The Rat, much excited, kept close to his heels as the Mole, with something of the air of a sleep-walker, crossed a dry ditch, scrambled through a hedge, and nosed his way over a field open and trackless and bare in the faint starlight.
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

She fastened her intent gaze upon Thénardier and said:— “Not even of you, father!” Then she continued, as she cast her blood-shot, spectre-like eyes upon the ruffians in turn:— “What do I care if I’m picked up to-morrow morning on the pavement of the Rue Plumet, killed by the blows of my father’s club, or whether I’m found a year from now in the nets at Saint-Cloud or the Isle of Swans in the midst of rotten old corks and drowned dogs?” She was forced to pause; she was seized by a dry cough, her breath came from her weak and narrow chest like the death-rattle.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Quivi, secondo che per ascoltare, non avea pianto mai che di sospiri, che l'aura etterna facevan tremare; cio` avvenia di duol sanza martiri ch'avean le turbe, ch'eran molte e grandi, d'infanti e di femmine e di viri.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Two fine-looking old gentlemen—Don Carlos and Don Domingo, so called—held the stakes, and all was now ready.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

Contrast of causal and descriptive definitions Science is the most perfect type of knowledge because it uses causal definitions If, for example, a layman of considerable practical experience were asked what he meant or understood by metal , he would probably reply in terms of the qualities useful ( i ) in recognizing any given metal and ( ii ) in the arts.
— from How We Think by John Dewey

[Footnote 9: Dr. Andrew Shaw of Craigie, and Dr. David Shaw of Coylton.]
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

betel-leaf sirih mĕrak b’layang bird burong simbangan blood darah kasai candle lilin talong cane-sugar juice ayer tebu tuwak (tuak) child anak dĕmit daylight siang sinar dead mati merat dwelling-place tempat tinggal jinjangan or sandaran eye mata bintang fish ikan sampah laut or daun kayu fowl ayam mĕndong head kapala hulu house rumah balei ill sakit ’rayu jar buyong lobok life nyawa kĕlbu lightning kilat panah lodan night malam silam pig babi pandak kaki rice b’ras gandum or jĕr’ba sleep tidor mĕrapat bintang spear lembing tohok thunder guroh lodan tobacco tembakau ranting berjela water ayer jamjam wind angin bayu wood kayu jetun or jeitun Dances
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

As the Queen passed to her coronation, a daring Dutchman stood on the cross of St. Paul's waving a long streamer, and shifting from foot to foot as he shook two torches which he held over his head.
— from Old and New London, Volume I A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury

With this, he unlocked a safe that stood against the wall, chucked the L. 14,000 in, and shammed the iron door sharply; and, as it closed upon the Cash with a clang, the parlour door burst open as if by concert, and David Dodd stood on the threshold, looking terrible.
— from Hard Cash by Charles Reade

The different heroes and companions that compose Arthur's army are minutely described, with all the brilliant colour and delicate detail so beloved by the Celtic fabulist.
— from Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston

They learned the names of the various kinds of chickens, and Dolly declared she should never tire of watching the little yellow fledglings patter around and peep.
— from Dick and Dolly by Carolyn Wells

The men cheered, and Dona Dolores saying she would no longer delay them, we rode on.
— from In New Granada; Or, Heroes and Patriots by William Henry Giles Kingston

Then she implored her daughter to touch her brow with the tip of her finger; and, as the latter was about to comply, a dark demoniacal shape suddenly rose, and, seizing her by the hair, plunged with her down—down—millions of miles—till she beheld a world of fire appear beneath her, consisting of a multitude of volcanoes, roaring and raging like furnaces, boiling over with redhot lava, and casting forth huge burning stones.
— from The Lancashire Witches: A Romance of Pendle Forest by William Harrison Ainsworth