At a fixed spot near the grave, on which all corpses are placed, a cross is drawn on the ground, the four lines of which represent the four cardinal points of the compass.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

I shut them with great care, and then drew the curtains, enormous velvet curtains, and placed a chair in front of them, so as to have nothing to fear from outside.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

At the age of 13 Ben Zion began his wandering career, and passing a chapel in a forest, [109] his eyes met the image of the Madonna and Child.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

The indicative imperfect is regularly used with cum , when , to denote a continued action parallel and coincident in duration with another continued action, also in the imperfect: as, quom pugnābant maxumē, ego tum fugiēbam maxumē , Pl. Am.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

But the Scarecrow turned to the assembled courtiers and people and called in a loud voice: "I hereby declare, in the name of Ozma of Oz, that this man is no longer ruler of Jinxland.
— from The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

—This costly and permanent artists’ colour is a combination of oxide of cobalt with magnesia.
— from Pigments, Paint and Painting: A practical book for practical men by George Terry

I present another case apparently “paranoidal,” a case interesting from our standpoint.
— from Nervous Ills, Their Cause and Cure by Boris Sidis

With many of the workmen, unfortunately, during such periods, bad habits are formed which it is very difficult to eradicate; and, in all those engaged in such transactions, the kinder feelings of the heart are chilled, and passions are called into action which are permanently injurious to the happiness of the individual, and destructive of those sentiments of confidence which it is equally the interest of the master manufacturer and of his workman to maintain.
— from On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures by Charles Babbage

In texture, it is dense, and homogeneous toward the circumference, and porous and cellular in the centre, like the pith of a plant.
— from A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter

“I could almost put a cartridge in that old gun-case and kill him,” sighed the backwoodsman.
— from Crooked Trails by Frederic Remington

Now, while a man cannot actually purchase a commission in the British army, almost any young man 92 of position who has sufficient income to sustain his social rank can obtain the Royal warrant for the asking.
— from Blue Shirt and Khaki: A Comparison by James F. J. (Francis Jewell) Archibald

But in stout Robie’s heart of hearts there may lurk another motive; for Robie has whirled his claymore at Prestonpans, and Charlie is his darling.
— from Some Distinguished Victims of the Scaffold by Horace Bleackley