" "Ah!" said I, "you know?" "If agreeable to you, sir," interrupted Conseil, "the commander of the Nautilus has invited us to visit the magnificent Ceylon fisheries to-morrow, in your company; he did it kindly, and behaved like a real gentleman.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

The original arabica plantings have been succeeded by liberica and robusta growths.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Birthwort long and round, Galanga greater and lesser, Peony male and female, Hog’s Fennel.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

Take of Gum-lacca, prepared Rhubarb, Schænanth, of each three drams, Indian Spikenard, Mastich, the juice of Wormwood and Agrimony, made thick, the seeds of Smallage, Annis, Fennel, Ammi, Savin, bitter Almonds, Myrrh, Costus, or Zedoary, the roots of Maddir, Asarabacca, Birthwort long and round, Gentian, Saffron, Cinnamon, dried Hyssop, Cassia Lignea, Bdellium, of each a dram and an half, black Pepper, Ginger, of each a dram, make them into powder according to art.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

It had been like a river gliding along peacefully with its banks carpeted by fragrant flowers and its bed covered with fine sand, so that the wind hardly ruffled its current as it moved along, seeming hardly to flow at all; but suddenly its bed becomes narrower, sharp stones block the way, hoary logs fall across it forming a barrier—then the stream rises and roars with its waves boiling and scattering clouds of foam, it beats against the rocks and rushes into the abyss!
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

Cudworth belonged to the small but learned and refined group of Cambridge Platonists or Latitudinarians, as they were called, which also numbered Henry More, John Smith, Culverwell, and Whichcote.
— from Locke by Thomas Fowler

He would be, like a railway guard standing on the roof of a carriage, and sweeping through space at forty miles an hour, when unexpectedly there comes a bridge which he has not looked for, or bowed his head to in time, it catches him between the eyes with a blow irresistible and swift, which snuffs him out of existence, and casts him away, and leaves him a lifeless wreck upon the track.
— from A Rich Man's Relatives (Vol. 3 of 3) by Robert Cleland

He is built like a Roman gladiator, he rides the black horse as though he had been sculptured on it, and his head has a set that makes one feel he has a mind of his own.
— from 'Firebrand' Trevison by Charles Alden Seltzer

They were long and light, tapering at the ends, wide in the middle and lifting stern and prow into beaks like a Roman galley.
— from The Conquest: The True Story of Lewis and Clark by Eva Emery Dye

It is appreciated as regards pheasants, but appears that it has yet to be learned as regard grouse.
— from Twenty-Six Years Reminiscences of Scotch Grouse Moors by William Alexander Adams

"And being like all really good and great men—absolutely helpless—he is prepared to marry any fool who is presented to him."
— from The New Warden by Ritchie, David G. (David George), Mrs.

‘Read the book long ago,’ retorted Gollipeck, gruffly, more moved by the argument than he cared to show; ‘I will keep silent about this if you leave the colony at once.’
— from Madame Midas by Fergus Hume

But what a strange face is that of his neighbour Abraham, seen only three-quarters full, with hair like rolled grass, a beard like a river god, and a long nose straight from the forehead, coming down between the eyes without a bridge, like the proboscis of a tapir, with cheeks that seem swollen with cold, and a look—how shall I describe it?—of a conjuror who has made away with his son's head."
— from The Cathedral by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans

She had seats, she thought to herself, for Bess, Laura, Amelia, Rhoda, Grace and Walter—how nice he was being to her!—Dr.
— from Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays by Annie Roe Carr