(There is no such thing as a directory in Russian cities, even in St. Petersburg.
— from Russian Rambles by Isabel Florence Hapgood

“Don’t you do it,” Rosalie cautioned Emmy Lou.
— from Emmy Lou: Her Book and Heart by George Madden Martin

At the Restoration the dispossessed Irish Roman Catholics, especially those who had followed the King’s fortunes abroad, looked to Ormonde as the only man who might be willing and able to espouse their cause.
— from Ireland under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum, Vol. 3 (of 3), 1660-1690 by Richard Bagwell

From the fresh leaves of the artichoke, as EXTRACT OF ACONITE —Ph. L.— Dose , 3 to 6 gr., twice or thrice daily; in rheumatism, &c. Extract of Aspar′agus.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson

"So do I," responded Captain Enoch grimly, as he salvaged another kiss.
— from Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number 4 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Interests of Southeastern Massachusetts by Various

"Miss Joyce, dinner is ready," called Ellen from the veranda with a sour voice, for she resented being kept waiting.
— from Joyce's Investments: A Story for Girls by Fannie E. (Fannie Ellsworth) Newberry

People unacquainted with uniforms find a difficulty in recognising certain English line regiments whose records are the glory of our military history.
— from The Story of the Highland Regiments by Frederick Watson

With the cessation of saying masses for the dead its religious character expired.
— from As We Are and As We May Be by Walter Besant

Verum de Francia nuper astrologus et fabricator magnus, fama horologii tanti ductus, Papiam venit, plurimisque diebus in rotas congregandas elaboravit; tandemque actum est, ut in unum, eo quo decebat ordine, composuerit, motumque ut decet dederit.”—These are the words of Mich. Savanarola in Comm.
— from A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 1 (of 2) by Johann Beckmann