He likewise dropped into a very pretty piece of poetry to be sure, respecting the extent to which he would be willing to put himself out of the way to bring Mrs Boffin round, in case she should ever get low in her spirits in the house.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

“But, however foolish I may be, Rodya, I can see for myself that you will very soon be one of the leading—if not the leading man—in the world of Russian thought.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Not faster o'er thy heathery braes Balquidder, speeds the midnight blaze, Rushing in conflagration strong
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

When I first attracted the attention of the company by rising, I could see that he was on the point of saying something rude to me.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

He was tormented by remorse, I could see that.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Against these, too, I must try to make a defence:—Let their affidavit be read: it contains something of this kind: It says that Socrates is a doer of evil, who corrupts the youth; and who does not believe in the gods of the state, but has other new divinities of his own.
— from Apology by Plato

Thus I C, Iʹ C, being rays incident on the surface at C, they will be reflected into C S, C Sʹ, so that the angle S C P will be equal to the angle I C P, and
— from On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences by Mary Somerville

“ ‘But, Roland,’ I cried, ‘surely you won’t go leaving Father like this!’
— from The Slipper Point Mystery by Augusta Huiell Seaman

"It must be very uncomfortable," said Dora; "but really I cannot see what a second course, and curtains, and fires, have to do with manners."
— from Amy Herbert by Elizabeth Missing Sewell

This substance is merely a modification of cellulose; and both resemble in composition sugar and starch so closely that, by heating them with sulphuric acid, they may be converted into sugar.
— from The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir

Whether I was quite beyond rule I cannot say; but it did not lack more than ten minutes of eleven when I was ushered up stairs, and I foun
— from Passages from the English Notebooks, Complete by Nathaniel Hawthorne

But in 1997-98 Japan experienced a wrenching recession, centered about financial difficulties in the banking system and real estate markets and exacerbated by rigidities in corporate structures and labor markets.
— from The 2000 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

No sooner had the brigade occupied the hill than the disheartened Boers removed in considerable strength to some dongas on the east, whence they continued to be aggressive, and poured a heavy rifle fire on the Fusiliers, whose losses were considerable.
— from South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree by Louis Creswicke

Bring to the boil and serve. FROG LEGS PATTIES Boil the legs until the meat drops from the bone, remove the bone, reheat in Cream Sauce, and season to taste.
— from How to Cook Fish by Myrtle Reed