Thus the embryo comes to be left as a sort of picture, preserved by nature, of the former and less modified condition of the species.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

Thus the embryo comes to be left as a sort of picture, preserved by nature, of the ancient and less modified condition of each animal.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

For years the beds containing them had been studied by geologists of experience, under the surveys of Hayden and King, but, with the possible exception of the half of a caudal vertebra, obtained by Hayden and described by Leidy as a species of Poikilopleuron , not a single fragment had been recognized.
— from Dinosaurs, with Special Reference to the American Museum Collections by William Diller Matthew

The cardinal, who had passed the morning at Lambeth, was conducted across the water in a state barge by Lord Arundel and six other peers.
— from The Reign of Mary Tudor by James Anthony Froude

The hangdog one bowed lower and a smirk of partial confidence began to broaden his face.
— from The Black Lion Inn by Alfred Henry Lewis

Roses are good for nothing but to be looked at and smelt, or perhaps one may chance to be stuck in a hat.
— from Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. First Series by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen