The similarity of pattern in the wing and leg of a bat, though used for such different purpose,—in the jaws and legs of a crab,—in the petals, stamens, and pistils of a flower, is likewise intelligible on the view of the gradual modification of parts or organs, which were alike in the early progenitor of each class.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

But those who in a free state deliberately put themselves in a position to be feared are the maddest of the mad.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Charbono's Child is very ill this evening; he is cuting teeth, and for several days past has had a violent lax, which having suddonly stoped he was attacked with a high fever and his neck and throat are much swolen this evening.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Oh, no, Mikkamenkies, a thousand times no: it is a tiny blemish of reddish hue, a drop of princely blood from the upper world, which I inhabit, and this drop in all these countless centuries has coursed through the veins of a thousand kings, and still kept its roseate glow, still remembered the glorious sunshine which called it into being; and now, Men of Goggle Land, lest you think that for some dark purpose of mine own I speak other than the pure and sober truth, behold, I show you the fair Crystallina’s heart, in its very life and being as it is, beating and throbbing with hope and fear comingled.
— from Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey by Ingersoll Lockwood

Later he was coachman for Savinien de Portenduere, after the vicomte's marriage with Ursule Mirouet.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

Perhaps no vessel was bound for such distant parts.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

The similarity of pattern in the wing and in the leg of a bat, though used for such different purpose—in the jaws and legs of a crab—in the petals, stamens, and pistils of a flower, is likewise, to a large extent, intelligible on the view of the gradual modification of parts or organs, which were aboriginally alike in an early progenitor in each of these classes.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

“And I wanted to send a letter, you know, to let ’em know whar I was, and tell poor Chloe that I was well off,—cause she felt so drefful, poor soul!”
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Great trading companies were formed, directing French enterprise to the Baltic, to the Levant, to the East and West Indies; customs regulations were amended to encourage French manufactures, and to allow goods to be stored in bond in the great ports, by which means it was hoped to make France take Holland's place as the great warehouse for Europe, a function for [106] which her geographical position eminently fitted her; while tonnage duties on foreign shipping, direct premiums on home-built ships, and careful, rigorous colonial decrees giving French vessels the monopoly of trade to and from the colonies, combined to encourage the growth of her mercantile marine.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

SYN: Immediately, forthwith, straightway, directly, presently, at once, without delay.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

That was a memorable hour to me, and how distinctly I can call to mind the low cliff of lava beneath which I rested, with the sun glaring hot, a few strange desert plants growing near, and with living corals in the tidal pools at my feet.
— from Famous Men of Science by Sarah Knowles Bolton

Ned and Joe claimed to themselves that they alone knew of the existence of a certain ledge which ran for some distance parallel to the shore, but much farther out than the average fisherman would think of dropping anchor.
— from Harper's Round Table, July 30, 1895 by Various

One or two shots were fired, but the reports came from such distant points that he knew the bullets had fallen short.
— from The Tree of Appomattox by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

That announcement was heard with the greater pleasure because her loved face had seldom been seen at the table for some days past.
— from Grandmother Elsie by Martha Finley

But nothing further had been done for several days past, and already the weeds were sprouting.
— from Janice Day by Helen Beecher Long

First spermatocyte, daughter plates containing 18 and 19 chromosomes, respectively.
— from Studies in Spermatogenesis (Part 2 of 2) by N. M. (Nettie Maria) Stevens