The later reciters, however, regarding every letter in so sacred a book, or even the omission of a letter, as of eternal significance, Diti—this decapitated Aditi—was evolved into a separate and powerful being, and, every niche of beneficence being occupied by its god or goddess, the new form was at once relegated to the newly-defined realm of evil, where she remained as the [ 16 ] mother of the enemies of the gods, the Daityas.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

Ere long, indeed, she stooped a good deal, and as time went on I saw her ever with her back bent and her head bowed.
— from Margery (Gred): A Tale Of Old Nuremberg — Complete by Georg Ebers

George Sarratt entered, looking in some surprise at their very prompt visitor, and a little inclined to stand on his guard against a patronage that might be troublesome.
— from Missing by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

The Eddystone lighthouse is so situated as to be of equal service to all nations having occasion to navigate the Channel that separates France from England.
— from Lighthouses and Lightships A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization by W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams

You have to push your way through it, stepping aside every moment as chairs come by and coolies bearing their everlasting loads: itinerant sellers, selling almost anything that anyone can want to buy, jostle you as you pass.
— from On a Chinese Screen by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

"You here, Carson?" he said, his eyebrows lifted in seeming surprise at the latter's being in such company.
— from Hector Graeme by Evelyn Brentwood

Mr. Crawford the elder lived in some style, and his door was opened by a servant whose blatant adornment filled Andrew with friendly pity: no man would submit to be dressed like that, he judged, except from necessity.
— from The Elect Lady by George MacDonald

Many an elegant lady, in startling silks and astonishing ear-jewels, turned her nose sublimely skyward and exclaimed "No great fetch,—these folks!"
— from Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Effie Afton

The science of psychology as applied to everyday life is, strictly speaking, a new science.
— from The Silence: What It Is and How To Use It by David V. (David Van) Bush

These two factors, religion and scholarship, gave to New England literature its serious stamp and academic quality; but the preparatory stage being longer, it was slower to emerge than the literature of the rest of the country.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

I can hang you,” she said, and it seemed to him her eyes leaped into sudden savagery, “and if you drive me too far I’ll do it....
— from The Highflyers by Clarence Budington Kelland