Our mothers and fathers generally sprang from people working too hard to have great emotions—then we arrive, and have every luxury poured upon us from birth; and if we have hardy characters we weather the deluge and remain very decent citizens."
— from The Man and the Moment by Elinor Glyn

On the other hand, it is painful to read such a "cock-and-bull" story as that of the doctor about his elderly lady patient, up whose nostril a gravid female blue-bottle flew and successfully performed the prolonged and delicate operation of laying therein a large batch of eggs, in spite of all attempts to expel the invader by violent sneezing.
— from The Book of the Fly A nature study of the house-fly and its kin, the fly plague and a cure by G. H. (George Hudleston Hurlstone) Hardy

Such qualities as economy, accuracy of estimate, frugality, and patience in the overcoming of abstractions would have been, to his early life, practically useless.
— from The Westerners by Stewart Edward White

"I don't know who you are, my friend, but if you'll take advice you'll clear out." As the man spoke, his eyes looked particularly ugly.
— from The Sailor by J. C. (John Collis) Snaith

Prudentius has a similar comparison for a different purpose (c. Symmachum, ii. 315 sqq.): Tardis semper processibus aucta Crescit vita hominis et longo proficit usu.
— from The Idea of Progress: An Inguiry into Its Origin and Growth by J. B. (John Bagnell) Bury

A person told him that Louis dix-huit, when he entered London, put up at Grillon's hotel.
— from The Punster's Pocket-book or, the Art of Punning Enlarged by Bernard Blackmantle, illustrated with numerous original designs by Robert Cruikshank by C. M. (Charles Molloy) Westmacott

So soon {6} as his Eye lighted pleasantly upon us, "Surely, thou art the Widow Osborne !" quod he to my Mother, "and this, by his Favour, I am sure is the Son of mine old School-mate.
— from The Colloquies of Edward Osborne, Citizen and Clothworker of London by Anne Manning