We had cheered ourselves up for a long time past that the Wolf would never get through the British blockade, and that some friendly vessel would surely be the means of our salvation.
— from Five Months on a German Raider Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the 'Wolf' by Frederic George Trayes

The Cascade Mountains, through their whole extent, are resonant with the clamorings of unused force, and likely, in their dark fir forests will first be realized Edison's dreams of the application of electric power,—trees felled, cut into saw logs and conveyed to the mill, with little of man's help except intelligent superintendence.
— from The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, Vol. IV March, 1903-December, 1903 by Oregon Historical Society

The skin is partially denuded of hair, but never perfectly so; for in the most bare place, hairs, either single or in small and distinct patches, will be seen adhering to the surface of the body: these remaining hairs are very firmly planted in the skin, have a coarse or unnatural feel, and look all awry and unthrifty.
— from The Dog by W. N. (William Nelson) Hutchinson

Books lined the walls on every side, and a large desk in the bow window was piled up with volumes, some open, some shut, some showing scraps of paper stuck between the leaves, and all smothered in a general cataract of untidy foolscap and loose-half sheets.
— from Three John Silence Stories by Algernon Blackwood

“Warcford coaled one up for a long run to Larketown, but the steam gave out back of Port Arthur on the Texas League Division and Sam went to Caseville too as Beach pulled into the depot and went to the tank for water.
— from Won in the Ninth The first of a series of stories for boys on sports to be known as The Matty Books by Christy Mathewson

It might not achieve that result as smoothly and evenly as its proposer expects; and the qualifications just stated—that it must be carried out unflinchingly for a long period—should be borne in mind.
— from Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips

For the continued occupation of as large a territory as the United States, if they can oppose us for any length of time, [90] an important fighting force will be necessary, to protect the operating lines and to carry on a successful warfare.
— from Operations Upon the Sea: A Study by Edelsheim, Franz, Freiherr von