"Yes, I did," said Philip, still embarrassed; "I wished to see you very much.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

For about ten minutes he sat in dead silence, perfectly still, except for several expressive motions of his eyebrows, and all the time his eyes grew steadily greener.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

Her little property must stay behind, but otherwise, all that could be should be done.... Then severally, each stood aside, and putting on his hat, turned back to inspect the new inscription on the marble of the family vault: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ANN FORSYTE, THE DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE JOLYON AND ANN FORSYTE, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 27TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1886, AGED EIGHTY-SEVEN YEARS AND FOUR DAYS Soon perhaps, someone else would be wanting an inscription.
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. The Man Of Property by John Galsworthy

At the end of five-and-twenty years of hard fighting, the surviving 300 naked patriots were still defiant, still persistent, still efficacious with their rude weapons, and the Governor and the 40,000 knew not which way to turn, nor what to do.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

supplicium dare , suffer punishment surgô, -ere, surrêxî , —— [ sub , from below , + regô , straighten ], rise sus-cipiô, -ere, -cêpî, -ceptus [ sub , under , + capiô , take ], undertake, assume,
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

[3] En otras, las constituciones acuerdan a los hijos la nacionalidad de sus padres sólo en caso que aquéllos expresamente lo soliciten dentro de un tiempo breve después de alcanzada la mayoría de edad. —¿Conserva el que nace en el extranjero, de padres latino-americanos la nacionalidad de sus progenitores?
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

supplicium dare , suffer punishment surgō, -ere, surrēxī , —— [ sub , from below , + regō , straighten ], rise sus-cipiō, -ere, -cēpī, -ceptus [ sub , under , + capiō , take ], undertake, assume, begin suspicor, -ārī, -ātus sum , dep.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

To the same effect, in a Hymn in honour of Beauty, divine Spenser, platonizing , sings:— —"Every spirit as it is more pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight With cheerful grace and amiable sight.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

Empetrum nigrum (Crowberry) Evergreen shrub 1 ft. Needs moist peaty soil Britain Ephedra americana Evergreen shrub 3 ft. Does well in dry stony places Chili ,, distachya Evergreen shrub 3 to 4 ft. ,, ,, ,, Europe and Asia Minor ,, gerardiana Evergreen shrub 2 ft. Rather tender Himalaya ,, helvetica Evergreen shrub 2 ft. Does well in dry stony places South Europe ,, trifurca Evergreen shrub 3 ft. ,, ,, ,, Western North America Ercilla volubilis (Syn. E. spicata) Evergreen twiner 15 ft. Needs protection of a wall in most districts Chili Eriobotrya japonica (Syn. Photinia japonica), (Loquat), handsome leaves Evergreen tree 20 ft. ,, ,, ,, China and Japan Eurya japonica Evergreen shrub 6
— from Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by E. T. (Ernest Thomas) Cook

In the selection of the following texts I have been guided principally by the desire to illustrate Mayan palæography as presented on different surfaces, paper, stone, earthenware, etc., and as it is found in the various regions occupied by tribes of Mayan culture and affinity.
— from A Primer of Mayan Hieroglyphics by Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison) Brinton

B. The acute call upon his adrenals made by his dangerous situation probably soon exhausted them of their content of reserve secretions.
— from The Glands Regulating Personality A Study of the Glands of Internal Secretion in Relation to the Types of Human Nature by Louis Berman

"I do think you're such a nice doctor," Sheila Pat said earnestly.
— from The Young O'Briens: Being an Account of Their Sojourn in London by Margaret Westrup