Proved as it was by the incident of the bullet, it was hereafter an unquestionable fact, and such a discovery could not but cause great uneasiness among the colonists.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

Because observing so singular a haggardness combined with a dark eye, averted as in trouble and shame, and then again recalling Don Benito's confessed ill opinion of his crew, insensibly he was operated upon by certain general notions which, while disconnecting pain and abashment from virtue, invariably link them with vice.
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

We were not, [179] however, long permitted to enjoy the splendid picture here displayed before us, for very shortly after our entrance into the gulf large black clouds, gathering at the summit of the mountain, by degrees hid it entirely from view, the thunder growled, and a terrific wind arose, which hurried our boat along at an extraordinary rate.
— from Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860 by Henri Mouhot

He began calmly, gloating beforehand over the venomous phrases he was about to utter, but finished, panting for breath, in a frenzy, as he had been with Luzhin.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The common sentiment thus animating all the members is outwardly expressed by certain gestures, which are always the same in the same circumstances, and after the ceremony has been performed, it happens, for the reasons set forth, that the desired result seems obtained.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

488 Otter v. , 127 Otto, Carl Alexander, pat. , 640 , 641 Outlandish drink, 59 Over the Black Coffee , Gray, q. , 713 Overton, John B., 479 Ovington, q. , 2 Oxford Coffee Club, 41 Oxford, Lord, 584 Pacific Mail Co., 489 , 490 Package coffees Advantages, disadvantages, 408 , 409 Deterioration, 168 Early (U.S.), 469 , 470 , 522 First crude (1791), 491 , 492 France, 680 Great Britain, 673 Packaging economics, 410 , 412 Packaging machinery, 383 , 402–404 United States patents, 470 Packard & James, 494 Padang, v. , 317 Padang Interior c., 355 , 371 Page, Judge, q. , 570 Page, Thomas, pat.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

In spite of the pain, the dwarf kept on blowing, and when Sindri returned, he drew out of the fire an enormous wild boar, called Gullin-bursti, because of its golden bristles, which had the power of radiating light as it flitted across the sky, for it could travel through the air with marvellous velocity.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

No one but Beth could get much music out of the old piano; but she had a way of softly touching the yellow keys, and making a pleasant accompaniment to the simple songs they sung.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

From the fact of his location near the big spring, “Springen,” as Knudson called it, he came to be called Gullik Springen; his sir name, Laugen, he no longer used, but wrote himself Gullik Knudson.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

Yuha′lĭ—Euharlee creek, of lower Etowah river, in Bartow county, Georgia.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

In England specialized control of industry and trade by craft gilds, journeymen's gilds, and dealers' associations gradually took the place of the general supervision of the older merchant gild.
— from A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Carlton J. H. (Carlton Joseph Huntley) Hayes

The county of Westchester, after the British had obtained possession of the island of New York, became common ground, in which both parties continued to act for the remainder of the War of the Revolution.
— from The Spy: Condensed for use in schools by James Fenimore Cooper

At the close of the second day’s march, being then near Bury St Edmunds, they were two thousand strong; at the end of the third, being on Newmarket Heath, they were five thousand; and here, because the place was open and the position good, a halt of three days was resolved upon, in which the men might be drilled, taught to act together, and divided into corps; also, sham fights would be fought, and the men, some of whom were little more than boys, could grow accustomed to the discharge of guns and the use of their weapons.
— from The Revolt of Man by Walter Besant

In his flurry and agitation he had let her into a secret which had been carefully guarded hitherto.
— from The Infidel: A Story of the Great Revival by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

; a selection is given in Reclam's Bibliothek ); Christian Garve (died 1798; Essays , 1792 seq.;
— from History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg

I can't name it, either—maybe you had better call Genealogy some day and find out.
— from First Lensman by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith

Oh! how much I needed my overcoat in the cold fall and winter after I got home, going to and from my shop; I well remember what my wife and daughter said after cordially greeting me, "We don't expect you to do any thing;" thought I, "these feeble women can't support me and themselves with the needle," and I, joking, said to encourage them, "You will see me coming up this hill, with a half barrel of flour on my back" (at the time a pail of water was all I could carry up stairs); sure enough, before January, I surprised my family by sending up the hill a barrel of flour and 160 pounds of pork, besides many other necessaries; these I earned working upon my knees part of the time, and they did not set us back, but came good when I lay sick in [139] January and February, 1872, nigh unto death with inflammation of the lungs; but thanks be to the great Giver, in that sickness I had a beloved wife to smooth my pillow, and an affectionate daughter to administer the necessary cordials.
— from Ten Years and Ten Months in Lunatic Asylums in Different States by Moses Swan

DUPED AND ROBBED John returns to the Netherlands—Determines to go east and fight the Turks—Meets a bogus French nobleman and his attendants—Goes to France with them—They steal all his belongings and with the assistance of the ship-master decamp—John sells his cloak and pursues the thieves—A friend in need—Finds the robbers but can get no redress—Alone in a strange land without cloak or purse—Secures some clothes and money and turns back to the coast—Still determined to get to the Turkish war by some means.
— from Captain John Smith by C. H. Forbes-Lindsay