This doctrine, after these four stocks separated in possession of it, began to evolve its four specialized aspects which we now can study; and in the Irish Universities of the early Christian centuries, when Ireland was the centre of European learning, the classical and Celtic aspects of it met for the first time since their prehistoric divorcement.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

“Well, Praskovya, you must thank God that all here present are our friends,” she said at last with ominous composure.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

As she grew older, five, six, seven, the connection between her and her father was even stronger.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

My third fright came upon me as I was going home from stand shooting in early spring.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Technically described, a block is a length of line between the last stop signal worked from one signal-box and the first stop signal worked from the next signal-box in advance.
— from How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams

A sheet of vermilion flame shoots sheer through the air and vanishes; the rocks of Carmel and Lebanon cleave asunder; the sea rolls on high from the sands its black weltering waves.
— from Intentions by Oscar Wilde

—Tiene Ud. salas de recibo para el público, mesa de entradas y salidas, despacho del jefe y otros funcionarios superiores, secretaría, tesorería, contaduría, depósito, oficinas técnicas, archivo, etc.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Neither did I deny the statement made by the patriotic Americans who were with me, that the British forces were defeated in that place, not feeling at all sure that the national pride of our historians had not led them to tell a tale more flattering than true; for "Some say that we won,
— from The Englishwoman in America by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

I don’t know why I feel so strangely about your going, but I do.
— from The Man Who Ended War by Hollis Godfrey

I took notice of this very circumstance from my tent, the second from the stockade, on the hill, west, whilst frying a bit of steak on the fire of my tent chimney, facing said stockade: Manning was peeling an onion.
— from The Eureka Stockade by Raffaello Carboni