En when I wake up en fine you back agin, all safe en soun’, de tears come, en I could a got down on my knees en kiss yo’ foot, I’s so thankful.
— from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The traces of the occupation of caves by man in the iron and bronze ages are so extremely scarce, that it is certain that they were but rarely used as habitations.
— from Cave Hunting Researches on the evidence of caves respecting the early inhabitants of Europe by William Boyd Dawkins

But good fortune was not to desert us with the capture of the Hope , for Mr. Fernald had brought with him such news as caused the blood of every member of the crew, including Simon and me, to tingle, and thus did the captain impart it to his men: “You lads who have been arguin’ an’ speechifyin’ ever since we left port, tryin’ to prove that the America was doomed because a rotten spar chanced to carry away on a Friday, have thus far been disappointed in all your doleful predictions.
— from The Armed Ship America; Or, When We Sailed from Salem by James Otis

You will say, that the occupation of commerce must have smoothed down the salience of their minds; and this would be so perhaps if their mercantile affairs were conducted according to the fixed businesslike routine of Europeans; but the ventures of the Greeks are surrounded by such a multitude of imagined dangers (and from the absence of regular marts, in which the true value of merchandise can be ascertained), are so entirely speculative, and besides, are conducted in a manner so wholly determined upon by the wayward fancies and wishes of the crew, that they belong to enterprise rather than to industry, and are very far indeed from tending to deaden any freshness of character.
— from Eothen; Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East by Alexander William Kinglake

A hasty hand knocks at the ill-hung door, so roughly that it trembles on its hinges, and the instant after a wooden trencher is shoved in through the wide chink by which the cat made her escape; on it are a thin round cake of bread and a shallow earthen saucer containing a little olive-oil; there is no more than might perhaps be contained in half an ordinary egg- shell, but it looks fresh and sweet, and shines in clear, golden purity.
— from The Sisters — Volume 1 by Georg Ebers

Each of them take with their head and arms a strong point of support upon some neighbouring body; and a small effort suffices to procure the separation: sometimes the mother charges herself with the effort, sometimes the young, and often both.
— from The Ocean World: Being a Description of the Sea and Its Living Inhabitants. by Louis Figuier

The fact is that the water never touches the hot iron at all, provided the heat is sufficiently intense, but assumes a slightly elliptical shape and is supported by a cushion of vapor.
— from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods A Complete Exposé of the Modus Operandi of Fire Eaters, Heat Resisters, Poison Eaters, Venomous Reptile Defiers, Sword Swallowers, Human Ostriches, Strong Men, Etc. by Harry Houdini

The gentleman looked down upon the face of the boy, and a sudden expression swept over his own, as if he were surprised or startled.
— from Tom, The Bootblack; or, The Road to Success by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

"Blackheads" appear as slightly elevated spots of a black color out of which a small worm-like substance may be pressed.
— from The Eugenic Marriage, Volume 4 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies by W. Grant (William Grant) Hague

Gwen bowed, and a slight enigmatical smile played for a moment about her lips, but she made no other reply, and, as neither Maitland nor I encouraged conversation, the two officers wished us a good-morning, and left the house without further remark.
— from The Darrow Enigma by Melvin L. (Melvin Linwood) Severy