When a man steals cattle, they cut off his right hand and left leg and nail them up in the marketplace as a warning to everybody.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

I had two miles of streets at least, lighted at night, to walk about in; and a great theatre to repair to, every night."
— from The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by John Forster

"Tell me?" "It really is not worth while," she answered with a little laugh, and notwithstanding the laughter, Stane knew that it was useless to press her further, and desisted from doing so.
— from A Mating in the Wilds by Ottwell Binns

For the other end a similar piece of wood is fitted, though a little longer, and not to be fastened, as it must be taken out for every operation.
— from Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained by M. (Moses) Quinby

You will always be on time, and when there is extra work you will remain a little later and never think of asking if you are to be paid for over time.
— from The Man: A Story of To-day by Elbert Hubbard

With respect to the seed-pods, in the purple Kohlrabi alone, do they differ, being a little longer and narrower than usual.
— from The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication by Charles Darwin

I lavished a little languid and not too condescending civility upon the party by passing them, when Michel was absent, the salt, the butter, the bread, and other commonplace condiments.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various