I lived in a house full of robust life; I might have had companions, and I chose solitude.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

So Veneering, without the formality of rising, launches into a familiar oration, gradually toning into the Parliamentary sing-song, in which he sees at that board his dear friend Twemlow who on that day twelvemonth bestowed on his dear friend Lammle the fair hand of his dear friend Sophronia, and in which he also sees at that board his dear friends Boots and Brewer whose rallying round him at a period when his dear friend Lady Tippins likewise rallied round him—ay, and in the foremost rank—he can never forget while memory holds her seat.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Unfortunately, the reformer sometimes carries his objection too far, or rather locates it in the wrong place.
— from How We Think by John Dewey

"The same also," said the dictator, "was the conduct of Lucius Brutus, the founder of Roman liberty, in the case of his two sons.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

This has larger leaves than those of the Self-heal, but else of the same fashion, or rather longer; in some green on the upper side, and in others more brownish, dented about the edges, somewhat hairy, as the square stalk is also which rises up to be half a yard high sometimes, with the leaves set by couples, from the middle almost, whereof upwards stand the flowers, together with many smaller and browner leaves than the rest, on the stalk below set at distance, and the stalk bare between them; among which flowers, are also small ones of a blueish and sometimes of an ash colour, fashioned like the flowers of Ground-ivy, after which come small, round blackish seeds.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

An adverb from the same root usually gives an idea of frequency or repetition: Li iros al ilia domo dimanĉon , he will go to their house Sunday .
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

The horse was then put in motion, and the downward career of our ark suffered an abrupt check, as we found ourselves rudely lugged in towards the bank.
— from Tom, Dick and Harry by Talbot Baines Reed

The youngest boy, Thomas, retained a vivid recollection of his father's death, which, together with other reminiscences of his boyhood, he was fond of relating later in life to his children to relieve the tedium of long winter evenings.
— from Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Volume 1 (of 2) by William Henry Herndon

Some blades were scarcely embedded in the flesh, and fell; others remained lodged in bone but were uncovered in their greater length, vibrating with the movements of the bull which walked with lowered head, following the contour of the wall, bellowing as if with weariness at the useless torment.
— from The Blood of the Arena by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Family of Rowe .—Lysons, in his work Environs of London , gives an extract from the will of Sir Thomas Rowe, of Hackney, and, as his authority, says in a note:— " Extracts of Wills in the Prerogative Office , by E. Rowe Mores, Esq., in the possession of Th.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 82, May 24, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Some valuable observations on the formation of recent limestone, in beds of shelly marl at the bottom of lakes in Scotland, have been read before the Geological Society by Mr. Lyell, and will appear in the volume of the Transactions now in the press.
— from Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by Philip Parker King

[189] One of the features of Roman life is the fashionable drive on Monte Pincio in the late afternoons.
— from Italy, the Magic Land by Lilian Whiting

The Doctor says I have too large a heart, like most big good-natured fellows of rather limited intelligence and with broad shoulders, whom nature has marked out for carrying burdens and playing the part of anvil; but he smiles when he says so, and I do not know if he be speaking in earnest or in jest.
— from Hammer and Anvil: A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen

There followed a shower of sparks and a flood of red light in the room.
— from Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers

They regard their position as merely temporary, and express, even though it may be involuntary on their part, the idea that the town is much preferable to the country, and in this way inculcate in the children a distaste for the life of the country, when it should be their duty to present the best features of rural life in order to persuade the children to remain on the farms.
— from Social Problems in Porto Rico by Fred K. Fleagle