These unpleasant tendencies in our American life are made evident by articles such as those which I actually read not long ago in a certain paper, where a clergyman was quoted, seemingly with approval, as expressing the general American attitude when he said that the ambition of any save a very rich man should be to rear two children only, so as to give his children an opportunity "to taste a few of the good things of life."
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

No one was left in the house but Zinotchka, me, and my eldest brother, a student, who had toothache.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Atonic medial e before a single consonant was weakened (with the exceptions given under b. ) to i : as, cólligō , collect , from legō ; óbsideō , besiege , from sedeō ; cértāminis , of the contest , from certāmen ( 224 ); flāminis , from flāmen ( 470 ).
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Surely there can be no more pitiful sight to look upon than a child dying of diphtheria—the eyes wild with fear, looking appealingly for help from one troubled face to another; the little hand thrust into the mouth in helpless, useless effort to dislodge the terrible leather-like substance that is clogging up the throat, and making each breath a sound so painful that for days and weeks to come it will not cease to sound in our ears.
— from Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 729, December 15, 1877 by Various

She cared no more for singing, for every song she liked was associated with Maurice, and each one seemed now to have the same burden; and when she played, it was no longer gay airs, or even the wonderful 'Morceaux de Salon,' of incredible noise and difficulty, which had been required of her as musical exhibitions, but always some melancholy andante or reverie which seemed to come to her fingers without choice or intention.
— from A Canadian Heroine, Volume 3 A Novel by Coghill, Harry, Mrs.

$2.00 [386] EDWARDS.—Modern American Marine Engines, Boilers, and Screw Propellers , Their Design and Construction.
— from Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Comprising instructions in the selection and preparation of drawing instruments, elementary instruction in practical mechanical drawing; together with examples in simple geometry and elementary mechanism, including screw threads, gear wheels, mechanical motions, engines and boilers by Joshua Rose

Edward and Morini exchanged bows and salutations, the latter either not at all perceiving, or not appearing to perceive, that there was a vein of jest running through Lord Montagu's politeness which might not have been very flattering to his vanity.
— from Lord Montagu's Page: An Historical Romance by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

I am getting an old man, for this evening I missed my footing on getting into the boat, and bruised my knee and my elbow, but at seventy and over I cannot have the spring of seventeen.
— from Audubon and His Journals, Volume 2 (of 2) by John James Audubon

Twice afterward I saw him; once when our captain and a detachment of the officers of the ship waited upon him by his invitation, and spent a most agreeable evening, socially, enlivened with music by the band, and broadsword and musket exercise by a squad of troops, and refreshed by a handsome supper in the dining-room of the palace, on the walls of which hung engravings of all the American Presidents from Washington down to Jackson.
— from Siam : The Land of the White Elephant as It Was and Is by George B. (George Blagden) Bacon

Think what might happen if a man equally big and strong should live among us now, and insist on taking part in our games and sports!
— from St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, September 1878, No. 11 by Various

It would not injure me if I fell from a ladder and lay dead at its foot; for the devil hates us grievously, and might even bring about such a thing as that."
— from Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Elizabeth Rundle Charles

Close by is Place Houses (Places are common in Cornwall), a mansion erected by Admiral Spry on the site of a priory founded by Athelstan, belonging later to the monks of Plympton.
— from The Cornwall Coast by Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie) Salmon

"Yesterday, seventh night, being the anniversary of the victory obtained over the Rebels in their attack upon this City in the year 1775, a most elegant Ball and Supper were given at Menut's Tavern by the Gentlemen who served in the Garrison during that Memorable Winter.
— from Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir