Such restraint as there may be is here a restraint upon bodily action; not at all upon the mental action which we call volition.
— from Mind and Motion and Monism by George John Romanes

I don't know how long it was, but after some time I was again roused up by a nervous shake.
— from The Voyage of the Rattletrap by Hayden Carruth

Our arguments have shown that, with Socialism, the issue is not an arbitrary tearing down and raising up, but a natural process of development.
— from Woman under socialism by August Bebel

The savannah, however, was already beginning to assume a more gloomy tinge; the sun, now level with the ground, only appeared on the horizon as a red unheated ball, and night was soon about to cover the earth with its dense gloom.
— from Stronghand; or, The Noble Revenge by Gustave Aimard

This dance had been introduced and taught by Miss Marr herself at the very start of her school, and was by this time perfectly well known to all her girls, and readily understood by any new guest of the evening under the guidance of his partner.
— from Hope Benham: A Story for Girls by Nora Perry

When, on the second day afterward, they entered the Doctor’s office Richling was bright with that new hope which always rises up beside a new experiment, and Mary looked well and happy.
— from Dr. Sevier by George Washington Cable