And as he had seen her that day, so she had remained; never quite at the same height, yet never far below it: generous, faithful, unwearied; but so lacking in imagination, so incapable of growth, that the world of her youth had fallen into pieces and rebuilt itself without her ever being conscious of the change.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Face is pale and covered with clammy sweat, breathing and pulse are weak and rigid.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

Once, when there was a great function in progress at Pagoda Temple and many high officials were assembled, Softy, too, was seen kneeling at the side and taking part.
— from Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Faries by Yuk Yi

Here and there one finds a passionate and exaggerated adoration of "pure forms" in philosophers as well as in artists: it is not to be doubted that whoever has NEED of the cult of the superficial to that extent, has at one time or another made an unlucky dive BENEATH it.
— from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

she passed the rest of her days like a religions and devout Abbess, frequent in prayers, and entirely employed in the regulation of her society.
— from Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix'd a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Héloïse

I say again it was not beautiful; it was not even intellectual; its very amiability was the amiability of a weak frame, inactive passions, acquiescent habits: yet I looked long at that picture, and could not choose but look.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

He failed in procuring a patent for these in England, but obtained one for Ireland.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

It would tend, in that case, to undermine its own basis; for in proportion as signals for action are quick and efficacious they diminish their sensuous stimulus and fade from consciousness.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

The collectors gave in receipt for its payment a small copper coin, struck expressly for the purpose, and called the “ borodováia ,” or “the bearded.”
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

At first the silent venom slid with ease, And seiz’d her cooler senses by degrees; Then, ere th’ infected mass was fir’d too far, In plaintive accents she began the war, And thus bespoke her husband: “Shall,” she said, “A wand’ring prince enjoy Lavinia’s bed?
— from The Aeneid by Virgil

Enraged at this incident, he offered a high reward to any one who should destroy that cannon; on which one of his gunners aimed a shot so exactly that it struck the muzzle of the cannon which flew in pieces, and killed the Moorish cannoneer.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

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— from The Lay Anthony: A Romance by Joseph Hergesheimer

And when the auspicious Bharata, firm in promise and of subdued sense, had gone away, Rāma again perceiving there the influx of citizens and others, eagerly entered Dandaka.
— from The Rāmāyana, Volume One. Bālakāndam and Ayodhyākāndam by Valmiki

Previously to the astounding experiences of the recent war, during those years so fruitful “in pledges and perjuries,” it was a common phrase, and most frequently used with reference to France, that war was no longer an affair of divine Providence, but that Providence was always on the side of the big battalions.
— from Tradition, Principally with Reference to Mythology and the Law of Nations by Arundell of Wardour, John Francis Arundell, Baron

The unsuspicious soldiers, taken completely by surprise, fell into panic and were cut down by hundreds.
— from The War in the East: Japan, China, and Corea by Trumbull White

“By faithfully intending the mind to the realities of nature,” as Bacon has it, and by living and working among men in a healthy, sympathetic way, exaggeration of a particular line of thought or feeling is prevented, and the balance of the faculties best preserved.
— from Myths and Dreams by Edward Clodd

From the following formula: B. H. P. = 2 π L N W 33,000 380 in which B. H. P. = brake horse power; L = lever arm, in feet ; N = number of revolutions per minute; W = force in pounds at end of lever arm as measured by scales.
— from Hawkins Electrical Guide v. 02 (of 10) Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications by N. (Nehemiah) Hawkins

Full. —Is pleasing and persuasive in manner, and with Ideality large, polite and agreeable, except when the repelling faculties are strongly excited; with small Secretiveness and strong Combativeness and activity, is generally pleasant, but when angry is sharp and blunt; with large Benevolence, Adhesiveness, and Mirthfulness, is excellent company.
— from The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology by O. S. (Orson Squire) Fowler

Here there are curtains 'way up and sunshine, and flowers in pots, and magazines, and cozy nooks with cushions everywhere; and books that you've just been reading laid down.
— from Mary Marie by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

At first they had seemed to detract from its privacy, and from the front windows they certainly interfered with the view of the park hollows and glades, which were so beautiful in the varied lights in which they were seen.
— from Abington Abbey: A Novel by Archibald Marshall