These apples were therefore considered very precious indeed, and Idun carefully treasured them in her magic casket.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

In a quiet way, very little attended to, she paid her tribute of admiration to Miss Crawford's beauty; but as she still continued to think Mr. Crawford very plain, in spite of her two cousins having repeatedly proved the contrary, she never mentioned him .
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII PART II CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII PART III CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI PART IV CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI PART V CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V PART
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

When you go out on the street, wear an English silk hat, not one of the taper crowned variety popular in the "movies."
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

Lo tradimento de li alquantj giornj gaſpar de caſada ꝓ voler fare vno alt o tradimẽto fo ſbandito cõ vno prete in queſta tera patagonia.
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

improving &c. v.; progressive, improved &c. v.; better, better off, better for; all the better for; better advised.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

When the Christian hero of a hundred charitable victories plunges into a pitfall that has been dug for him by mistake, oh, what a warning it is to the rest of us to be unceasingly on our guard!
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

Adj. permitting &c. v.; permissive, indulgent; permitted &c. v.; patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal; legalized &c. (law) 963; licit; unforbid[obs3], unforbidden[obs3]; unconditional.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

The chief variety produced is called the Yunga, which is considered to be of superior quality; but only a small quantity is grown.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

This later element is certainly very prominent in the customary labour-system, which on the whole appears to be constructed from below.
— from Villainage in England: Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff

Part of the way lay through a wood, in the midst of which stood a hut occupied by a family by the name of Smith, belonging to the class known as "poor whites"; shiftless, lazy, and consequently very poor indeed, they were.
— from Elsie's children by Martha Finley

At no distant day we will break the seals again, and renew our investigations into this affair of the unfortunate Monday, which is not yet, certainly, very promising in the way of revelations."
— from Home as Found Sequel to "Homeward Bound" by James Fenimore Cooper

CHAPTER XV "WELCOME HOME" Mildred felt that she had become a working-woman in very truth as she cleaned the dingy closets, vindictively prying into corners and crevices that had been unmolested by generations of tenants, and the rich color produced by summer heat and unwonted exertion deepened at the thought, "What would Vinton Arnold, what would his mother think if they saw me now?
— from Without a Home by Edward Payson Roe

They were clothed very poorly indeed, with old worn-out filthy garments, full of vermin.
— from Reports of the Committee on the Conduct of the War Fort Pillow Massacre. Returned Prisoners. by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War

election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats by party - OPDO 177, ANDM 134, TPLF 38, WGGPDO 27, EPRDF 19, SPDO 18, GNDM 15, KSPDO 10, ANDP 8, GPRDF 7, SOPDM 7, BGPDUF 6, BMPDO 5, KAT 4, other regional political groupings 22, independents 8; note - 43 seats unconfirmed note: irregularities and violence at a number of polling stations necessitated the rescheduling of voting in certain constituencies; voting postponed in Somali regional state because of severe drought
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency