Aglaia brought out with repulsion, still keeping the iron in her hand.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Milk was forbidden inasmuch as it could not be obtained without robbing some calf of its natural sustenance, and thus endangering its life.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

Moreover, she attracted to the French Court Baccio del Bene, of whom Ronsard said that he was the only Italian author worthy of earnest consideration at this period.
— from Chantilly in History and Art by Luise Richter

He thought of Napoleon and of Goethe, both of whom rose superior to their times, and to the prejudices of their countries.
— from The life of Friedrich Nietzsche by Daniel Halévy

But those higher branches of work require study, apprenticeship, a devotion of youth; and that they will not give.
— from North America — Volume 1 by Anthony Trollope

The entrance is some eight or more feet high, and five or six wide, in reddish grey sandstone rock, containing in its substance banks of well rounded shingle.
— from The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi by David Livingstone

Birches and limes, of course; but beeches and cypresses, and yews, and cedars, and holm-oaks—almost, and plane-trees; then he said suddenly: “Pines; I mean the big ones with reddish stems and branches pretty high up.”
— from The Works of John Galsworthy An Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Galsworthy by John Galsworthy

Other important difficulties were found in the expansion and contraction of parts due to temperature variations, and the fact that the foliot balance was at its best only when running slowly.
— from Time Telling through the Ages by Harry Chase Brearley

You never, Molly , plucked the chances Last Leap Year brought of wedded rapture, (Since Flattery wins, where Beauty's glances Have failed to perpetrate a capture)?
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 1, 1893 by Various