Then there must be an apparatus for directing the motions and locomotions—a nervous system; and as fast as these become rapid and complex the nervous system must be largely developed, ending in great nervous centres—seats of intelligence by which the activities at large are regulated.
— from The Principles of Biology, Volume 1 (of 2) by Herbert Spencer

“Whoever told you such rubbish as that? Besides,” with downcast eyes, “I guess no man would ever want me.”
— from Cap'n Eri by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

They will also steal fowls from under the very eye of the farmer, and destroy eggs in great numbers; we are told that they even pursue Cranes until the unfortunates are compelled to disgorge the meat they have been seen to swallow.
— from Cassell's Book of Birds, Volume 2 (of 4) by Alfred Edmund Brehm

En de goose—he say, 'Hit'll soon be day, En I got no feders fer ter give away!'
— from Camp and Trail: A Story of the Maine Woods by Isabel Hornibrook

At the same time Danes emigrated in great numbers to Normandy, North Holland, and especially England, where they colonized, we may say, the whole of the extensive district to the north of Watlinga-Stræt, or almost half England.
— from An Account of the Danes and Norwegians in England, Scotland, and Ireland by Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae

With all these difficulties to contend with, the Rhea Darwinii exists in great numbers, and if not kept down to a certain extent by the Indians and - 130 - other enemies would overrun the whole country.
— from At Home with the Patagonians A Year's Wanderings over Untrodden Ground from the Straits of Magellan to the Rio Negro by George C. Musters

So that the small fact has come down to us involved in a great bulk of fabulous cobwebs, mostly of an ill-natured character, set agoing by Voltaire, Valori and others (which fabulous process, in the good-natured form, still continues itself); and, except for Nicolai's good industry (in his ANEKDOTEN-Book), we should have difficulty even in guessing, not to say understanding, as is now partly possible.
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Thomas Carlyle