The classic influence on Sohrab and Rustum is especially noticeable in Arnold's use of materials.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

He would sit and watch it, as it boiled, with a puzzled expression, and would try and rouse it every now and then by growling at it.
— from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

I never saw a man in the United States who reminded me of that class of confidential servants of which we still retain a reminiscence in Europe, neither did I ever meet with such a thing as a lackey: all traces of the one and of the other have disappeared.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

And this Problem is scarce otherwise to be solved, than by saying, that the Reflexion of a Ray is effected, not by a single point of the reflecting Body, but by some power of the Body which is evenly diffused all over its Surface, and by which it acts upon the Ray without immediate Contact.
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton

The beef juice, or so-called "platter gravy," from a roast is exceedingly nutritious and desirable, but many of the thickened gravies are much less digestible and are too often given in excess; only a small quantity should be allowed.
— from The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses by L. Emmett (Luther Emmett) Holt

It chimed on Christmas Eve and rang in each New Year.
— from The Price of the Prairie: A Story of Kansas by Margaret Hill McCarter

Soon after the explanation of the cause of its three states followed the great discovery that the opinion of past ages respecting its elementary nature is altogether erroneous.
— from History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume II (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper

Though the writer of the above prose-poem chose to assume that the imaginary being to whom he addresses himself is a married man, the reader must not jump to the conclusion that Excelsior Springs is a resort for married couples only, that the married are obliged to run in pairs, or that those who have been joined in matrimony are, for any reason, in especial need of healing waters.
— from Abroad at Home: American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street by Julian Street

Colonists and Red Indians even now often shoot each other with precisely the same indifference as they shoot beasts of prey, and the whole history of warfare—especially when warfare was conducted on more savage principles than at present—is an illustration of the fact.
— from History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Though analogous usages are recorded in England (near Eton) as early as the sixteenth century [186] , it was not usual at that time to trouble to record such things.
— from Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. (Raymond Wilson) Chambers

They continued to preserve a qualified independence, and retain it even now.
— from Black Rebellion: Five Slave Revolts by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Five years later Augustus gave Mauretania and some Gaetulian districts to Juba, and received in exchange Numidia, which thus reverted to direct Roman control.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

"I am really in earnest, Netta."
— from The Lost Heir by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty