The connections should be regularly examined, and kept perfectly free from corrosion, which would stop the passage of the current.
— from The Silversmith's Handbook Containing full instructions for the alloying and working of silver by George E. (George Edward) Gee

On these occasions it was necessary by custom for them to shake her hand, a ceremony they accomplished by leaning across Mr. Flitcroft, which was a long way to lean, and the fat back and shoulders were sore that night because of what had been surreptitiously done to them by revengeful elbows and knees.
— from The Conquest of Canaan by Booth Tarkington

At length, approaching the far bank, Robin espied a knight, clad in chain armor and very merry.
— from Robin Hood by Paul Creswick

Many places of the kind have already been swept away; others have been renovated, enlarged, and kept more worthy of their use.
— from Unitarianism by W. G. (William George) Tarrant

How I do not know, except by rising early and keeping at it until dark, which is the way that most things worth while are accomplished in this world.
— from My Second Year of the War by Frederick Palmer

Fortunately, I learned in time that there was an almost brand-new wife in the hotel next door, and I looked at him with big, reproachful eyes and kept my fingers to myself, and wisely put off the harvesting of my affections until some distant day.
— from Life on the Stage: My Personal Experiences and Recollections by Clara Morris

He was initiated into the secret doctrines by Rabbi Elhanan, a Kabalist, and then by the Egyptian priests, who consecrated him High Pontiff of the Universal Secret Doctrine.
— from King Solomon's Goat by George Willard Bartlett

Also we would wot how it goes with a lad whom we sent to thee when he was yet a babe, whereas he was some byblow of the late King, our lord and master, and we deemed thee both rich enough and kind enough to breed him into thriving without increasing pride upon him: and, firstly, is the lad yet alive?
— from Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair by William Morris

She slept well and soundly, but rose early and kept on the go.
— from The Unwilling Vestal by Edward Lucas White