It will be hereafter my business to construct by a series of intuitions the progressive schemes, that must follow from such a power with such forces, till I arrive at the fulness of the human intelligence.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

He just seems to float from Spot A to Spot B like some form of gas.
— from Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

This same curiously inept criticism of the war which cost France her American provinces occurs in Voltaire's Memoirs , wherein he says, "In 1756 England made a piratical war upon France for some acres of snow."
— from Candide by Voltaire

“De OFFELLIS, QUAS VEL FRICTELLAS LICET APPELLARE”—Platina FRICTORIUM, FRIXORIUM, same as FRETALE , frying pan FRISILIS, FRICTILIS, FUSILIS, ℞ 131 FRITTO MISTO
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

We staid all night with the good monks at the convent of Ramleh, and in the morning got up and galloped the horses a good part of the distance from there to Jaffa, or Joppa, for the plain was as level as a floor and free from stones, and besides this was our last march in Holy Land.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

Amidst these infernal surroundings the ruler of Hades Uplifted his head by the funeral flames silhouetted And sprinkled with white from the ashes of corpses; and challenged Winged Fortune in words such as these: ‘Oh thou fickle controller Of things upon earth and in heaven, security’s foeman, Oh Chance!
— from The Satyricon — Complete by Petronius Arbiter

And after all their silence was eloquent, for faint smiles, and glances born of their thoughts, crossed and recrossed, until lips moved and words were formed, which seemed almost superfluous.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

A quart of Rum or Brandy made into Punch for four shillings; and so in proportion to the smallest quantity, which is half-a-quartern for fourpence half-penny; and gentlemen may have it as soon made as a gill of Wine can be drawn."
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

It was evident that Burke's horse, both from being spared the shocks that mine had met with, and from his better riding, was the fresher of the two; we had neither of us, however, much to boast of on that score, and perhaps at a calmer moment would have little fancied facing such a leap as that before us.
— from Jack Hinton: The Guardsman by Charles James Lever

There were with me two or three families from Sichem, a village between Diest and Aerschot.
— from The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 by Various

The King muttered a few feeble sentences about his respect for the laws of the realm, and the privileges of Parliament, and retired.
— from Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays; Vol. 2 With a Memoir and Index by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

He wore patched overalls, a frayed flannel shirt and a much-used straw hat of the field variety.
— from The Submarine Boys on Duty Life on a Diving Torpedo Boat by Victor G. Durham

This gave me the clue to what we had considered a mystery, namely, Castizo’s great fondness for spending a portion of almost every night all alone out in the Pampas.
— from Wild Life in the Land of the Giants: A Tale of Two Brothers by Gordon Stables

For among all the laws of matter and motion, we know of none which seems to afford any principle or foundation for such an effect.
— from Perpetual Motion by Percy Verance

We never moved a muscle all night, but waked at early dawn in the original positions, and got up at once thoroughly refreshed, free from soreness, and brim full of friskiness.
— from The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter by George Wharton James

In other words, there is present in ameba an automatic regulating mechanism controlling the direction of movement so that when free from stimulation a spiral path is followed.
— from Ameboid movement by Asa A. (Asa Arthur) Schaeffer