Instead, he stipulates, "Don't fill it quite full; fill it about five-sixths as full as it was before."
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

He swears, drinks, is cross, jealous, selfish, and brutal.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen

Is there any chance of our escaping from our horrible subterranean dangers?
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

Uktubri hangtud sa Disyimbri mauy pangamíhan, It’s the northeast monsoon from October to December.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

If a woman is of a rank and circumstances which relieve her in a measure from these cares, she has still devolving on her the management for the whole family of its intercourse with others—of what is called society, and the less the call made on her by the former duty, the greater is always the development of the latter: the dinner parties, concerts, evening parties, morning visits, letter writing, and all that goes with them.
— from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

Passing into the anteroom, he sat down on the edge of a chair, with his knees apart; and his tall, bulky form was wrapped at once in an expectant, strange, primeval immobility.
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. The Man Of Property by John Galsworthy

For if a man, during his sleep, dreams, and variety of ideas make themselves perceptible in his mind one after another, he hath then, during such dreaming, a sense of duration, and of the length of it.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

Hendricks sat down on some heaps of debris.
— from Second Variety by Philip K. Dick

He embraced Christianity in 1370, in his native place, after having studied diligently the O. T., especially Jer. xxxi., the N. T. and the works of Thomas Aquinas.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

[Pg 53] The bells were small and jangling; a new peal, and a tower to hang them in, were among the things which the rector had said that he would have some day.
— from Peccavi by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

The building where “Van Styne—Auctioneer and Appraiser” had his sign displayed, for the public’s guidance, was a long low place that had been used as the carriage house of “Liberty Stable” years before.
— from Polly's Business Venture by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

Then the king went down into the forehold, opened the chest under the throne, and took out many sharp swords, which he handed to his men; but as he stretched down his right hand with them, some observed that blood was running down under his steel glove, but no one knew where he was wounded.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

While willing to acknowledge the substantial character of Mrs. Wopp, she considered her sadly deficient in grammar and social graces.
— from The Mornin'-Glory Girl by Kathryn Pocklington

Still, when he came to the house, Mrs Audley had some doubts as to the sentiments he entertained towards
— from The Settlers: A Tale of Virginia by William Henry Giles Kingston

he sat down abruptly in the water.
— from A Rogue by Compulsion An Affair of the Secret Service by Victor Bridges

Then, realising that that man, although gone, was yet probably within call, he set down the lamp hastily and ran out.
— from What Necessity Knows by L. (Lily) Dougall

As he stepped down from the private car he was greeted by vociferous cheers from a jostling and enthusiastic populace—for J. C. had very carefully wired the time of his arrival and Corrigan had acted accordingly, knowing J. C. well.
— from 'Firebrand' Trevison by Charles Alden Seltzer

It used to hurt Nigel when he thought how Len would have enjoyed seeing him sit down to supper every night with a nun.
— from The Three Furlongers by Sheila Kaye-Smith