He never went to Exeter Hall, or heard a popular preacher, or read Tracts for the Times or Sartor Resartus.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

And then fall they to daunce about it, like as the heathen people did at the dedication of the Idols, whereof this is a perfect pattern, or rather the thing itself.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

The one is not afraid to lay out at once a large capital upon the improvement of his land, when he has a probable prospect of raising the value of it in proportion to the expense; the other, if he has any capital, which is not always the case, seldom ventures to employ it in this manner.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

When a particular phenomenon occurs rarely, the probabilities are strong against the recurrence of it.
— from The English in the West Indies; Or, The Bow of Ulysses by James Anthony Froude

After that she hesitated no longer, but rushed to the rocky top of the peak, and in a moment she was making her way down, with as much caution as possible, swinging from one ledge to the next, hanging on to a bush here, and a projecting piece of rock there.
— from The Camp Fire Girls at Long Lake; Or, Bessie King in Summer Camp by Jane L. Stewart

After a proper period of relaxation, the mother judged it time to go on.
— from Musk-Ox, Bison, Sheep and Goat by George Bird Grinnell

"Perhaps, after we have gone into exile," added Saint Aldegonde, almost with baseness, "God may give us an opportunity of doing such good service to the King, that he will lend us a more favorable ear, and, peradventure, permit our return to the country.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1566-74) by John Lothrop Motley

The actual physical process of reproduction, the details which initiate reproduction in the case of the human being, it seems unnecessary here to describe.
— from Sex: Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English by Henry Stanton

And then fall they to banquet and feast, to leap and dance about it, as the heathen people did at the dedication of their idols, whereof this is a perfect pattern, or rather the thing itself."
— from Shakespeare the Boy With Sketches of the Home and School Life, Games and Sports, Manners, Customs and Folk-lore of the Time by W. J. (William James) Rolfe

And then fall they to banquet and feast, to leape and daunce aboute it, as the Heathen people did at the dedication of their idolles, whereof this is a perfect patterne, or rather the thyng itself.”
— from The Sacred Tree; or, the tree in religion and myth by Philpot, J. H., Mrs.

She appeared to be not only a singer but a poetess, possessed of rare talent.
— from A Desperate Chance; Or, The Wizard Tramp's Revelation, a Thrilling Narrative by Old Sleuth

No sooner do we reach the bottom than we have to leave Miyanoshita for Yumoto, with a parting pang of regret that our stay is so short.
— from Newfoundland to Cochin China By the Golden Wave, New Nippon, and the Forbidden City by Ethel Gwendoline Vincent