Toomai knew that so long as he lay still on Kala Nag’s neck nothing would happen to him, for even in the rush and scramble of a Keddah drive a wild elephant does not reach up with his trunk and drag a man off the neck of a tame elephant.
— from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

The Nun changed colour, and was evidently disconcerted.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

Now in these early ages the hearth was regarded as the most important and most sacred portion of the dwelling, probably because the protection of the fire was an important consideration, for if once permitted to become extinct, re-ignition was attended with extreme difficulty.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

For when, leaving Evander for the Etruscan camp, he hath audience of the king, and tells the king of his name and race, and what he asks or offers, instructs him of the arms Mezentius is winning to his side, and of Turnus' overbearing spirit, reminds him what is all the certainty of human things, and mingles all with entreaties; delaying not, Tarchon joins forces and strikes alliance.
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

And what else does the eighth day mean than Christ, who rose again when the week was completed, that is, after the Sabbath?
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

, a. unfrequented Digynorthwy, a. helpless Digynydd, a. without increase Digynyrch, a. unproductive Digynyred, a. unfrequented Digynysgaeth, a. unendowed Digyrith, a. not mean Digysdadliad, a. incomparable Digysellt, a. unadapted Digyswllt, a. disjunctive Digywair, a. without order Digywilydd, a. shameless Dihaeddiant, a. unmerited Dihafarch, a. not listless; energetic, courageous Dihaint, a. without infection Dihalen, a. without salt Dihalog, a. unpolluted Dihallt, a. not saline Dihamdden, a. without leisure Dihanfod, a. without existence Dihap, a. luckless, unfortunate Dihatriad, a. denudation Dihawdd, a. not easy Dihawl, a. without claim Dihawnt, a. without alacrity Dihedd, a. peaceless Dihenydd, n. he that is without origin.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

For the principles of reason, if employed as objective, are without exception dialectical and possess no validity or truth, except as regulative principles of the systematic employment of reason in experience.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

The blind man of spirit faces the unknown and grapples with it, and what else does the world of seeing men do?
— from The World I Live In by Helen Keller

A few days after, another was brought, which appeared in full vigour, but its abdomen was enormously distended, and from it another worm was extracted, which remained without motion rolled in a spiral direction: intending to preserve this in spirits of wine—as it had become flat he first immersed it in water, that it might recover if possible its cylindrical form.
— from An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 4 or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects by William Kirby

"I should have thought it would have been quite worth the while of the American Government to have had a farm of about 500 acres, drained by English hands, under an experienced engineer, as a practical sample of English work, for the study of American agriculturists, with every drain laid down on a plan, with the sizes of the pipes, and all details of soil, and prices of labor and material, set forth.
— from Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles by Henry F. (Henry Flagg) French

Nobody answered back, so he scolded and fussed and was exceedingly disagreeable.
— from Among the Meadow People by Clara Dillingham Pierson

Has not the gratification of that vanity gradually formed in us a craving, which no indulgence could appease, which every disappointment made intolerable?
— from The Gospel of St. John: A Series of Discourses. New Edition by Frederick Denison Maurice

We need in poetry thousands of active words, each doing its utmost to show forth the motive and vital forces.
— from Instigations Together with An Essay on the Chinese Written Character by Ezra Pound

The lateral motion is given to it by a lever B B 1 with its fulcrum at B 1 ; this lever has a bowl D on its lower end, which is acted on by a wheel E driven at the proper speed to suit the shedding.
— from Jacquard Weaving and Designing by T. F. Bell

Some sharp skirmishing took place between this party and Morgan's regiment, but the hope of gaining any important advantage was entirely disappointed; and the retreat to Amboy was effected with inconsiderable loss.
— from The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall

They belong to four different genera and three sub-families, and we have to inquire: Whence came this resemblance and what end does it serve?
— from Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward

cheval/. He loved her little playthings, some of which he kept on his desk; was always wanting to send her gifts, anxious for her health and happiness, took great interest in her musical talent, and was ever delighted to hear of her progress or pleasures.
— from Women in the Life of Balzac by Juanita Helm Floyd