The final stage, the writing up of the definitions, was carried by a small staff, exclusively native speakers of Cebuano now resident in Cebu: Miss E. Agapay, of Malitbog, Leyte, but also a long time resident of Talibon, Bohol, and in Guihulngan, Negros Oriental; Nicolas Ampatin, of Malitbog, Leyte; Abel Angus, of Tudela, Camotes; José Dioko, of Malaboyoc, Cebu; Mrs. E. Emnace, of Dumanjug, Cebu; Atty. A. Estorco, of Guihulngan, Negros Oriental; Everett Mendoza, of Maasin, Leyte; Mrs. D. Ag.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

And the joints are moreover covered by a solid, smooth, elastic, white substance, called cartilage , the use of which is to allow, by its smoothness and elasticity, the bones to slide easily over one another, so that the joints may perform their office without difficulty or detriment.
— from Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments by Mrs. (Jane Haldimand) Marcet

Everything in Washington is so completely subordinated to the political life that even the outward aspect of the city is markedly different from that of other American cities; buying and selling scarcely exist.
— from The Americans by Hugo Münsterberg

Some moments passed until Win was aroused from his own correspondence by a sudden surprised exclamation from his mother.
— from The Spanish Chest by Edna A. Brown

The innermost case contained, not indeed the uncorrupted body of Cuthbert, but a skeleton, still entire, and wrapped in fine robes of embroidered silk.
— from The Evolution of the Idea of God: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Religions by Grant Allen