Then the beautiful growth of the hair, in short and soft curls round its roots, its whiteness, branched veins, the supple softness of the shaft, as it lay foreshortened, rolled and shrunk up into a squat thickness, languid, and borne up from between his thighs, by its globular appendage, that wondrous treasure bag of nature's sweets, which revelled round, and pursed up in the only wrinkles that are known to please, perfected the prospect, and altogether formed the most interesting moving picture in nature, and surely infinitely superior to those nudities furnished by the painters, statuaries, or any art, which are purchased at immense prices; whilst the sight of them in actual life is scarce sovereignly tasted by any but the few whom nature has endowed with a fire of imagination, warmly pointed by a truth of judgment to the spring-head, the originals of beauty, of nature's unequalled composition, above all the imitations of art, or the reach of wealth to pay their price.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

As soon as possible after reaching the grounds of the Hampton Institute, I presented myself before the head teacher for an assignment to a class.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington

The servant, who came to light Montoni, bowed in silence, and the muscles of his countenance relaxed with no symptom of joy.—Montoni noticed the salutation by a slight motion of his hand, and passed on, while his lady, following, and looking round with a degree of surprise and discontent, which she seemed fearful of expressing, and Emily, surveying the extent and grandeur of the hall in timid wonder, approached a marble stair-case.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

What goods of thine have I taken from thee?
— from The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

Other observers state that the sign of affirmation with these Indians is the forefinger being raised, and then lowered and pointed to the ground, or the hand is waved straight forward from the face; and that the sign of negation is the finger or whole hand shaken from side to side.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

“No part of it fatigues me but getting off this horse, I assure you,” said she, as she sprang down with his help; “I am very strong.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Spinning among Cherokee 82 , 101 , 105 , 214 Spinning among East Cherokee 176 Spirit folk , Cherokee 475 – 477 Sports , discussion of lxiii–lxviii Sprague , Senator, speech by, on Georgia laws affecting Cherokee 118 Spray, H. W. , acknowledgments to 13 Spray, H. W. , East Cherokee teacher and agent 176 , 180 Spreading-adder , myths and lore concerning 252 , 253 , 297 , 436 , 438 Spring place , establishment of mission at 107 Springstone on Nancy Ward 204 Squash , myth concerning 471 Squier, E. G. , on Cherokee myths 436 , 440 , 442 Squier, E. G. on Cherokee New-fire ceremony 502 – 503 Squier, E. G. on the heavens in mythology 431 Squirrel , myths concerning 251 , 262 – 263 , 286 – 287 Stand Watie , burning of Ross’s house by 365 Stand Watie , myths told by 429 , 444 Stand Watie on Iroquois peace embassy 352 , 353 Stand Watie on Iroquois wars 352 Stand Watie , part taken by, in Civil war 148 , 149 Stand Watie , threat against Ross by 134 Stanley, J. M. , on Iroquois peace embassy 485 – 488 Stapler , Miss ——, marriage of John Ross to 224 Star feathers , legend of 399 – 400 Starr, James , flight of 134 Starr, Tom , legend concerning 286 Stars , myths and lore concerning 257 , 258 , 442 , 445 , 503 State rights , bearing of Removal struggle on 129 Stecoee , destruction of 49 Stedman on English attempts to enlist Indian aid during the Revolution 47 Stein, Robert , work of xviii Steiner , Rev. Abraham , Cherokee missionary 84 Steiner, Roland , collection by xx–xxi Stephen, A. M. , work of xli Stephen , Col. ——, expedition against Cherokee under 45 Stevens on defeat of Creek and Cherokee in Georgia (1781) 60 [ 572 ] Stevens on Picken’s expedition (1782) 60 Stevens on Priber’s work 37 Stevens on treaties of De Witt’s corners and Long island 54 Stevens on treaty of Augusta (1763) 45 Stevens on treaty of Hopewell 62 Stevenson , Mrs M. C., model of Zuñi altar by xlviii Stevenson , Mrs M. C., study of fraternities and cults by xlvii Stevenson , Mrs M. C., work of xxvii–xxviii Stevenson , ——, on petroglyphs at Track Rock gap 419 Stikâ′yĭ , see Stecoee .
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Gentleman of the house, it is to you: is he within, sir? Kit.
— from Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson

'Twould be a pity, Trim, quoth my uncle Toby, thou shouldst ever feel sorrow of thy own—thou feelest it so tenderly for others.—Alack-o-day, replied the corporal, brightening up his face—your honour knows I have neither wife or child—I can have no sorrows in this world.—My father could not help smiling.—As few as any man, Trim, replied my uncle Toby; nor can I see how a fellow of thy light heart can suffer, but from the distress of poverty in thy old age—when thou art passed all services, Trim—and hast outlived thy friends.—An' please your honour, never fear, replied Trim, chearily.—But I would have thee never fear, Trim, replied my uncle Toby, and therefore, continued my uncle Toby, throwing down his crutch, and getting up upon his legs as he uttered the word therefore—in recompence, Trim, of thy long fidelity to me, and that goodness of thy heart I have had such proofs of—whilst thy master is worth a shilling—thou shalt never ask elsewhere, Trim, for a penny.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

He did not presume to remain more than a few moments after he had caught the monkey, and those moments were given to further deep and grateful obeisance to her in return for her indulgence.
— from A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time by Frances Hodgson Burnett

But when the man was bitten the one thing which occurred to nobody was to take him there, and when I heard of the matter the assistant-surgeon had just left for a distant place, passing on his way the gate of the house in which the man lay.
— from Concerning Animals and Other Matters by Edward Hamilton Aitken

The procession from Newgate to Tyburn used to pass along Broad Street, and halt at the great gate of the hospital, in order that the condemned man might take his last draught of ale on earth.
— from Holborn and Bloomsbury by G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton

Because, however, they have discovered them, they imagine such things the goal of the human intellect.
— from The Hope of the Gospel by George MacDonald

“If he is not allowed to eat anything at breakfast in sight of the dress, and he is driven up to the bridge by a glimpse of the hat, I am afraid that his life will not be quite happy here.”
— from Daireen. Complete by Frank Frankfort Moore

The courtyard of the Hotel du Lac was public property; he had been there first, he was there by rights as a guest of the house; if anything, they were the interlopers.
— from Jerry by Jean Webster

The clouds then broke, and as we emerged from the upper gate of the Highlands into the beautiful expanse of Newburgh Bay, the moon came forth, like a queen from her pavilion, in beauty and majesty, the winds were quiet, the waters placid, and the starry sky serene, for "The thunder, tramping deep and loud Had left no foot-marks there.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 1 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

For this purpose, he assembled them together, and, with a grandson of Tarquin in each hand, addressed them in a very moving speech, declared himself the protector of the poor children, and the guardian of their helpless infancy, and implored the assistance of the people in this arduous undertaking; at the same time, promising them freedom from slavery.
— from Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side by Frances Bowyer Vaux

But surely it is impossible that the same article of diet can produce in certain persons bile and in others blood, if it be not that the genesis of these humours is Pg 195 Greek text accomplished in the body .
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen

“There’s nothing but ghosts in the Meeker House and so it could be only the ghost of that horn if there really is anything there.” “Well, it isn’t the ghost of a sound,” declared John positively.
— from The Go Ahead Boys and the Mysterious Old House by Ross Kay

xv. 5; the conclusion of Mark in the manuscript L. The fragment of the Gospel of the Hebrews in St. Ignatius, Epist.
— from The Apostles by Ernest Renan