Once haply in life, one golden gift falls prone in the lap—one boon full and bright, perfect from Fruition's mint.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

That Mr. Farfrae “walked with that bankrupt Henchard's step-daughter, of all women,” became a common topic in the town, the simple perambulating term being used hereabout to signify a wooing; and the nineteen superior young ladies of Casterbridge, who had each looked upon herself as the only woman capable of making the merchant Councilman happy, indignantly left off going to the church Farfrae attended, left off conscious mannerisms, left off putting him in their prayers at night amongst their blood relations; in short, reverted to their normal courses.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

Red murder reigns; All hell is loose; On gold autumnal air Walk grinning devils, barbed and hoofed; While high on hills of hate, Black-blossomed, crimson-sky'd, Thou sittest, dumb.
— from Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

Then the herald rode near, and saw written round about his helmet in letters of gold, “Sir Gareth of Orkney.”
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

If we co-operate with Him in loving obedience God will manifest Himself to us, and that manifestation will be the difference between a nominal Christian life and a life radiant with the light of His face.
— from The Pursuit of God by A. W. (Aiden Wilson) Tozer

In Brooklyn, as in India, they examine a pupil, and when they find out he doesn’t know anything, they put him into literature, or geometry, or astronomy, or government, or something like that, so that he can properly display the assification of the whole system: “ON LITERATURE.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

Japan holds infinite legends of ghostly significance, and it is no wonder that Hearn found so much that was sympathetic.
— from Concerning Lafcadio Hearn; With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by George M. (George Milbrey) Gould

And a superscription also was written over him, in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
— from An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists, by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice With an Account of the Trial of Jesus by Simon Greenleaf

His inherited love of gambling was undeniable.
— from Stolen Idols by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

But the haunting memory of those ghastly words aroused her again, and she pressed her hands upon her breast, her great eyes peering into the gloomy shadows, the words she had heard standing out before her in letters of glaring fire.
— from The Curse of Pocahontas by Wenona Gilman

It's what we can't avoid, Kit, no matter whether we find ourselves blazing new trails through the wilderness or trying to find the way to happiness right here in little old Gilead.
— from Kit of Greenacre Farm by Izola L. (Izola Louise) Forrester

Of course we recognized Mrs. Barker, more because there was no one else in our small community who could personify a darky so perfectly, than because there was any resemblance to her in looks or gesture.
— from Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 by Frances Marie Antoinette Mack Roe

"Oh, it mightn't be so potent as all that, but after all, a Luck is a Luck, and I'd be careful how I let one get away."
— from The Diamond Pin by Carolyn Wells

Besides, Watty, rough as he is, loves our girl; and love goes a great way to make us bear and forbear both, husband.
— from Horse-Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John Pendleton Kennedy

Acetone , a highly inflammable liquid obtained generally by the dry distillation of acetates. Acet`ylene , a malodorous gaseous substance from the incomplete combustion of hydro-carbons.
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall