The next morning, about ten o'clock, "Sail ho!" was cried on deck; and all hands turned up to see the stranger.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

Then a family of six or seven boys sprung up like mushrooms, and flourished surprisingly, poor boys as well as rich; for Mr. Laurence was continually finding some touching case of destitution, and begging the Bhaers to take pity on the child, and he would gladly pay a trifle for its support.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

The impulsive cause of these miseries in man, this privation or destruction of God's image, the cause of death and diseases, of all temporal and eternal punishments, was the sin of our first parent Adam, [832] in eating of the forbidden fruit, by the devil's instigation and allurement.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Shells thrown in reply were raising clouds of dust and splinters.
— from The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane

We continued running large before the north-east trade winds for several days, until Monday— September 22d; when, upon coming on deck at seven bells in the morning, we found the other watch aloft throwing water upon the sails; and looking astern, we saw a small clipper-built brig with a black hull heading directly after us.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

Then I drove on fast and furious, amid cries of delight and ecstasy on her part, until the grand crisis overtook us both at the same instant in a perfect fury and agony of delight.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

The patient had long lingered under a complication of distempers, and being in no immediate danger of her life, Doctor Fathom was in no hurry to strike a decisive stroke; till the husband growing impatient of delay, and so explicit in his hints, that it was impossible to misapprehend his meaning, our adventurer resolved to do something effectual for his satisfaction, and prescribed a medicine of such rough operation, as he thought must either oblige his employer, or produce a change in the lady's constitution, that would make a noise in the world, and bring a new accession to his fame.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

We indulged in somewhat wild dreams of what all this might produce; but mamma brought us to our senses by informing us that until I was of age Mr. Nixon would entirely control our destinies, and that it was more than probable he would insist upon sending me to a public school.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

In addition to the born deaf, measles, bronchitis, typhus, scarletina, and other diseases are the causes of deafness, and consequently dumbness.
— from Anecdotes & Incidents of the Deaf and Dumb by W. R. (William Robert) Roe

The newspapers are continually making remarks of a painful nature on the conduct of Deans and Chapters.
— from Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

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— from Twenty Years' Experience as a Ghost Hunter by Elliott O'Donnell

Come on down and dry off—and see if the others have left us room to stretch out for a sleep.
— from Rex Kingdon on Storm Island by Gordon Braddock

Talleyrand as a writer English ignorance of French affairs Change of feeling respecting Louis Napoleon 'Loi de sureté publique' Manner in which it has been carried out Deportation a slow death Influence of 'hommes de lettres' French army Russian army French navy Napoleon indifferent to the navy Mr. Senior's Athens journal Otho and Louis Napoleon Qualities which obtain influence Character of Louis Napoleon Tocqueville's comments on the above conversation Tocqueville on Novels Intellectual and moral inferiority of the age Education of French women 'Messe d'une heure' Influence of Madame Récamier Duchesse de Dino Letters in 1858-9.
— from Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 by Nassau William Senior

Have you noticed that?" Giacobbe kept calling out, drawing attention to every detail and corner of his property; his clean-shaven face, devoid even of eyebrows, growing, meanwhile, almost youthful in its enthusiasm.
— from After the Divorce: A Romance by Grazia Deledda

And not only does the mind instinctively repeat an action, but, in the case of drink, a physical craving is set up, and the brain is weakened.
— from Not Guilty: A Defence of the Bottom Dog by Robert Blatchford

It includes all visible wealth, it includes all wealth which is capable of direct and complete sale.
— from Four Introductory Lectures on Political Economy by Nassau William Senior

Then, after an age of this numb agony of waiting, a tiny bead of light flickered on the outer darkness, as though Hope with a golden pin-point had pricked the black curtain of despair, and let a gleam of her glory peep through.
— from A Maid of the Silver Sea by John Oxenham

Shakespeare satirizes euphuism in the character of Don Adriano of Love's Labour's Lost , but is himself tiresomely euphuistic at times, especially in his early or "Lylian" comedies.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long