Now let us consider that this reduced hat-box is a cylinder of metal made up of an immense number of little wire cylinders close together like the hairs in a painter's brush.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

I came out, my morals unimproved, my hatred to my oppressors encreased tenfold.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

All I can say is, that when at last I raised my head from between my hands, there remained at the bottom of the crater only myself, my uncle and Hans.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

These were the two things uppermost in my mind; and I could open my mouth upon neither without black ungenerosity.
— from Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

"However, if, as you think, I am capable of making myself useful, I will devote myself to the work heart and soul.
— from The Jew by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski

That it ought not to have been, I confess; but I knew whom I had to deal with: the captain was ashamed of his intimacy, and the claims of my mother upon him, but not so much ashamed of me; and, now that she was removed, probably he might not be at all ashamed.
— from Percival Keene by Frederick Marryat

Mostyn mocked at her “play-acting,” and was sternly reproved by the Justice; and then Tyrrel and Ethel took charge of Mrs. Mostyn until she was ready to leave for London.
— from The Man Between: An International Romance by Amelia E. Barr

He says he can't go ahead and take care of Mrs. Maslin unless you tell him to.
— from The Girl Scout's Triumph; or, Rosanna's Sacrifice by Katherine Keene Galt

14th Twenty-two pieces of British cannon opened most musically upon the town.
— from A British Rifle Man The Journals and Correspondence of Major George Simmons, Rifle Brigade, During the Peninsular War and the Campaign of Waterloo by George Simmons

We cannot, however, do more than speak in general terms, for in a valley like that of the Thames—mainly excavated in a soft and tenacious clay—a large part of the rainfall runs off, forming numerous brooklets and small streams, which carve out many minor undulations and shallow ramifying valleys.
— from Early London: Prehistoric, Roman, Saxon and Norman by Walter Besant

Rev. Charles Clothier, Dr. Robert C. Clough, Dr. Shepard B., Director, Casa Italiana, Columbia University Code, Dr. Charles F., Professor of Physiology, University of Minnesota; Consultant, Mayo Clinic Coe, Dr. Albert Buckner, Official, National Council of Churches; Delegate to 1st and 2nd World Council of Churches Coffee, John M. Cohen, Harry, Retired Surgeon; Former Editor, American Jewish Cyclopedia ; Editor-in-Chief, American Jews: Their Lives and Achievements Cole, Wilton D., Chairman of the Board, Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Collier, W. Edwin Compton, Dr. Arthur H., Professor, Washington University, St. Louis; Nobel Prize in Physics, 1927; Former Co-Chairman, National Conference of Christians and Jews; Former member, Committee for Economic Development; Former General Chairman, World Brotherhood; Dean Emeritus, Washington University, St. Louis Compton, Dr. Wilson, Former President, State College of Washington; Chairman of the Board, Cameron Machine Co.; Director, International Council of Christian Leadership Comstock, Alzada Comstock, Louis K. Cook, Lyle E. Coons, Dr. Arthur Gardiner (CFR) Corn, James F. Corsi, Edward, Former Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Cortney, Philip, Chairman, U. S. Council, International Chamber of Commerce; President, Coty, Inc. and Coty International Cotton, Aylett B. Cowles, Gardner (CFR) Cox, C. R. (CFR) Crane, Dr. Henry Hitt, Official, World Council of Churches Crawford, Arthur L., Director, College of Mines & Minerals, University of Utah Cross, Dr. George L., President, University of Oklahoma Crosswaith, Frank, Chairman, Negro Labor Committee Crouch, Harry E. Cruikshank, Nelson H., Director, Department of Social Security, AFL-CIO, Member, Federal Advisory Council, Department of Labor, Member, National Planning Association; Official, National Council of Churches Cruse, Mrs. W. C. Cutting, Fulton (CFR) Dail, Charles C. Daltry, Joseph S., Director, Graduate Summer School for Teachers, Wesleyan University, Connecticut Dandridge, Rt.
— from The Invisible Government by Dan Smoot

That the ethical views of individuals and of communities of men may undergo a process of evolution or development is palpable.
— from A Handbook of Ethical Theory by George Stuart Fullerton

This singularly inadequate consciousness of mine, made up of symbols that neither resemble nor affect the realities they stand for,—how can he be sure it is cognizant of the very realities he has himself in mind?
— from The Meaning of Truth by William James

A roll of the prairie had hidden the approach of a column of mounted men until they were pretty
— from The Red Mustang by William O. Stoddard