—At nine o’clock Dr. Van Helsing, Dr. Seward, and I called on Messrs. Mackenzie & Steinkoff, the agents of the London firm of Hapgood.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker

The clock on my mantelshelf struck two, and I was about to put out my light and turn in, when of a sudden there came a violent ringing of the bell.
— from The Tickencote Treasure by William Le Queux

These textures chiefly comprise low mantle cloths and cloakings, and limited quantities of dress stuffs composed of mixed materials, showing that almost invariably it was the price which caused these goods to sell in British markets.
— from Are We Ruined by the Germans? by Harold Cox

But, with so great a mass, it had cooled off much more slowly than any of the other planets known, and had immense internal heat.
— from The Red Hell of Jupiter by Paul Ernst

We next add an astringent, and it begins to move more slowly, and soon contracts into a spherical shape and remains contracted, or may move slowly to a limited extent, depending on the strength of the solution.
— from Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Martha Meir Allen

What persuasion or what desire would bring thee to that accursed city of men more stubborn than all others?
— from The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story by George Moore

In 1725 a report from a committee of Middlesex magistrates stated that at that period there were in the metropolis, exclusive of the City of London and Southwark, 6,187 houses and shops wherein ‘geneva, or other strong waters,’ were sold by retail.
— from Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England: A History by Richard Valpy French

"You have made a convert of my mother," said the Archduchess Christina one day to Isabella, "although," added she, laughing, "you never looked better in your life."
— from Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel by L. (Luise) Mühlbach