They had already crossed the trenches at many points, and Duke Guntharis had even erected ladders against the walls near the Portuensian Gate; while the old master-at-arms had dragged a strong battering-ram to the Pancratian Gate, and had caused it to be protected by a penthouse against the fiery darts from above.
— from A Struggle for Rome, v. 2 by Felix Dahn

No other girl had ever entered Lloyd's with such a look on her face.
— from The Portion of Labor by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

But to others he frankly said that he was not fighting in the least for the Jesuits—"They do not make us hot or cold;" and instead of resting his appeal to the Diet on so doubtful a ground, he earnestly entreated Louis Philippe to prevent the violent substitution of a unitary and propagandist government "for the cantonal government of Switzerland."
— from The Revolutionary Movement of 1848-9 in Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany With Some Examination of the Previous Thirty-three Years by C. Edmund (Charles Edmund) Maurice

THE BANSHEE BY ELLIOT O’DONNELL AUTHOR OF “HAUNTED PLACES IN ENGLAND,” “THE IRISH ABROAD,” “TWENTY YEARS EXPERIENCES AS A GHOST HUNTER,” ETC., ETC. LONDON AND EDINBURGH SANDS & COMPANY CONTENTS CHAP.
— from The Banshee by Elliott O'Donnell

A friend has suggested to me a punctuation of the 2d verse of the 17th chapter, which would enable us to translate it: ' That He should give to them all which Thou hast given Him, (even) eternal life .'
— from The Gospel of St. John: A Series of Discourses. New Edition by Frederick Denison Maurice

The immortal Lincoln, it is said, gained his early education largely by the light of the fireplace.
— from Artificial Light: Its Influence upon Civilization by Matthew Luckiesh

She talked on and Harry gave her every encouragement, laughing heartily at her anecdotes, asking further details, and making himself so generally pleasant that, before supper was half done, the opening embarrassment was forgotten and Mrs. O'Brien was exclaiming: "Well, Harry, I must say one thing: I feel like I'd known you forever!"
— from The Rosie World by Parker Fillmore

Beplaided and betrowsered, with their little gypsy hats, would they float out beyond the breakers, waving aside with farewell, airy kisses, the patent life boats and the magical preservers, and pressing on, like Gebers, with their rosy faces and great, hopeful eyes ever laughingly, merrily turned to the golden east—their Morgen Land !
— from Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various