Testis est mihi conscientia, quod viderim matronam quandam hinc liberatam, quae frequentius ex iracundia demens, et impos animi dicenda tacenda loquebatur, adeo furens ut ligari cogeretur.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

that they should be so frequent even in domestic England, the land of happy homes and strong family ties.
— from The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends by Anonymous

They clustered around the prostrate form, examined it, demanded explanations.
— from Demos by George Gissing

"By means of its immense collection of tithes and its large investments in commercial and financial enterprises, it dominates every line of business in Utah except mines and railroads; and these latter it influences by means of its control over Mormon labor and by its control of legislation and franchises.
— from Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft by Frank J. Cannon

Case cut open by the insect for enlarging it; d , e .
— from Insect Architecture by James Rennie

to begin with them upon the principle of having saved their lives, and then instructed them in the rational principles of life, much less of religion, civilizing and reducing them by kind usage and affectionate arguings; but as they gave them their food every day, so they gave them their work too, and kept them fully employed in drudgery enough; but they failed in this by it, that they never had them to assist them and fight for them as I had my man Friday,
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1808) by Daniel Defoe

Thus, for example, in Dolium, Eburnea, and a host of others, the generating spirals are beautifully marked out Fig.
— from On Growth and Form by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

After all your pretended affection for Ethelyn, I did expect you would be willing to do as much as to speak for her, at least."
— from Ethelyn's Mistake by Mary Jane Holmes

When one, for example, is dominated, even if for but a moment by a passion of anger or rage, there is set up in the system what might be justly termed a bodily thunder-storm, which has the effect of souring or corroding the normal and healthy secretions of the body and making them so that instead of life-giving they become poisonous.
— from What All The World's A-Seeking The Vital Law of True Life, True Greatness Power and Happiness by Ralph Waldo Trine

The rise in blood pressure from epinephrin is due entirely to its action on the peripheral blood vessels and the heart.
— from Disturbances of the Heart Discussion of the Treatment of the Heart in Its Various Disorders, With a Chapter on Blood Pressure by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne