" "What difference will his death make to you?" "A father's death generally does make a difference to his eldest son, particularly if there is any property concerned.
— from Mr. Scarborough's Family by Anthony Trollope

The fine dust blown out of Krakatoa was found, under the microscope, to consist of excessively thin, transparent plates or irregular specks of pumice—which inconceivably minute fragments were caused by enormous steam pressure in the interior and the sudden expansion of the masses blown out into the atmosphere.
— from Blown to Bits; or, The Lonely Man of Rakata by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Should the cat's "whiskers" touch the grass or other growth on each side, puss is then instinctively aware that there « 28 » is not sufficient room for her body to pass, and that she will therefore make a rustling sound if she persists in her advance, and so alarm her prey.
— from The Book of the Otter: A manual for sportsmen and naturalists by Richard Clapham