And yet still further pondering—while I jerked him now and then from between the whale and ship, which would threaten to jam him—still further pondering, I say, I saw that this situation of mine was the precise situation of every mortal that breathes; only, in most cases, he, one way or other, has this Siamese connexion with a plurality of other mortals.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

The first-class scout may then qualify for the various merit badges which are offered in another part of this chapter for proficiency in scouting.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

“Yes, but what is a girl to do who has no family?” put in Stepan Arkadyevitch, thinking of Masha Tchibisova, whom he had had in his mind all along, in sympathizing with Pestsov and supporting him.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

In the first place, in spite of all my explanations, the word 'chance' will still be giving trouble.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

It was terribly cold, and we did not go out much, and somebody had always to keep the female prisoner in sight.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Many naval officers had also invested, and Captain Folsom advised me to buy some, but I felt actually insulted that he should think me such a fool as to pay money for property in such a horrid place as Yerba Buena, especially ridiculing his quarter of the city, then called Happy Valley.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Adv. slowly &c. adj.; leisurely; piano, adagio; largo, larghetto; at half speed, under easy sail; at a foots pace, at a snail's pace, at a funeral pace; in slow time, with mincing steps, with clipped wings;
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

So he turned and left Robin and, crossing the stile, was gone, but Robin heard him singing from beyond the hedge as he strode away: " For Polly is smiling and Molly is glad
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

Before we had gone five paces it struck me that the cave that we were entering was none of Nature’s handiwork, but, on the contrary, had been hollowed by the hand of man.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

There, between the folded plaits, I saw a loose pearl, whose size equalled that of a coco-nut.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

[195b] Ighir means a castle or fortified place, in Shillah.
— from Mogreb-el-Acksa: A Journey in Morocco by R. B. (Robert Bontine) Cunninghame Graham

"Why, of course, don't you see, that's the very thing I meant—" "—I think you can get that already sized, though, and with a stencil figure if you want it—" "—Really, it's very interesting; the first part is stupid, but she has some very good ideas."
— from A Man's Woman by Frank Norris

The second player also plays a queen, in consequence of which the first player is snipped , and has to place a counter in the pool.
— from Cassell's Book of In-door Amusements, Card Games, and Fireside Fun by Various

There has been a constant demand for publication in separate form of these six stories which were originally included in six of the "Little Colonel" books.
— from Our Little Austrian Cousin by Florence Emma Voigt Mendel

The right nerve of the fourth pair is situated still more behind the left, and, in the case of the fifth pair, the nerve to the right is situated so far behind the left nerve that it occupies a position half-way between the left nerves of the fifth and sixth pairs.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 (of 4) Separate Memoirs by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

In the child's mind, memories regarding objects or words which have become familiar, are as a rule, closely connected with memories of keen enjoyment, resulting from participation in some childish sport.
— from Solaris Farm: A Story of the Twentieth Century by Milan C. Edson

Matthew Roydon in his elegy on Sir Philip Sidney, appended to Spenser’s Colin Clouts Come Home Againe , 1595, describes the part figuratively played in Sidney’s obsequies by the turtle-dove, swan, phœnix, and eagle, in verses that very closely resemble Shakespeare’s account of the funereal functions fulfilled by the same four birds in his contribution to Chester’s volume.
— from A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir

In the following passage it seems to be correct.
— from Dissertations on the English Language, with Notes, Historical and Critical; to Which is Added, by Way of Appendix, an Essay on a Reformed Mode of Spelling, With Dr. Franklin's Arguments on that Subject by Noah Webster