His balls were as yet not fully developed, but such as they were, they formed a closely drawn up little bag, crimped and wrinkled, and felt as hard as stones.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

Wherever these are maintained, they are believed to keep the totems of the clans dependent upon them.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

The horses start from the Piazza del Popolo, and gallop along to the Column of Trajan, between two lines of carriages drawn up beside two narrow pavements which are crowded with maskers and people of all classes.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Caballuco dió un salto.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

In search of a place proper for this, I found a little plain on the side of a rising hill, whose front towards this little plain was steep as a house-side, so that nothing could come down upon me from the top.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

“In the present case—indeed in all cases of secret writing—the first question regards the language of the cipher; for the principles of solution, so far, especially, as the more simple ciphers are concerned, depend upon, and are varied by, the genius of the particular idiom.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

A fertile soil, and a happy climate, delight us by a reflection on the happiness which they would afford the inhabitants, though at present the country be desart and uninhabited.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Baletti having left us, I told her it was truly the best thing she could do, unless she preferred the sad position of waiting-maid to some grand lady.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

The two latter descended as the car drew up.
— from Stolen Idols by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

No immediate support was possible: Campbell had not a man to spare: the cavalry, drawn up at the western end of the [276] plain, were with reason ordered to await the support of infantry, which had a long distance to march from before Sebastopol.
— from Battles of English History by H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George

how have I merited a displeasure that can draw upon me such a sentence?—Answer, speak to me, Cecilia, what is it I have done?”
— from Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 3 by Fanny Burney

For My sword has become intoxicated in the heaven; behold, it comes down upon Edom, and upon the people of My ban to judgment.
— from The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Books of the Bible, Volume 15 (of 32) The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Volume I by Alfred Tucker

Even when she does say what is true, on account of her having told falsehoods so long, people know not how to believe her, for who can depend upon the word of a Liar ?
— from The Bad Family & Other Stories by E. (Eliza) Fenwick

The ball opened with French dances and then proceeded to country dances, “upon which Mrs. Morris led up to two new country dances made upon the occasion, the first of which was called the Prince of Wales, the second the Princess of Saxe-Gotha.”
— from Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle

[Pg 269] force of English regulars and hostile Indians crept down upon the American settlements.
— from Famous Indian Chiefs Their Battles, Treaties, Sieges, and Struggles with the Whites for the Possession of America by Charles H. L. (Charles Haven Ladd) Johnston

Sólo el corazón de una madre siente estas cosas...
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

They stood gazing at us like a mere crowd, drawn up in no sort of order at all; but as soon as they saw us advance, they let fly their arrows, which missed us, very happily.
— from The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

What faults appear in the teaching of our grammarians concerning do used as a "substitute for other verbs?"
— from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown