This legend of Saint Firmin was set forth, like that of the Birth of the Virgin at Chartres, in separate chapters of stone, surmounted in the same way with gothic canopies or tabernacles; and in the compartment where Saint Salvo, surrounded by the multitude, discerns the beams which radiate from a cloud to indicate the spot where the lost body of the Martyr had been buried, a man on his knees with clasped hands, seems to pant, uplifted in prayer, burning, projected by the leap of his soul, his face transfigured, turning a mere rustic into a saint in ecstasy, already dwelling in God far above the earth.
— from The Cathedral by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans

I think every tenth proverb, 51 in an Italian collection, is some cynical or some selfish maxim: a book of the world for worldlings!
— from Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli

They consist in some cases of separate, minute crystals—a fine dust of ice—producing, according to the forms of the crystals, one or another of the various forms of halo around the sun and moon; while in other cases the crystals are aggregated in small snowflakes, so that the cloud is a real snowstorm in midair.
— from Meteorology: The Science of the Atmosphere by Charles Fitzhugh Talman

I only wish that Aubrey could be coaxed into some change of scene; you ought to be able to get him to Paris, if you try.
— from The Last Miracle by M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel

Europe, distracted with wars, perplexed, unguided, heard at last one voice that proclaimed the will of God, and acknowledged her conscience in St. Catherine of Siena.
— from The End of the Middle Ages: Essays and Questions in History by A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson

He was merely stating a fact, one which he regretted, of course, as he did all the idle talk that circulated in superficial circles of society.
— from A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike by Charles King

That the taking of the Joseph was under such authority of the Confederate States, and in the name of prize of war, and with the purpose of having the same adjudged by a Prize Court in South Carolina, or some other of the said Confederate States.
— from Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by A. F. (Adolphus Frederick) Warburton

With these were vessels of clay, in some cases one, sometimes more.
— from Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 by Gerard Fowke

Have carrots cut in small cubes or straws, turnips and beet root the same, green string beans cut in small pieces, asparagus and peas, all cooked separately until tender.
— from Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes by Janet McKenzie Hill