YOUNG CLERGYMAN:—Two pints of rum, two quarts of hot water, tea- cup of sugar, and a lemon; grate in nutmeg, stir thoroughly and drink while hot.
— from The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 1: Essays, Sketches, and Letters by Artemus Ward

"Only the last three lines of a great little poem by a little great Irishman named Stephens—entitled 'What Satan Said.'"
— from Told in a French Garden August, 1914 by Mildred Aldrich

Ann Rutledge, the daughter of his friend, was one of the most intelligent and lovely girls in New Salem.
— from Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous by Sarah Knowles Bolton

And slashing out with a long knife, he made a long gash in Narcisse’s scalp, and gave him a shove toward the hole.
— from The Lonesome Trail by John G. Neihardt

The biological value of the association which imposes this additional obligation may be found perhaps in the fact that a large group is not so readily eaten by an enemy as an individual cell; but it is clearer that the process of reproduction, which consists of the fusion of small "gametes," or nucleated fragments produced by diverse or similar parents, must be greatly facilitated by the occurrence of gamete-forming individuals in one and the same colony. "
— from The Doctrine of Evolution: Its Basis and Its Scope by Henry Edward Crampton

A loud gasp interrupted Nox's speech, for Handy Mandy, well in the lead, had also stepped round the bend.
— from Handy Mandy in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson

YOUNG CLERGYMAN:—Two pints of rum, two quarts of hot water, tea-cup of sugar, and a lemon; grate in nutmeg, stir thoroughly and drink while hot.
— from The Complete Works of Artemus Ward (HTML edition) by Artemus Ward

For this purpose, however, a large globe is necessary, since the section mentioned, though but a very small portion of the entire sphere, must be capable of properly containing all the regions of the habitable earth, and presenting an accurate view of them to all those who wish to consult it.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 1 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

She vanished again, leaving Gillian in no small alarm and vexation.
— from Beechcroft at Rockstone by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge