinese boys are around us, all naked except for a little embroidered varicolored stomacher which hangs by a cord from the neck of each—for what purpose I know not—and their elders are bringing water for us and sheaves of millet-blades for the menagerie of beasts we ride.
— from Following the Sun-Flag: A Vain Pursuit Through Manchuria by Fox, John, Jr.

A large English variety, somewhat irregular in form, but usually more or less compressed, and sometimes pyriform; [Pg 119] the upper portion of the root being produced four or five inches above ground.
— from The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Fearing Burr

It requires a certain boldness to attempt to effect a rapprochement between the formal and the expressional factor.3 An apparent unification of the three seems at present only possible by substituting for beauty another concept at least equally vague, such as perfection,4 which seems to imply the idea of purposiveness, and to apply clearly only to certain domains of beauty, e.g. organic form.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

The quotations covering the installation of plumbing, heating and lighting equipment vary so much that it is advisable to consider each separately.
— from Bennett's Small House Catalog, 1920 by Inc. Ray H. Bennett Lumber Co.

At last, even Valbrand's sense of duty was satisfied.
— from The Thrall of Leif the Lucky: A Story of Viking Days by Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina) Liljencrantz

the Salton Sea,—this sheet of four hundred square miles of water, this impromptu lake where but a little while before was a deserted hollow of a long extinct volcanic sea.
— from The Land of Enchantment: From Pike's Peak to the Pacific by Lilian Whiting

What they would like to provide is that the mortgagor shall have power to sell the existing goods if he chooses in the ordinary course of business, provided he always keeps a stock of goods on hand equal to that on hand at the time the [Pg 293] mortgage was made, the idea being that as one thing is released from the lien of the mortgage other things, of at least equal value, shall replace it.
— from Commercial Law by Richard William Hill

I will—" But the dining-room door was here suddenly flung wide, and Mrs. Lambert saw coming toward her, not, oh, not Miss Matthews, but a tall gentleman with a thin, worn face crowned with snow-white hair; and, catching sight of this snowy crown, Mrs. Lambert did not recognize the face until she felt her hand clasped, and heard a low eager voice say,— "I am so glad to come to you,—to see you and the children again, Caroline.
— from A Flock of Girls and Boys by Nora Perry

Fully to enjoy this power we must read his finest passages slowly, and let each verse saturate the mind.
— from The Poems of Leopardi by Giacomo Leopardi

And I shouldn't be surprised if we had a little excitement very soon.
— from Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders; Or, The Underground Search for the Idol of Gold by Victor Appleton