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— from A Modern Symposium by G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes) Dickinson

“I’ll see,” said Jack, grimly, and Una looked down uneasily; she understood his reluctance to go to the old place.
— from Only One Love; or, Who Was the Heir by Charles Garvice

The tendency of this construction is to give alternators unusually large dimensions per given capacity.
— from Electric Transmission of Water Power by Alton D. Adams

Dingen Ganz allein uns lügt, dasz wir, was edel und albern, Was beschränkt und grosz, im Angesicht zu suchen, Eitele Thoren sind, betrogne, betrügende Thoren.”
— from The Hand Phrenologically Considered Being a Glimpse at the Relation of the Mind with the Organisation of the Body by Anonymous

When she awoke, the lurid light of fever died out of her eyes, and they looked in gratified amazement upon Lady Dora who sat by her side.
— from Dora Thorne by Charlotte M. Brame

The tracks grew fainter, so that it was only by pushing the glowing and useful lantern down close to the sand that Jack was able to follow the line by which Josh had pushed his way along.
— from Motor Boat Boys Among the Florida Keys; Or, The Struggle for the Leadership by Louis Arundel

One of the first things which attracted our notice was the beauty of the women: certainly never did I see such a number of pretty faces, as there are here framed and glazed at shop windows, with their large dark eyes glancing at us like diamonds as we pass by.
— from The Desultory Man Collection of Ancient and Modern British Novels and Romances. Vol. CXLVII. by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

Where wine is used, three glasses are usually laid down to each guest at dinner: one for ordinary wines; another of smaller size for claret; the third to receive the sparkling foam of the champagne.
— from Beadle's Dime Book of Practical Etiquette for Ladies and Gentlemen Being a Guide to True Gentility and Good-Breeding, and a Complete Directory to the Usages and Observances of Society by Anonymous

Though the progress of commerce must, from the condition of European industry, have been slow, it was uninterrupted; and the settlements in Palestine were becoming important as factories, an use of which Godfrey and Urban little dreamed, when they were lost through the guilt and imprudence of their inhabitants.
— from View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam