c. Level of the Haram es-Sherîf.
— from Jerusalem Explored, Volume 2—Plates Being a Description of the Ancient and Modern City, with Numerous Illustrations Consisting of Views, Ground Plans and Sections by Ermete Pierotti

It follows from this, firstly, that the multiplication of the primitive segments proceeds backwards from the front, with a constant lengthening of the hinder end of the body; and, secondly, that at the beginning of segmentation nearly the whole of the anterior half of the sole-shaped embryonic shield of the amniote belongs to the later head, while the whole of the rest of the body is formed from its hinder half.
— from The Evolution of Man by Ernst Haeckel

And though she did indeed care little for books, men's consciences lay open to her eyes; which kind of reading is far better.
— from Their Son; The Necklace by Eduardo Zamacois

{280} The figure shows the double convex lens of the human eye in its place.
— from Nature's Teachings: Human Invention Anticipated by Nature by J. G. (John George) Wood

Time lifts a great many (though not perhaps all) the restraints upon publication which have been discussed and advocated above: and it will probably be possible some day for posterity to possess, not only a collected body of the now scattered Thackeray [67] letters, but a considerably larger one than has ever appeared even in extracts and catalogues.
— from A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by George Saintsbury

62.—Coseismal lines of the Hereford earthquake.
— from A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Charles Davison

Carelessly written as it seems, it indicates that a considerable length of time had elapsed since the pen had been trained to form alternate light and heavy strokes, and to give to the curves of the letters an agreeable roundness, which was wholly missing in the earlier Roman cursive.
— from Palæography Notes upon the History of Writing and the Medieval Art of Illumination by Bernard Quaritch

Directly after the charming lady of the house entered, bringing with both hands a shining tin tray, and on it a small pot, from which rose the fragrant steam of heated Hungarian, and a goblet of cut glass with the escutcheon of the Kmitas.
— from The Deluge: An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. Vol. 1 (of 2) by Henryk Sienkiewicz

After a considerable length of time had elapsed, and after we had maturely considered every step that we had taken, it would be only after we had done all that, that we could adopt a measure to the extent of that recommended by the noble Earl.
— from Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a Century by Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of

On our fresh route we were obliged to cut our way through a long belt of bamboo underwood, and not being so careful of my steps as my companions, I trod repeatedly on the flinty thorns which had fallen from the bushes, finishing by becoming completely lame, one thorn having entered deeply the sole of my foot.
— from The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Henry Walter Bates