And on the following New Year's Day, instead of sending Dr. Cottard a ruby that cost three thousand francs, and pretending that it was a mere trifle, M. Verdurin bought an artificial stone for three hundred, and let it be understood that it was something almost impossible to match.
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

By no means, replied the old lady—I like your account of those mat- 5 ters; so throwing a thin gauze handkerchief over her head, and leaning it back upon the chair with her face turned towards him, and advancing her two feet as she reclined herself——I desire, continued she, you will go on.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

By no means, replied the old lady—I like your account of those matters; so throwing a thin gauze handkerchief over her head, and leaning it back upon the chair with her face turned towards him, and advancing her two feet as she reclined herself—I desire, continued she, you will go on.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

As regards the Sabines and Aequi Rome appears in a more advantageous position; the connection which afterwards became so intimate with the more distant Hernici must have had at least its beginning under the monarchy, and the united Latins and Hernici enclosed on two sides and held in check their eastern neighbours.
— from The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) by Theodor Mommsen

And," he added, "let it be understood that I don't provide any arms myself; I will use the swords and pistols they bring with them."
— from The Prussian Terror by Alexandre Dumas

286 , the resultant north pole n , n , n , where the lines emerge from the ring, attracts the south pole, s , s , s , where the lines enter the field magnet, hence a load is brought upon the engine, which drives the dynamo, in dragging the armature around against these attractions.
— from Hawkins Electrical Guide v. 02 (of 10) Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications by N. (Nehemiah) Hawkins

By no means, replied the old lady—I like your account of those matters; so throwing a thin gauze handkerchief over her head, and leaning it back upon the chair with her face turned towards him, and advancing her two feet as she reclined herself——I desire, continued she, you will go on.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

There was no difficulty about lights; and the shikarree, having been assisted by the others to place the carcass in a proper attitude, set to work with the keen blade of his knife, and, almost as readily as if a dozen candles had been held by him, he stripped off the shaggy hide, and laid it back upon the rocks.
— from The Plant Hunters: Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains by Mayne Reid

and the friend that Harry had loved so well raises the curly head and lays it back upon the pillow.
— from Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various