I only pause on this parenthesis to show that, even in matters admittedly within its range, popular science goes a great deal too fast, and drops enormous links of logic.
— from What's Wrong with the World by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

There have been wars and conflicts since with these Indians up to a recent period too numerous and complicated in their detail for me to unravel and record, but they have been the dying struggles of a singular race of brave men fighting against destiny, each less and less violent, till now the wild game is gone, the whites too numerous and powerful; so that the Indian question has become one of sentiment and charity, but not of war.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Whereupon the proprietor took from a drawer eighteen large bills, counted, and handed them to Monsieur Lantin, who signed a receipt; and, with trembling hand, put the money into his pocket.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Fixings , arrangements, dress, embellishments, luggage, furniture, garnishings of any kind.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

These Fratres, however, told them that in order to form a definite etheric link between themselves and the Order in Great Britain, it would be necessary for a British Frater to be under their instruction for a year.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

Pale cheeks reddened as the little lungs breathed in the pure, fresh air, dull eyes lighted up with pleasure, and little hands trembled with eagerness as they plucked buttercups, dandelions and daisies that grew on the far edges of the lawns.
— from Dick Hamilton's Fortune; Or, The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son by Howard Roger Garis

The following [translated] extract from a document entitled Liber Contrarotulatoris Hospicii , 13 Edward I. [1225], shows the antiquity of the custom:—"To the Ladies of the Queen's Chamber, 15th of May; seven ladies and damsels of the queen, because they took [or lifted] the king in his bed, on the morrow of Easter, and made him pay fine for the peace of the king, which he made of his gift by the hand of Hugh de Cerr [or Kerr], Esq., to the lady of Weston, £14."
— from Lancashire Folk-lore Illustrative of the Superstitious Beliefs and Practices, Local Customs and Usages of the People of the County Palatine by John Harland

the head setting perfectly on a slender yet full neck, the face firm and determined, every line from toe to topknot denoting vigorous and easy action—so natural was it that it must have created a sensation even though formed of lead.
— from Frank Merriwell's Endurance; or, A Square Shooter by Burt L. Standish

He is sometimes called the sea-horse, for when his head is out of the water it looks from a distance exactly like the head of a horse.
— from Stories of the Gorilla Country, Narrated for Young People by Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu

It was not important, but memory of it clung, and followed him into his sleep with his dreams—in which he seemed to be following a darting, erratic light through a jungle without end.
— from Astounding Stories, June, 1931 by Various