In this group are the shads and the alewives or river herrings, the white perch, the striped bass or rock fish, some {107} of the sturgeons, and the Atlantic salmon, all of which go back to sea after spawning, and the Pacific salmons (five species), all of which die after spawning.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

And, gentlemen, I do not mean that superficial intelligence, vain ornament of idle minds, but rather that profound and balanced intelligence that applies itself above all else to useful objects, thus contributing to the good of all, to the common amelioration and to the support of the state, born of respect for law and the practice of duty—” “Ah! again!” said Rodolphe.
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

He sleeps in a sea-nymph's bosom or rises from the dawn's couch.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

It was a little figure more forlorn even than herself—a little figure which was not much more than a bundle of rags, from which small, bare, red muddy feet peeped out, only because the rags with which their owner was trying to cover them were not long enough.
— from A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time by Frances Hodgson Burnett

I have seen him lately at Boulogne, and am perfectly well acquainted with some persons who have supplied him with French lace and embroidery; and, as a proof of what I allege, I desire you will order him and this barber, who is his understrapper, to be examined on the spot.” This charge, which was immediately explained to the bench, yielded extraordinary satisfaction to the spectators, one of whom, being an officer of the customs, forthwith began to exercise his function upon the unlucky perruquier, who, being stripped of his upper garments, and even of his shirt, appeared like the mummy of an Egyptian king, most curiously rolled up in bandages of rich figured gold shalloon, that covered the skirts of four embroidered waistcoats.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

They gave us each a sword and pistols, though I professed my inability to use the former; and with these, and some ammunition, a bag of oatmeal, an iron pan, and a bottle of right French brandy, we were ready for the heather.
— from Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

And what added more than anything else to this sort of confusion were the wounded horses; for, maddened by their wounds, they either turned round and ran into the advancing beasts of burden, or, rushing furiously forward, dashed aside everything 212 that came in their way on the narrow path, and so threw the whole line into disorder.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

If they believe not Moses, neither will they believe one risen from the dead.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

a blue-bottle knocked against the ceiling; the carpet-tacks had little bits of red fluff sticking to them.
— from Bliss, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

And there is not a retired old lady living in her bower of roses from the Lake District to Penzance whose peace of mind and perhaps nourishment of body would not, if interest were truly abolished, cease.
— from The Harvest of Ruskin by John W. (John William) Graham

But one remarkable fact is exhibited by this line; the 7th stake stood upon the middle of the glacier, and we see that its motion is by no means the quickest; it is exceeded in this respect by the stakes 9 and 10.
— from The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers and an exposition of the physical principles to which they are related by John Tyndall

Among the flowers was a fine bunch of ranunculuses, from Mr. Groom, of Walworth, a rare sight in October; they were obtained by having been planted in July and carefully protected by tulip-shades when coming into flower.
— from The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts, July-December, 1827 by Various

If you were mine, I would risk everything to hold you—one bit of rosy flesh that I might kiss!
— from Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas by Olive Tilford Dargan

“We think we saw a bunch of riders far away to the south, an hour back,” one of the cowboys answered; “and hitting it up for all they were worth.
— from The Saddle Boys at Circle Ranch; Or, In at the Grand Round-Up by Carson, James, Captain

A fierce burst of rifle fire and the still sharper maxim gun's staccato music is the signal for all to take cover.
— from The Secrets of a Kuttite An Authentic Story of Kut, Adventures in Captivity and Stamboul Intrigue by Edward O. (Edward Opotiki) Mousley

The idea of the steamboat did not originate in the brain of Robert Fulton.
— from Great Inventions and Discoveries by Willis Duff Piercy

I had but one reason for visiting Kalamazoo: the name has always fascinated me with its zoölogical suggestion and even more with its rich, rhythmic measure.
— from Abroad at Home: American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street by Julian Street

At the pasture-bars, in a bed of roadside fern, Peter found him.
— from Rose MacLeod by Alice Brown