This snow-flake grew larger and larger, till at last it became the figure of a woman, dressed in garments of white gauze, which looked like millions of starry snow-flakes linked together.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

If more mental defectives are found among the population in the slum quarter of a city than in the residential quarter, it is to be expected that there will be more mental defectives in groups of juvenile delinquents from the slum quarter, because, in the first place, they constitute a larger proportion of the population, and because, secondly, of their greater proneness to social offenses.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

The two substantives often differ in gender or number, or both.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

The saint was smiling; I started to drop in gratitude on the ground before him.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

After this mischance, the queen’s majesty directed her letters to the mayor, willing him to take order for the speedy repairing of the same: and she, of her gracious disposition, for the furtherance thereof, did presently give and deliver in gold one thousand marks, with a warrant for a thousand loads of timber, to be taken out of her woods or elsewhere.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

Helen was anxious to secure a compartment to themselves, and, in order to discourage intruders, got out and planted herself firmly on the step.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

If stained or greasy, it should be left to soak for some hours or even days, in good olive oil.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

' Down sits the man of merchandise and money to his pen, ink, and paper; and down I go once again into the Hell of Dante, with my three young Misses after me.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

So that among the younger officers the query was very natural, "Who the devil is Governor of California?"
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

It’s in vain to fight with it; I can’t do it; go on.’
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

All I want to know is this—when do I get out of here?"
— from Cue for Quiet by T. L. Sherred

In fact, the damage is great only when seen in the light of pre-war standards.
— from The Iron Ration: Three Years in Warring Central Europe by George Abel Schreiner

This institution, it is important to remember, did not grow out of any desire to heap curiosities together or to make any popular display; it grew out of a desire for industrial art culture, and the germ of it was the School of Design which opened in a room of Somerset House, June 1st, 1837.
— from Travels in South Kensington with Notes on Decorative Art and Architecture in England by Moncure Daniel Conway

On the second day, indoor games of various kinds were proposed and entered into with much spirit.
— from Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

"The fact is, divorce is going out of fashion.
— from A Modern Chronicle — Volume 07 by Winston Churchill

The sameness of life in this castle oppresses me, and in its continuous dullness I grow old before my time.
— from The Sword Maker by Robert Barr

When it did I got out and took the next train back.
— from They and I by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

Jerry couldn't stand it long; she declared it got on her nerves; besides, she felt sorry to see a fellow creature wasting so many precious moments of a fleeting lifetime at patchwork.
— from Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery