On this the frigate and sloop crowded every stitch of canvas they could carry in chase.
— from How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by William Henry Giles Kingston

This attracted people to it with unprecedented rapidity, so that on, or soon after, the meeting of the new Congress in December, 1849, she already had a population of nearly a hundred thousand, had called a convention, formed a State constitution excluding slavery, and was knocking for admission into the Union.
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete by Abraham Lincoln

Mary realised that the system was the outcome of superstition and fear, and she could even see how, from the native point of view, it was essential for the safety of the House, but her heart was hot against it; nothing, indeed, roused her so fiercely as the senseless cruelty of putting these innocent babes to death, and she joined in the campaign with fearless energy.
— from Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary by W. P. (William Pringle) Livingstone

for A. S. C. E. sections when delivered to the cold-straightening presses.
— from Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Final Report of Special Committee on Rail Sections, Paper No. 1177 by Various

Yet he must have understood, for a strange, cunning, exultant smile came on his lips as he turned away and set himself to mix the colours on his palette.
— from The Heart of Princess Osra by Anthony Hope

No doubt all these grievous results do not always follow; and sometimes children exceptionally strong manage to take and digest enough even of unsuitable food to maintain their health, and may as they grow up, and the changes take place in the system which fit it for a varied diet, even become robust.
— from The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases by Charles West

He did not find Amaldi so companionable, either, since he had been suffering in this way.
— from Shadows of Flames: A Novel by Amélie Rives

"I wasn't looking for a social call," Edith said guardedly after a non-committal greeting.
— from The Bachelors: A Novel by William Dana Orcutt