Pity 'tis, in some respects, that on a new continent our immigrants could not have made a tabula rasa of the past, and taken a start de novo on another level—a higher one; on a new gauge—a widened one.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

Nothing that a Noodle does, can awaken surprise or indignation; the proceedings of a Noodle can only inspire contempt.’
— from Hard Times by Charles Dickens

"These phenomena, therefore," he concludes, "are not characteristic of interrupted coitus, but consequences of an imperfectly concluded sexual cohabitation as such."
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Havelock Ellis

At the large hotels, as far as my observation extended, it is the exception, not the rule, to take any spirituous or fermented beverage at or after dinner; and no case of inebriety came under my notice in any of these establishments.
— from A Visit to the United States in 1841 by Joseph Sturge

Under the pressure of heavy expenditures in case of war, or in undertaking permanent improvements in a new country, or in carrying on various enterprises for common welfare, the demand for means is greater than the supply from ordinary modes of taxation.
— from Rural Wealth and Welfare: Economic Principles Illustrated and Applied in Farm Life by Geo. T. (George Thompson) Fairchild

And that it might appear that they were only waiting for this, they immediately sailed away to Ephesus, that they should either decide it in a naval contest, or, in case the enemy should decline a battle, to extort from them a confession of fear, which would have the best effect on the minds of the states of Asia.
— from The History of Rome, Books 37 to the End with the Epitomes and Fragments of the Lost Books by Livy

Luria is a noble character, original in conception, and finely developed from “within outwards.”
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXV, No. 6, December 1849 by Various

Despite the cruder efforts which are naturally common, one is constantly surprised at the artistry exhibited in even the less expertly conceived decorative motifs.
— from Ocmulgee National Monument, Georgia by G. D. Pope

The foundations of the barrage at Nussdorf consist of iron caissons, that on the right bank being rectangular in form, and 81 feet long by 18 feet 7 inches wide, while the wall on the left bank is 99 feet long, by the same width as the other, with an enlargement on the side towards the canal for the lock gates.
— from Waterways and Water Transport in Different Countries With a description of the Panama, Suez, Manchester, Nicaraguan, and other canals. by J. Stephen (James Stephen) Jeans