A parson's barn; never so full but there is still room, for more.
— from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Again, men may have Knowledge in a way different from any of those which have been now stated: for we constantly see a man’s state so differing by having and not using Knowledge, that he has it in a sense and also has not; when a man is asleep, for instance, or mad, or drunk: well, men under the actual operation of passion are in exactly similar conditions; for anger, lust, and some other such-like things, manifestly make changes even in the body, and in some they even cause madness; it is plain then that we must say the men of Imperfect Self-Control are in a state similar to these.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

Clearly it is further than merely from the bridge to the lower level of the wall dividing the Seventh from the Eighth Bolgia; but not so far as to the ground of the moat.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

“In the first place,” said Fauchelevent, “you will begin by not setting foot outside of this chamber, either you or the child.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

With sterile neuter insects we have reason to believe that modifications in their structure and fertility have been slowly accumulated by natural selection, from an advantage having been thus indirectly given to the community to which they belonged over other communities of the same species; but an individual animal not belonging to a social community, if rendered slightly sterile when crossed with some other variety, would not thus itself gain any advantage or indirectly give any advantage to the other individuals of the same variety, thus leading to their preservation.
— 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

There was no warmth, no brilliancy, no summer for this woman; so the stupor and vacancy had time to gnaw into her face perpetually.
— from Life in the Iron-Mills; Or, The Korl Woman by Rebecca Harding Davis

even what may have but now sprouted forth could be with us here.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

“If these Tories are as vindictive as I hear they are there will be no safety for any of us since you have taken one of their leaders.”
— from Peggy Owen and Liberty by Lucy Foster Madison

It was a most uncomfortable triumphal progress, Vy. being nearly six foot and Va. rather short.
— from An Autobiography by Elizabeth (Elizabeth Southerden Thompson) Butler

And if your railing Accusation be not soon followed with a Dissertation [Pg vi] of more Reason, I shall insist on a publick Reparation of the Injury done to my Reputation by your vile and slanderous Sermon; and appeal to the worshipful Societies for Reformation of Manners, whether it be not just and reasonable, you should do one or the other .
— from Six Discourses on the Miracles of Our Saviour, and Defences of His Discourses by Thomas Woolston

As a rule, the hotbed should not be placed within the garden inclosure, but near some frequently used path or building where it can receive attention without interfering with other work.
— from The Vegetable Garden: What, When, and How to Plant by Anonymous

In the castle there is a great chamber, and a hall, but no storehouse for ammunition.
— from Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume III. by Thomson, A. T., Mrs.

There was to be no shirking, for the Duke's intention was to be with his men to see that the work was done.
— from The Portland Peerage Romance by Charles J. Archard

[328] and loose: black, heavy, woolen trousers thrust into soft, high boots with moderate heels, and bearing no spurs, for he depended on his quirt; a blade, woolen vest, buttoned at the bottom, from an upper pocket of which protruded the well-chewed stem of a pipe; a heavy, faded, blue flannel shirt, open over the bronzed, hairy chest and throat; a faded blue kerchief, knotted loosely about his neck; a heavy, gray sombrero, moderate in height of crown, but with a wide brim.
— from Johnny Nelson How a one-time pupil of Hopalong Cassidy of the famous Bar-20 ranch in the Pecos Valley performed an act of knight-errantry and what came of it by Clarence Edward Mulford

He made many attempts to draw her out, both then and when [Pg 205] he had an evening at home, but, not succeeding, finally came to the conclusion that there was nothing in her.
— from Mildred at Home: With Something About Her Relatives and Friends. by Martha Finley

Men continued to shout, and guns were being discharged, but not so frequently as before.
— from Air Service Boys Over the Enemy's Lines; Or, The German Spy's Secret by Charles Amory Beach

Some of these detached masses have a spheroidal form; they are not balls with concentric layers, but merely rounded blocks, nuclei separated from their envelopes by the effect of decomposition.
— from Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt