Too low and too slow a heat dries it up without producing the full aromatic flavor; while too great heat dissipates the oily matter and leaves only bitter charred kernels.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

But since in the modern parallels the killing of the personal representative of the corn-spirit is necessarily omitted or at most enacted only in mimicry, it is desirable to show that in rude society human beings have been commonly killed as an agricultural ceremony to promote the fertility of the fields.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

I should have been completely killed if I had gone over to the maiden; but I was circumspect, I took time to think, and that one must always do.”
— from Andersen's Fairy Tales by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

Svein Ulfson was not a king's son in Denmark, and still he was a crowned king, and his sons likewise, and all his descendants have been crowned kings.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

All the way up to London he had pondered what he should say to Tom by way of parting advice—something that the boy could keep in his head ready for use.
— from Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

And as they sat at supper these four knights, three of them spake all shame by Cornish knights.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

He always wore a dirty white waistcoat out of the pockets of which protruded a number of the kind of black cigars known as stogies.
— from Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life by Sherwood Anderson

The children then went out, and Rollo, followed by the other boys, went to find Jonas, to tell him he might be cabinet keeper.
— from Rollo's Museum by Jacob Abbott

I will not by any over submission make myself cheap Ireland in a very distracted condition Jane going into the boat did fall down and show her arse King is mighty kind to these his bastard children King still do doat upon his women, even beyond all shame Mankind pleasing themselves in the easy delights of the world Play good, but spoiled with the ryme, which breaks the sense Pleased to look upon their pretty daughter Pray God give me a heart to fear a fall, and to prepare for it!
— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 26: January/February 1663-64 by Samuel Pepys

Jackson for some reason quarrelled with his master, came to London and worked for William Harvey, who was much employed about that time in making illustrations for the various works issued by Charles Knight, including the 'Penny Magazine,' Knight's 'Shakspere,' 'Pictorial Bible,' 'Pictorial Prayer-book,' and a hundred other books which appeared between 1828 and 1840—under the auspices of that enterprising publisher.
— from A Brief History of Wood-engraving from Its Invention by Joseph Cundall

At last Bananas could keep silence no longer.
— from The Trembling of a Leaf: Little Stories of the South Sea Islands by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

THE SHAVING OF SHAGPAT By George Meredith AN ARABIAN ENTERTAINMENT 1898/1909 Contents: KOOROOKH THE VEILED FIGURE THE BOSOM OF NOORNA THE REVIVAL THE PLOT THE DISH OF POMEGRANATE GRAIN THE BURNING OF THE IDENTICAL THE FLASHES OF THE BLADE CONCLUSION KOOROOKH
— from The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 4 by George Meredith

Shaftesbury aspired to be chosen King of Poland in 1675 when John Sobieski was elected to that Throne.
— from The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Aphra Behn

"I've lost every blamed thing," said he; "pipe, pouch and baccy, compass, knife and ammunition."
— from The Fire-Gods: A Tale of the Congo by Charles Gilson

Passing along a half-century we come to John Leech, and thenceforward to a succession of great masters of pictorial fun—Wilhelm Büsch, Charles Keene, Du Maurier, Sambourne, Oberlander, Caran d'Ache, Phil May, Frederick Opper, Zimmerman, and Raven-Hill.
— from The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, Issue 160, April, 1904 by Various

Beckenham Church, Kent.
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone

Now Rinkitink sprang forward to rescue his friend, but Cor kicked out viciously with her foot and struck the King squarely on his stomach—a very tender place to be kicked, especially if one is fat.
— from Rinkitink in Oz Wherein Is Recorded the Perilous Quest of Prince Inga of Pingaree and King Rinkitink in the Magical Isles That Lie Beyond the Borderland of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum