"We have been so busy, and day after day has brought such exciting news, good and bad, that I haven't had time and composure to write in my diary for weeks.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

quickly Ehelaeth, a. extensive, wide Ehelaethiad, n. an enlarging Ehelaethu, v. to amplify Ehoeg, n. green: a. green Ehofnedd, n. intrepidity Ehofni, v. to act daring Ehofnol, a. daring, bold Ehud, a. flighty, rash, heedless Ei, pron.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

If we glance at a map and follow the orographical features of Eastern New Guinea and its coast line, we see at once that the high main range of mountains drops off between the 149th and 150th meridians, and again that the fringing reef disappears at the same point, that is, at the west end of Orangerie Bay.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

Pisa Vitelliana —named for Vitellius, ninth Roman emperor, notorious glutton, according to Hum.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

He had thoroughly informed himself of the fertility of the country into which he designed to descend, and of the hostile feelings of its inhabitants towards Rome, and for his journey through the difficult district which intervened he employed native guides and pioneers, whose interests were bound up with his own.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

Relegated, as he was, to one corner, and sheltered behind the billiard-table, the soldiers whose eyes were fixed on Enjolras, had not even noticed Grantaire, and the sergeant was preparing to repeat his order: “Take aim!”
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

163 Thus Lycus is speaking neither good Erasistratism, nor good Asclepiadism, far less good Hippocratism.
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen

Keep it up for ever never grow a day older technically.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

We might push the analogy a little further, for the ideas and customs which it maintains and furnishes to each new generation as guides for their behavior in life are analogous to the determinate methods of reaction, the inherited impulses, reflexes, and instincts with which heredity furnishes the individual.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Let us therefore proceed to examine whether the people are not right in their opinion that a cordial Union, under an efficient national government, affords them the best security that can be devised against HOSTILITIES from abroad.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

Come Sunday, they stop 'em, no go at all that day—keep still—preach all day—first one, then another, just like church.
— from Canoeing in the wilderness by Henry David Thoreau

The washing of the feet would therefore only be an extension of a common practice and would excite no great attention.
— from Pastor Pastorum; Or, The Schooling of the Apostles by Our Lord by Henry Latham

On the opposite side of the street the contents bills of the early editions of the evening newspapers glared at him: "West End murder—Relatives sail from Jersey."
— from The de Bercy Affair by Louis Tracy

The large supplies received by this line of communication were stored in the extensive Nankin granaries, and while these were always kept full, the residue was distributed through the town and villages of the district, the neighbouring country being much impoverished by the continual warfare raging around the Ti-ping capital.
— from Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh: The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume II) by Augustus F. Lindley

In the beginning of this Kings reigne, either no great accidents did fall, or else they were obscured with the greatnesse of the change: none are reported by the writers of that time.
— from The Lives of the III. Normans, Kings of England: William the First, William the Second, Henrie the First by Hayward, John, Sir

[Pg 3] "And is you going to get hens' eggs or ockstritches' eggs now, Grandpa?" asked Sue.
— from Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus by Laura Lee Hope

“I am even now getting a jury together,” he said, “and so you will be able to hear all that the witnesses may say in their presence.
— from The Gold Bag by Carolyn Wells