[205] For ancient usages see F. Lenormant, Chaldean Magic (London, 1877), pp.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

Where have all these mysteries and secrets among us sprung from?”
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In certain parts of the ocean at the Antilles, under seventy-five fathoms of water, can be seen with surprising clearness a bed of sand.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

At half-past nine the way was suddenly found to be barred by an unknown stream, from thirty to forty feet broad, whose rapid current dashed foaming over the numerous rocks which interrupted its course.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

Sometimes too, dazzled by the tinsel of a character which he has no opportunity to investigate, he pours forth the homage of his admiration upon some false Maecenas, whose future conduct gives the lie to his eulogium, and involves him in shame and confusion of face.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

At the same moment I fell down on the deck as though mortally wounded, and lay in an unconscious state for two hours.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

Alison was scared to death, but, almost unconsciously, she found herself creeping after him, her journal still in her hand.
— from The Sapphire Signet by Augusta Huiell Seaman

They were reported in the morning, as usual, searching for bodies with white flags; but I think that is their way of reconnoitring.
— from From Capetown to Ladysmith: An Unfinished Record of the South African War by G. W. (George Warrington) Steevens

Distribution - British Possessions and United States from coast to coast, southward to Virginia, and Texas.
— from Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Neltje Blanchan

The ubiquitous Hayes, working like a beaver with his entrenching tool, threw remarks over his shoulder anent the man who had delayed the information that the canteen had been established, and offered some original and unique suggestions for that individual's punishment.
— from Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition by John Gallishaw

The guillotine, worn out with its butchery of more than a million lives stood idle, and peace—rather, the lull of an unfinished storm, for a time rested upon unhappy France.
— from The Life of Henry Bradley Plant Founder and President of the Plant System of Railroads and Steamships and Also of the Southern Express Company by G. Hutchinson (George Hutchinson) Smyth

The boys soon returned, after an unsuccessful search for the bear.
— from The Young Trail Hunters Or, the Wild Riders of the Plains. The Veritable Adventures of Hal Hyde and Ned Brown, on Their Journey Across the Great Plains of the South-West by Samuel Woodworth Cozzens

The only innocent form of autograph-hunting is that so frequently witnessed at concerts and musical festivals, and the albums thus filled are ultimately sold for a price which would sadly disappoint the original owner.
— from Chats on Autographs by Alexander Meyrick Broadley

"As for Madame Guyon," he went on, "she was neither an original writer nor a saint; she was only an unwelcome substitute for the true mystics; she was presuming and certainly lacked that humility which magnified Saint Teresa and Saint Clare; but after all she burst into a flame, she was overcome by Jesus; above all, she was not a pious courtier, a bigot softened by a court like the Maintenon.
— from En Route by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans