Soon the Lion was let loose from his den, and rushed bounding and roaring towards his victim.
— from Aesop's Fables by Aesop

The process of domestication is different, and requires breeding a race of animals in captivity for many generations and gradually weeding out those in which youthful tameness is replaced by the wild instinct of adult life, and so creating a strain with new and abnormal instincts.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

The residence of Richard Gibbons, formerly Attorney General, stood at the corner of Buckingham and Grafton Streets, formerly known as George Isles' corner; it was lately taken down and replaced by a range of brick buildings now owned by Mr. Maloney.
— from History of Halifax City by Thomas B. Akins

After refreshments in the palace, to which we were invited by the viceroy, we were counseled to leave by a rear door, and return by a roundabout way to the inn, leaving the mob to wait till dark for our exit from the front.
— from Across Asia on a Bicycle The Journey of Two American Students from Constantinople to Peking by Thomas Gaskell Allen

Vengeance, not now directed against Royalists but against Republicans, was the universal cry; the people demanded the heads of those who had been their idols.
— from Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09: European Statesmen by John Lord

From trees that had been brought down a river by a recent storm he had his men construct a raft.
— from The Boy's Hakluyt: English Voyages of Adventure and Discovery by Edwin M. (Edwin Monroe) Bacon

There were so many things our mothers never found out," the Princess rambled on, with her half-mocking half-intimate smile; and in another moment Undine, thrilled at having Mrs. Spragg thus coupled with a Duchess, found herself seated between mother and daughter, and responding by a radiant blush to the elder lady's amiable opening: "You know my nephew Raymond—he's your great admirer."
— from The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

It must be observed that up to then the change which had been brought about constituted without doubt a revolution, but a revolution remarkably moderate.
— from The New German Constitution by René Brunet

Of course more than one reason, or one train of reasons, exist for these facts; but it is not to be denied that those best acquainted with the existing facts, those having the clearest knowledge of the trials, dangers, and risks, both as regards health and finances, were not in any degree prominent in the later social movements.
— from Pilots of the Republic: The Romance of the Pioneer Promoter in the Middle West by Archer Butler Hulbert

The present director of schools, the present superintendent of schools, and the present chief medical inspector have so far worked successfully under the present arrangement of divided duties and responsibilities, but a reorganization along sounder administrative lines should be made before, instead of after, serious trouble arises.
— from Health Work in the Public Schools by Leonard Porter Ayres

Butifer recognized the doctor, and replied by a respectful and friendly sign which showed that he had every intention of obeying.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac