No smaller and lighter ornaments, no scrap of woman's handiwork—lace or embroidery—enlivened the place: no books were set upon the table.
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

On the following day, July 22d, a dreary prospect presented itself; this was the ascent of the cuesta de San Antonio; we began to ascend at nine o'clock in the morning, and at every step new difficulties and greater dangers presented themselves; in some places the road ran along a narrow ridge, with a precipice on each [Pg 259] side; in others we had to travel along ladcras , or narrow skirts of the mountain beaten down by travellers into a path, with a deep valley on one side, and a perpendicular rock on the other—a fall on one side threatening inevitable death, and on the other broken arms or legs against the rough sides of the rock.
— from Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 2 of 3) Containing travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results by Stevenson, William Bennet, active 1803-1825

A large open niche, supported on massive columns and enclosed by a carved parapet, built by some king with a long, high-sounding name, looks as if it were made of gold; the stone is yellow and flooded with sunshine, which, where the hard material is not too thick, shines through and makes it seem transparent, with the peculiar vibrant glow of molten metal.
— from Enchanted India by Bozidar Karadordevic

The petty discussions in Congress, the long speeches he had to listen to, the quibbling, lack of initiative [Pg 153] and lack of national spirit of the delegates had thoroughly disgusted him.
— from Thomas Jefferson, the Apostle of Americanism by Gilbert Chinard

Irritate in a living animal the interior of a short or flat bone, or the extremity of a long one, no sign of animal sensibility is manifested.
— from General Anatomy, Applied to Physiology and Medicine, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Xavier Bichat

As for the store of Mauser rifles discovered at Liége, our newspapers spoke of that at the time.
— from Belgians Under the German Eagle by Jean Massart

It is a line of nine syllables only, the missing one being not, as in the Chaucerian acephala , at the first, but occurring somewhere in the middle, and at the cæsura.
— from Historical Manual of English Prosody by George Saintsbury

In mentioning the loss at Copenhagen, Southey, in his admirable Life of Nelson, says, on what authority we know not: "Part of this slaughter might have been spared.
— from The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock, K.B. Interspersed with notices of the celebrated Indian chief, Tecumseh, and comprising brief memoirs of Daniel De Lisle Brock, Esq., Lieutenant E.W. Tupper, R.N., and Colonel W. De Vic Tupper by Brock, Isaac, Sir

The Addenda is as original as the book itself, consisting, as it does, of a list of names, some of whom are not subscribers, but to whom the author is deeply obliged, or whom he regards as very dear friends, and those of a few whom he personally admires....
— from Etidorhpa; or, The End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of a Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd

mystery in the, 147 Four Ways, the, 147 Francesco de Padua (Vecchi), 145 , 154 Freeman, Professor, quoted, 11 G Galfrith, Frater, 87 Gallery over entrance to Edgar Chapel, 43 Gallery under great west window, 88 under the great east window of Quire, 57 under west window of Refectory, 96 Gargoyle, the, 99 Garth, upper and lower on north side of church, 144 Gate, to Chalice Hill, 63 King's, 95 Maudlin, 146 -147 of Remembrance, 144 St. John's, 127 -144 Water, 147 Gatehouse keeper's lodging (in dismantled Chapel of Dunstan), 91 Gematria of the Holy Name in the Greek, 151 ref. Geometry, sacred, 147 , 148 , 150 Gifts, spiritual, 22 -25 and flyleaf Glastonbury as a centre of spiritual life, 20 Abbey (see Abbey) Gloucester Cathedral cited, 27 ref.
— from The Gate of Remembrance The Story of the Psychological Experiment which Resulted in the Discovery of the Edgar Chapel at Glastonbury by Frederick Bligh Bond

They realized that as time went on the amphibians would get further and further ahead of them in development, so they let themselves be conquered, learned how to use the Nevians' tools and everything else they could get hold of, developed a lot of new stuff of their own, and now they're out to wipe the amphibians off the slate completely, before they get too far ahead of them to handle."
— from Triplanetary by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith