cit., p. 316, &c. Professor Freud’s theory of dreams supports entirely, but does not imply our hypothesis that some (and probably many) abnormal dreams of a rare kind, whether good or bad in tendency, may be due to the latent content of subconsciousness, out of which they undoubtedly arise, having been collected and carried over from a previous state of consciousness parallel to our present one.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

In the midst of the dinner we heard a chaise stop at the door, and presently some one coming up stairs—it was M. Basile.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

To which Sancho replied, "If your ladyship will give me a proper scourge or cord, I'll lay on with it, provided it does not hurt too much; for you must know, boor as I am, my flesh is more cotton than hemp, and it won't do for me to destroy myself for the good of anybody else."
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Coffea Quillou Flowers in Full Bloom M. Teyssonnier, of the experimental garden at Camayenne, French Guinea, West Africa, has produced a promising species of coffee known as affinis .
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

This incapable and profligate sprig of Cordovan nobility enjoyed his power for a very brief period, however; for in October, 1569, private spite and suspicion led to his being strangled in bed by his own followers, when an able and devoted man, the true leader of the rebellion, and one who could even dare to die for his friend, assumed the title of king as Muley Abdallah Aben Abó.
— from The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole

Jude used to be a proud sort of chap—above any business almost, leave alone keeping a standing."
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

As a matter of fact only one instance is known, and consequently we must consider it as a new coat devised to bear reference to the old one, and not as a regularised method of differencing for a particular set of circumstances.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

The forest of Lucania, whose acorns fattened large droves of wild hogs, afforded, as a species of tribute, a plentiful supply of cheap and wholesome meat.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

The disgusting part of it was that many of these cousins were rich, so that Lily imbibed the idea that if people lived like pigs it was from choice, and through the lack of any proper standard of conduct.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

The noblest of the Greeks, more especially those who, by descent or alliance, might dispute the Comnenian inheritance, escaped from the monster's den: Nice and Prusa, Sicily or Cyprus, were their places of refuge; and as their flight was already criminal, they aggravated their offence by an open revolt, and the Imperial title.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

The noise of the shot to-day was a serious thing; it gave Jingoss warning, and perhaps spoiled our chance to surprise him.
— from The Silent Places by Stewart Edward White

These varieties of crystals, exclaims our friend with the proud and patronizing smile of conscious superiority, present differences almost equally great with those displayed by species.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 10, October, 1869 to March, 1870 by Various

On ordinary evenings they were disciplined and quiet and passed into preparation in a proper state of chastened docility; but to-night was the last night of the term—there was to be a concert—and by this time to-morrow— They shouted as they ran into the lighted buildings and then once more there was silence—the organ had ceased and the chapel doors were closed.
— from The Gods and Mr. Perrin: A Tragi-Comedy by Hugh Walpole

Am I to forget the moment in the smoky railway station when I leaned out of the car window and saw my boy ashen white, with compressed lips, standing beside his mother, and I made a poor show of cheerfulness and talked of seeing them soon again, while my eyes greedily searched the features of my wife and child, and my soul drank in the picture of them like parched lips after a many days' march drinking in the water so madly longed for?
— from Men in War by Andreas Latzko

He grew quite fond of her broad, intelligent face with the eagle's nose; seldom had he come across a purer strength of character.
— from In God's Way: A Novel by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

All possible shades of color lurk in a colorless ray of light.
— from The Breath of Life by John Burroughs

In this way a perfect system of communication can be established by which messages can be sent from point to point in an instant.
— from The Mountains of Oregon by W. G. (William Gladstone) Steel

Not but that she had, at proper seasons, other customers to deal with, whom she stood less upon punctilio with, than with these; for instance, it was not on one of them she could attempt to pass me for a maid; they were not only too knowing, too much town-bred to bite at such a bait, but they were such generous benefactors to her, that it would be unpardonable to think of it.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland