The T. cucumerina , L., is less common, bears a spindle-shaped or obovate fruit, is hairy and lacks ribs.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

So it seems to me; but among the verses of Bernard Barton, the Quaker poet and the friend of Charles Lamb, I lately chanced upon a sonnet "written on hearing it remarked that the scenery [of Kingly Bottom] was too gloomy to be termed beautiful; and that it was also associated with dolorous recollections of Druidical sacrifices."
— from Highways and Byways in Sussex by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

GOLDEN ERA—Side-wheel; built at Wheeling, Va., 1852; 249 tons; in Minnesota Packet Company; Captain Hiram Bersie, 1852; Captain Pierce Atchison, at St. Paul, from Galena, May, 1855; later in season Captain J. W. Parker, Dawley, clerk; Captain Parker, 1856; Captain Sam Harlow and Captain Scott in 1857, in Galena, Dunleith & St. Paul Line; same line 1858; Captain Laughton, in La Crosse & St. Paul Line 1859; Captain Laughton, in Dunleith Line 1860; Captain W. H. Gabbert, in Dunleith Line 1861.
— from Old Times on the Upper Mississippi The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863 by George Byron Merrick

The Chinese language is like China itself: colossal!
— from Life and sport in China Second Edition by Oliver George Ready

In the early dawn, a telegram flashes over the wires to Colonel Lockhart in London: "Come quickly.
— from Countess Vera; or, The Oath of Vengeance by Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.

Oui, je crois, comme je l'ai dit, que le despotisme abaisse les caractères, les intelligences, les consciences.
— from Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 by Nassau William Senior

When she came into the front bedroom of the apartment––a shabby room when one looked at it closely––and looked at Trudy she saw death written in the thin white face bereft of rouge, the red curls lying in limp confusion on the silly little head.
— from The Gorgeous Girl by Nalbro Bartley