In animals devoid of the spleen, the liver appears of a symmetrical shape, both its lobes being equal ; for that quantity which in other animals has become splenic, is in the former still hepatic.
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise

“You see,” said Father Brown in low but easy tone, “Scotch people before Scotland existed were a curious lot.
— from The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

Not only the beloved is lost, but every reason for loving, every reason for having loved.
— from Jean-Christophe Journey's End by Romain Rolland

I am firmly convinced that there is no more perfect marking for a golf ball than that used for the old guttie ball, that is a marking by indented lines, but even here I believe that equally good results, both in flight and run, would be obtained if the gutta-percha ball were marked in a similar manner but with fewer lines.
— from The Soul of Golf by P. A. (Percy Adolphus) Vaile

The New World was discovered because it lay between Europe and the East Indian Spice Islands by the westward route.
— from The Beginners of a Nation A History of the Source and Rise of the Earliest English Settlements in America, with Special Reference to the Life and Character of the People by Edward Eggleston