" As Lydgate had said of him, he was a sort of gypsy, rather enjoying the sense of belonging to no class; he had a feeling of romance in his position, and a pleasant consciousness of creating a little surprise wherever he went.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

It is some what curious that, though their opinions are so very different, their facts, so far as they relate to the price of corn at least, should coincide so very exactly.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

When she is ready to leave you, see that her trunks are strapped in time by the servants, have a carriage ready to take her to the station, have the breakfast or dinner at an hour that will suit her, prepare a luncheon for her to carry, and let some gentleman in the family escort her to the wharf, check her trunks, and procure her tickets.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

One summer evening, when Louis Philippe was returning home on foot, he saw a little fellow, no higher than his knee, perspiring and climbing up to draw a gigantic pear in charcoal on one of the pillars of the gate of Neuilly; the King, with that good-nature which came to him from Henry IV., helped the gamin, finished the pear, and gave the child a louis, saying: “The pear is on that also."
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

After ordering and consuming a light supper of sucking pig, he undressed, plunged beneath the bedclothes, and sank into the profound slumber which comes only to such fortunate folk as are troubled neither with mosquitoes nor fleas nor excessive activity of brain.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

I shall keep a journal-letter, and send it once a week; so good-night, and more to-morrow." " Tuesday Eve. "Had a lively time in my seminary, this morning, for the children acted like Sancho; and at one time I really thought I should shake them all round.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

[Nannerl was considered a little selfish by her family.] 54.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

In the cottage there were articles of comfort and luxury such as Hester never cared to use, but which only wealth could have purchased and affection have imagined for her.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

"You have come at last," said the girl.
— from The Treasure of the Isle of Mist by W. W. (William Woodthorpe) Tarn

[276] In a country and a climate where the conservative influences of the forest are so necessary as in France, trees must cover a large surface and be [Pg 297] grouped in large masses, in order to discharge to the best advantage the various functions assigned to them by nature.
— from Man and Nature; Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh

Add two cupfuls of hot sweetened cream and let stand until the crumbs are soft.
— from The Myrtle Reed Cook Book by Myrtle Reed

Tesla Direct Current Arc Lighting System.
— from The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Thomas Commerford Martin

His complexion was café au lait , set off by a pair of small eyes, high up in his head, as black as jet, and sparkling like the charcoal under his saucepans; while his hair, as white as snow, stuck out in full friz, like a powder-puff, and supported a candid nightcap, which, leaning slightly to one side, let the tassel sway peacefully over his left ear.
— from The Desultory Man Collection of Ancient and Modern British Novels and Romances. Vol. CXLVII. by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

In the second place, Lyell was warned by the fate of Hutton's writings that it was hopeless to look for success in combatting the prevailing geological theories, unless he cultivated a literary style very different from that of the Theory of the Earth .
— from The Coming of Evolution: The Story of a Great Revolution in Science by John W. (John Wesley) Judd

"What makes you think that?" "Come and look," she said, gaining courage, I suppose, from a masculine presence.
— from The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Notwithstanding, however, the difficulties we are thus exposed to from the lack or incompleteness of official data on the side of Spain, we hope to present a body of useful information illustrative of her commerce, industry, and policy; in especial, we hope to dispel certain grave misconceptions, to redress signal exaggeration about the extent of the contraband trade, rankly as it flourishes, carried on along the coasts, and more largely still, perhaps, by the land frontiers of that country, at least so far as British participation.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 by Various