The ship in which she came passenger had arrived at Newport, whence Lady Eleanore was conveyed to Boston in the governor's coach, attended by a small escort of gentlemen on horseback.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

For two or three days after that she condescended to appear like other children and be, as she expressed it, “good.”
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

At Palestrina—or to give the place its right name, Præneste—the Emperors were mere upstarts; Camillus, who took it and made it an appanage of Rome four hundred years or so before this time—Marius and Sulla, and the Roman ladies who had summer villas here and left those amazing “vanity boxes” (such arsenals of cosmetics and beautifiers as surprise even our modern beauty-artists) behind them—all these seem vulgar intruders on that sacredly ancient ground.
— from Italian Yesterdays, vol. 2 by Fraser, Hugh, Mrs.

In the study of this chapter on commutation it would be advisable for the student to first review the basic principles of commutation as given in chapter XIV, which contains a brief and simple explanation of how the alternating current in the armature is converted into direct current by the action of the commutator.
— from Hawkins Electrical Guide v. 02 (of 10) Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications by N. (Nehemiah) Hawkins

How can you so well requite his care, as by a steady emanation of moral and spiritual light?
— from The Young Maiden by A. B. (Artemas Bowers) Muzzey

We got two calls, and it shows what a force the drama really is, because in the second half of the programme nobody cared a button about such excellent things as Percy minor's comic song; and though Towler and Cornwallis were mildly applauded, it was only because they happened to be still alive and not dead; and the lightning calculations of Nicholas didn't even tempt many men to come away from the refreshments.
— from The Human Boy and the War by Eden Phillpotts

I see the houses of the rich empty, and their servants starving; I see all trade, all commerce, all buying and selling, except of the barest necessaries, at an end!
— from The Red Cockade by Stanley John Weyman

on five thousand pun?' 'Seven hundred and fifty pounds,' she said, getting the correct answer by a superhuman effort worthy of that occasion.
— from Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett

Sam picked hisself up arter a time and went outside to talk to Ginger about it, and then Bill put 'is arm round Peter's neck and began to cry a bit and say 'e was the only pal he'd got left in the world.
— from Bill's Lapse Odd Craft, Part 4. by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

The ship in which she came passenger had arrived at Newport, whence Lady Eleanore was conveyed to Boston in the Governor's coach, attended by a small escort of gentlemen on horseback.
— from Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne