Hence we do not reproduce here the rich material of facts which the physiologists and psychophysicists have brought together in the last half-century, the importance of which for industrial labor is perfectly evident.
— from Psychology and Industrial Efficiency by Hugo Münsterberg

Much of the delicacy of its flavor is lost if plucked even a day before it is ready to fall.
— from A Journey in Southeastern Mexico by Henry Howard Harper

But our scattered videttes almost wholly escaped it; whilst over the main body of the picquet, sheltered as it was by the ditch, and considerably removed from its line, it passed entirely harmless.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 264, July 14, 1827 by Various

Another large sort, which we have seen exhibited in this county, of more than four feet in length, is probably entitled to a preference for culture, as it appears to be as sweet as pumpkins of the smaller kinds.
— from The Rural Magazine, and Literary Evening Fire-Side, Vol. 1 No. 02 (1820) by Various

“You told him that—that you were sure I’d forgive it, let it pass even, and he still persisted that he was innocent.”
— from The Invisible Foe A Story Adapted from the Play by Walter Hackett by Louise Jordan Miln

In vain would he attempt to escape from its lordship; its power extends farther than appears at the first sight; and when sufficiently observed, is found to be the ultimate spring of all human operations.
— from The Student-Life of Germany by William Howitt