Many a fair head has been laid in a coffin, a victim to consumption, from rashly venturing out of a heated ball room, flushed and excited, with only a light protection against keen night air.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

As for the barber, he bestowed on him a large pension, and kept him near his own person.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

But I snatched up a long pole and kept the ship off, making signs to my men by nodding my head, that they must row for their lives, whereon they laid out with a will.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

I do glory That thou, which stood'st like a huge pyramid Begun upon a large and ample base, Shalt end in a little point, a kind of nothing.
— from The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster

Thereupon he was struck with a long pike and killed. 221 CHAPTER IX.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and lord protector, afterward king, by the name of Richard III., was lodged in this house; since the which time, among other, Anthonie Bonvice, a rich merchant of Italy, dwelt there; after him, Germain Cioll, then William Bond, alderman, increased this house in height, with building of a turret on the top thereof: he deceased in the year 1576, and was buried in St. Helen’s church.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

Concentrated hell and torture with every moment, stabbing and pulling at each heart and then—then the sad, mournful face of Andrew Marshall as he steps forward slowly past Mag Robertson, past Jean Fleming, past Jenny Maitland, past them all, and at last putting a kindly hand on the shoulder of Nellie Sinclair, he says, with a catch in his voice that would break a heart of granite: "Come awa' hame, Nellie.
— from The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner by James C. Welsh

Much can be done by the exercise of a little patience and kind consideration, to make the subject of these infirmities feel at ease, and so manifest the defects as little as possible.
— from Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) by Wesley Mills

But those who read these documents, though they laughed at the outside, respected the inside, for “the Ancients” had a large practice and knew how to keep it.
— from The Case and Exceptions: Stories of Counsel and Clients by Frederick Trevor Hill

It was a lively party, and Kirk's secret elation enabled him to play the part of host with unforced geniality.
— from The Ne'er-Do-Well by Rex Beach

But what I meant to point out, is, that there was plainly nothing to preclude you from offering friendly admonition (when your view of my principles changed), with a full confidence of being at least patiently and kindly listened to.
— from Apologia Pro Vita Sua by John Henry Newman

In a later pattern a kind of discontinuous longitudinal rib is put in the ribbon, and increases the capacity and life by strengthening the mass Fig.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Dwelling for years among lawless people, and keeping always, as was currently reported, a large sum of money in his rooms, it was wonderful that he was not robbed.
— from Self-Doomed: A Novel by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

The latter naturally professed complete ignorance of the visitation and dwelt with such insistence upon the plausibility of dreams that Amber lost patience and kicked him grievously, so that he complained with a loud voice and cast himself at the sahib's feet, declaring that he was but as the dust beneath them and that Amber was his father and mother and the light of the Universe besides.
— from The Bronze Bell by Louis Joseph Vance

Our porters, with bare feet and legs, penetrated all kinds of snaky-looking spots and yet not one was bitten.
— from In Africa: Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by John T. (John Tinney) McCutcheon