F. Kluge, in Techmer’s Internationale Zeitschrift für allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, vol.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

He brimmed with deep feeling as he replied in a steady voice, the steadiness of which was spoilt by the palpableness of his great effort to keep it so:— "You know, mistress, that I love you, and shall love you always.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Indignation against successful vice, again, is a state in the mean between Envy and Malevolence: they all three have respect to pleasure and pain produced by what happens to one’s neighbour: for the man who has this right feeling is annoyed at undeserved success of others, while the envious man goes beyond him and is annoyed at all success of others, and the malevolent falls so far short of feeling annoyance that he even rejoices [at misfortune of others].
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

In the abstract or general survey of all those peculiarities of length to which the innominate artery, A, Plate 9, is subject, I here lay it down as a proposition, that they occur as graduated phases of the bicleavage of this innominate trunk from the level of A, to the aortic arch, in which latter phasis the aorta gives a separate origin to the carotid and subclavian vessels of the right side as well as the left.
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise

To consult women in matters of difficulty, as the Germans used to do in old times, is by no means a matter to be overlooked; for their way of grasping a thing is quite different from ours, chiefly because they like the shortest way to the point, and usually keep their attention fixed upon what lies nearest; while we, as a rule, see beyond it, for the simple reason that it lies under our nose; it then becomes necessary for us to be brought back to the thing in order to obtain a near and simple view.
— from Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer

Exceptions to this rule hardly ever occur except in the few cases where the penultimate is an open syllable with a short vowel, as indicated by the sign ˘. The illustrations are reproduced from photographs [ xviii ] of models and original objects made by Malays; most of these models and other objects are now in the Cambridge Archæological and Ethnological Museum, to which they were presented by the author.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

A single volume of prose, called Timber, or Discoveries made upon Men and Matter , is an interesting collection of short essays which are more like Bacon's than any other work of the age.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

The devil!” He made a sign to his wife, who hastily drew near, and showed her the line written on the sheet of paper, then he added in a subdued voice:— “Quick!
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

We are so very sorry that you are hurt.
— from A Student in Arms: Second Series by Donald Hankey

Other matadores coming after had obscured his poor fame, and Pescadero, after fighting bulls in America and suffering various wounds, had retired with a small capital of savings.
— from The Blood of the Arena by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

And again— "'At sacri vates et divum cura vocamur.'
— from The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The servants drew near, but at a mute signal from their master they remained tranquil; immediately the tumult became louder and several voices raised an unintelligible cry, Edmond grew warm, his father looked at him significantly; but soon, however, the name of the hermit resounded clearly and distinctly from out of the confused murmur.
— from The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel. Vol. I. by Ludwig Tieck

Lord Mount Severn, with his little son, had paid them a short visit at Christmas and Isabel had asked him, apparently with unconcern, whether Mr. Carlyle had put himself very much out to the way to marry her; whether it had entailed on him an expense and a style of living he would not otherwise have deemed himself justified in affording.
— from East Lynne by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

She was known among her poor Italian neighbors as Signora Valeria, and supposed by them to be the widow of that handsome young Pole to whom they had seen her married, and from whom they had seen her torn by her father, some years before.
— from The Lost Lady of Lone by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

M. Malouet's observations would have carried the decree, but a deputy from Brittany exclaimed, with a shrill voice, that he had an amendment to propose which would render all unanimous.
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various