They are building a new school house and orphanage for the children of that village.
— from Letters from China and Japan by Harriet Alice Chipman Dewey

These work well and are never gritty, but are not so hard as the natural chalk, and consequently wear away quickly and do not make fine lines as well.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

It was a lovely morning; the sky, blue, without a cloud; the sun, brilliant, and not so hot as at Los Angeles.
— from In to the Yukon by William Seymour Edwards

Tristan left the woman and returning to his ship armed himself in secret, and it was a fine sight to see so noble a charger and so good a knight come out from such a merchant-hull: but the haven was empty of folk, for the dawn had barely broken and none saw him as he rode to the gate.
— from The Romance of Tristan and Iseult by Joseph Bédier

“You’re half duck, I firmly believe, and never so happy as when you’re splashing through puddles.
— from Three Little Women: A Story for Girls by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson

Our newspapers every day are loaded with accidents, casualties, and crimes concerning people of whom we never heard before and never shall hear again, the reading of which is of no earthly use to any human being.
— from The American Newspaper by Charles Dudley Warner

England, by a national subscription, has acquired an institution worthy to be called national, and with the establishment of such an institution we may look forward with confidence to the creation of a national school of music.
— from Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 by King of Great Britain Edward VII

With their long, thin necks rising in kangaroo fashion from their turn-over, low-necked collars, and with their short-waisted belts and narrow skirts, high above their high-heeled, white boots, they reminded Nathalie of some funny French dolls that she had seen once in a museum in New York.
— from The Liberty Girl by Rena I. Halsey

He is also easy in his paces because the rider yields to all the movements of his body and never sets himself against them.
— from The Horses of the Sahara and the Manners of the Desert by E.‏ (Eugène) Daumas

Round bodies, arching necks, small heads and limbs, large [Pg 211] eyes and nostrils, with full mane and tail.
— from Due West; Or, Round the World in Ten Months by Maturin Murray Ballou