He came near and peeped in, and it was a mother bear singing to her cubs and telling them what to do when the hunters came after them.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

His mind, now disengaged from the cares which had pressed on him at first, was at leisure to find the Grants and their young inmates really worth visiting; and though infinitely above scheming or contriving for any the most advantageous matrimonial establishment that could be among the apparent possibilities of any one most dear to him, and disdaining even as a littleness the being quick-sighted on such points, he could not avoid perceiving, in a grand and careless way, that Mr. Crawford was somewhat distinguishing his niece—nor perhaps refrain (though unconsciously) from giving a more willing assent to invitations on that account.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

It is not easy for the mind to put off those confused notions and prejudices it has imbibed from custom, inadvertency, and common conversation.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

I was grotesque to the theatrical pitch, a stage miser, but I was certainly not a physical impossibility.
— from The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

] COURNANT, notary at Provins in 1827; rival of Auffray, the notary; of the Opposition; one of the few public-spirited men of the little town.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

"There's no harm in a kick in the hindquarters when your belly's full," said Captain Nichols, "and personally I never take it in bad part.
— from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

In all which space there were fine and subtle disguisings, masks, and mummeries, with playing at cards for counters, nails, and points, in every house, more for pastime than for gain.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

"And, madam, Cousin Andrew hath taken our heroic Colonel Nevitt a prisoner in his first battle.
— from A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Amanda M. Douglas

The individuals of each gens were not in all cases, and probably not in the majority of instances, connected by birth; [1] the attributes of the members of a gens , according to Cicero, were, a common name and participation in private religious rites; descent from free ancestors; the absence of legal disqualification.
— from Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. by Oliver Goldsmith

Conjunctions connect nouns and pronouns in the same case .
— from English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Accompanied by a compendium, embracing a new systematic order of parsing, a new system of punctuation, exercises in false syntax, and a system of philosophical grammar, in notes, to which are added an appendix and a key to the exercises : designed for the use of schools and private learners by Samuel Kirkham

A certain number always put in a regular appearance.
— from Our Churches and Chapels: Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston by Atticus

We enquired how these birds, that could not fly, could retire into other countries in the winter, and were told, both by the Tartars and Assanians, that they well knew those birds could not alone pass into other countries: but when the cranes (les grues) retire in autumn, each one takes a rail (un rale) upon his back, and carries him to a warmer climate."
— from Zoonomia; Or, the Laws of Organic Life, Vol. I by Erasmus Darwin

It is of course not a "parody" in the proper sense, for it has no element of satire or burlesque, and imitates not the foibles but the merits of the original, with an absolute illusion.
— from Studies in Early Victorian Literature by Frederic Harrison

Noiselessly he pulled open the drawer, lifted the box, the secret of which Maggie had showed him, from its corner, took out one of the fresh clean notes, and put in its place the crumpled, worthless bill his father had thrown aside that morning.
— from Bessie in the City by Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews