“If you could have looked into Allardyce’s back shop, you would have seen a dead pig swung from a hook in the ceiling, and a gentleman in his shirt sleeves furiously stabbing at it with this weapon.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir John de Pelham shared in the glory of the Battle of Poictiers, and in the capture of the French King John.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

All the unowned dogs who stray into the Inns of Court and pant about staircases and other dry places seeking water give short howls of aggravation.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

It was rather hard, after having enjoyed nearly two years of equal social privileges in England, often dining with gentlemen of great literary, social, political, and religious eminence never, during the whole time, having met with a single word, look, or gesture, which gave me the slightest reason to think my color was an offense to anybody—now to be cooped up in the stern of the “Cambria,” and denied the right to enter the saloon, lest my dark presence should be deemed an offense to some of my democratic fellow-passengers.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

“Dear Prince,” said the Swallow, “I cannot do that”; and he began to weep.
— from The Happy Prince, and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde

These tunnels of cells usually terminated in a sack of a lowest dungeon, with a vat-like bottom, where Dante placed Satan, where society placed those condemned to death.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

In the Comedy she fills different parts: she is the glorified Beatrice Portinari whom Dante first knew as a fair Florentine girl; but she also represents heavenly truth, or the knowledge of it—the handmaid of eternal life.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Iris there with humid bow, Waters the odorous banks that blow Flowers of more mingled hew Then her purfl'd scarf can shew, And drenches with Elysian dew (List mortals, if your ears be true) Beds of Hyacinth, and roses Where young Adonis oft reposes, Waxing well of his deep wound 1000 In slumber soft, and on the ground Sadly sits th' Assyrian Queen; But far above in spangled sheen Celestial Cupid her fam'd son advanc't, Holds his dear Psyche sweet intranc't After her wandring labours long, Till free consent the gods among Make her his eternal Bride, And from her fair unspotted side Two blissful twins are to be born, Youth and Joy; so Jove hath sworn.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

In salutis suae desperatione proponunt sibi mortis desiderium, Oct. Horat l. 2. c. 5. 2746 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

The white precipitate is then to be washed by repeated affusions of cold water, and dried in the open air, but in a dark place, so as to seclude it from the light.
— from A System of Pyrotechny Comprehending the theory and practice, with the application of chemistry; designed for exhibition and for war. by James Cutbush

Herr von der Pfordten sorrowfully bowed his head.
— from For Sceptre and Crown: A Romance of the Present Time. Vol. 2 (of 2) by Gregor Samarow

When a tooth is cut, the wheel is moved round one division of an apparatus called a “dividing plate,” so as to present a new part of the wheel to the cutter.
— from Time and Clocks: A Description of Ancient and Modern Methods of Measuring Time by Cunynghame, Henry H. (Henry Hardinge), Sir

She now became in fancy the noble Baroness de Palliac, speaking faultless French and consorting with the rare old families of the Faubourg St. Germain.
— from The Spenders: A Tale of the Third Generation by Harry Leon Wilson

This latter, shown broken off in the drawing, projects slightly, and carries a small disc with two pins, which engage in a fork on the end of the propeller shaft and so drive it, and the screw is attached to its end.
— from The Boy's Own Book of Indoor Games and Recreations A Popular Encyclopædia for Boys by Gordon Stables

San Min Chu I is a type of democracy particularly suited to China.
— from The China of Chiang K'ai-Shek: A Political Study by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

Oh, no; though I confess I don't care for square dances," Philip said.
— from It was a Lover and His Lass by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

"Put an advertisement in every London daily paper saying that the cup has been lost, giving a description, and offering a reward if any information is given to me ." "To you , Sybil!
— from The Pagan's Cup by Fergus Hume

“At eleven o’clock, then, dear Papa,” said Fannie, “but do not forget to return in time this evening to escort me to the Baron’s ball!”
— from The Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and for the Children's Own Reading by Frances Jenkins Olcott