He will not, whatever be his station, hinder and annoy his fellow pedestrians, by loitering or standing still in the middle of the footway.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

I observed that some of the people were possessed by demons, some were wounded by wild animals, some were hurt by landslides, others suffered shipwreck, and many were attacked by disease.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

The money is usually spent in making a sacred bull, lingam, or stone slab, to place on the grave.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

At least King Charles, if God decrees he must be Lord of Spain, Shall witness that the Leonese were not aroused in vain: He shall bear witness that we died as lived our sires of old— Nor only of Numantium's pride shall minstrels' tale be told.
— from The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole

Launcelot and his knights rescued her, and in doing it slew certain good old friends of yours and mine—in fact, some of the best we ever had; to wit, Sir Belias le Orgulous, Sir Segwarides, Sir Griflet le Fils de Dieu, Sir Brandiles, Sir Aglovale—” “Oh, you tear out my heartstrings.”
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

This accounted in some measure for his eccentric advance; for many times he turned aside to bend low over some suspicious spot where his keen eye had detected symptoms of a deposit.
— from Canoe Mates in Canada; Or, Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan by St. George Rathborne

The bone lace of Stoney Stratford [1117] and Aylesbury are both quoted by Defoe, and the produce of the latter city is mentioned with praise.
— from History of Lace by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.

In twenty-four hours or so you will be landed on Spanish soil
— from The Angel of the Revolution: A Tale of the Coming Terror by George Chetwynd Griffith

Nature would have let you see, nay, would have compelled you to see, thousands of spots and lines, not one to be absolutely understood or accounted for, but yet all characteristic and different from each other; breaking lights on shattered stones, vague shadows from waving vegetation, irregular stains of time and weather, mouldering hollows, sparkling casements—all would have been there—none, indeed, seen as such, none comprehensible or like themselves, but all visible; little shadows, and sparkles, and scratches, making that whole space of color a transparent, palpitating, various infinity.
— from Modern Painters, Volume 1 (of 5) by John Ruskin

The giant hexagonal pillars of basalt, like our Scottish Staffa, are identical in form with the microscopic crystals of the same substance.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Alexander Maclaren

“Oh, there is not like to be a lack of young gentlemen willing to take the part, but we want not merely willingness, but competence as well; and the piece must be played on Wednesday, even though the part of Bellaire be left out,” said Sir Francis.
— from A Georgian Pageant by Frank Frankfort Moore

A bound, leap, or skip, such as a flat piece of stone makes, when thrown obliquely along the surface of a pond: The bounds, which are made by balls, fired with small charges, and under angles of little elevation, either upon land, or water: Fire-works, which leap or roll on the ground.
— from A System of Pyrotechny Comprehending the theory and practice, with the application of chemistry; designed for exhibition and for war. by James Cutbush