We wish to know the significance of these ideas; we ask whether this world is merely idea; in which case it would pass by us like an empty dream or a baseless vision, not worth our notice; or whether it is also something else, something more than idea, and
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

When a person carries such a lamp lighted, his body will appear to be covered all over by running green tree-snakes, to the great dismay of all beholders.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

"You see that plant behind the animal; I suppose you thought it was a dandelion or a Brussels sprout—what?
— from The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

Their issues for default of appearances be never levied, and the profits of their courts of justice do go to particular men’s hands.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

In the presence of Caled, and of death, the unfortunate Jonas professed his belief in one God and his apostle Mahomet; and continued, till the season of his martyrdom, to discharge the duties of a brave and sincere Mussulman.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Here is the case of a woman employed in the manufacturing department of a Broadway house.
— from How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

The drawers of a bureau , which stood in one corner were open, and had been, apparently, rifled, although many articles still remained in them.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

He unbuttoned his coat and sat down on a bench in the porch.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Cetewayo, destruction of a British regiment by one of his impis 17 ; his organisation of the Zulus, 25 .
— from Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 by W. Basil (William Basil) Worsfold

" The artist said: "Yes, the Old Masters often drew badly; they did not care much for truth and exactness in minor details; but after all, in spite of bad drawing, bad perspective, bad proportions, and a choice of subjects which no longer appeal to people as strongly as they did three hundred years ago, there is a SOMETHING about their pictures which is divine—a something which is above and beyond the art of any epoch since—a something which would be the despair of artists but that they never hope or expect to attain it, and therefore do not worry about it.
— from A Tramp Abroad — Volume 07 by Mark Twain

The displacements of this index hand indicate the letters, numbers, etc., like the needle of the dial of a Bréguet telegraph.
— from Metapsychical Phenomena: Methods and Observations by J. (Joseph) Maxwell

Here is presented the design of a barn built by ourself, about sixteen years since, and standing on the farm we own and occupy; and which has proved so satisfactory in its use, that, save in one or two small particulars, which are here amended, we would not, for a stock barn, alter it in any degree, nor exchange it for one of any description whatever.
— from Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings by Lewis Falley Allen

Then came the bath, with its reviving, rehabilitating process, and lastly I assumed with the docility of a baby or a pauper the clean and fragrant linen and simple wrapper that had been mysteriously provided for me by the Lady Anastasia again, I could not doubt.
— from Sea and Shore A Sequel to "Miriam's Memoirs" by Catherine A. (Catherine Ann) Warfield

They had served as firemen; they had mastered many of the electrical details of a battleship; they had received instruction and had "stood trick" by the engines; there had been some drill with the smaller, rapid-fire guns, and finally, they had learned at least the rudiments of "wig-wagging," as signaling by means of signal flags is termed.
— from Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis Or, Two Midshipmen as Naval Academy "Youngsters" by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

Mr. Kipp presented me with a complete 53 dress of a Blackfoot warrior, ornamented with many tufts of Indian hair from scalps, and also with a saddle.
— from Audubon and His Journals, Volume 2 (of 2) by John James Audubon

Observing that the things we covet are not only difficult of attainment, but unsatisfactory in possession, he thought to solve the problem of life by substituting contempt for admiration.
— from History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by A. G. K. (Alfred Guy Kingan) L'Estrange