They found him up, less pale than when d’Artagnan left him after his first visit, and seated at a table on which, though he was alone, was spread enough for four persons.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

They said Captain Beevor dragged her about by the hair, and held up loaded pistols at her." "Oh, if she took the wrong man!" said Mrs. Cadwallader, who was in a decidedly wicked mood.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

When Eliza came she stayed a third night, and taxed our powers to the utmost; she was such a glutton for fuck on this occasion, declaring that her husband’s want of power, as well as tact, left her more lewd after his fucking her than she was before, so that she had been forced by the excess of her unsatisfied lust produced by her husband to have recourse to the fine prick of her footman, a powerful young fellow, otherwise very plain, and not likely to inspire jealousy to any husband, but with whom she rarely could do more than get a rack-off in a hurry, which was far from satisfaction sufficient for her hot passions.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

La Fosseuse drew her bodkin from the knot of her hair, and having traced the outline of a small whisker, with the blunt end of it, upon one side of her upper lip, put in into La Rebours' hand—La Rebours shook her head.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

If Negra be adopted, as by Letronne, it is not the same town as the city of the Negrani above mentioned, which was in the interior; but, as Kramer observes, “Mire corrupta est hæc ultima libri pars.”
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

[31] hace una licitación privada entre constructores, distribuyendo
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

At the end of her confinement her old clothes were burnt, new ones were made, and a feast was given, at which a slit was cut in her under lip parallel to the mouth, and a piece of wood or shell was inserted to keep the aperture open.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Hot and dry in the fourth degree, troublesome to the stomach; it dulls the sight, spoils a clear skin, resists poison, eases the pains of the teeth, helps the bitings of mad dogs, and venomous beasts, helps ulcers, leprosies, provokes urine, is exceedingly opening, and profitable for dropsies.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

Genevieve was not a beauty as far as her features were concerned; her complexion was too much sunburnt, and her mouth was too large, but her teeth were splendid, and her under lip projected slightly as if it had been formed to receive kisses.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Robinson knew that these formidable people were lurking somewhere, in some remote corner of the hideous regions just described, and he and his unarmed little party started on a tedious and perilous hunt for them.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

If this doctrine be true, that all Legislative power may be exercised by the Treaty-making power, Congress, under the old Confederation, had unlimited Legislative power over the States.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 1 (of 16) by United States. Congress

He understood love pretty thoroughly; and when a lyric poet understands love thoroughly there is little doubt of his position.
— from A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by George Saintsbury

The house, until lately, preserved much of its ancient aspect: it had a pointed gable, galleries, and a lattice in the passage.
— from The History of Signboards, from the Earliest times to the Present Day by John Camden Hotten

“Chaw him up, like so much 'baccy,” answered the Chippewa—“yes, chaw him up, lest Pottawattamie get hold on him, and ask one of King George's men to read him.
— from Oak Openings by James Fenimore Cooper

It was most amusing to be in his company, as he hated us like poison, and, in spite of himself, could hardly prevent his real sentiments from popping out at inconvenient times.
— from At the Point of the Sword by Herbert Hayens

We may safely assume that the lands of Galtrigal and Boreraig have undergone little physical change during the last 300 years.
— from The Pipes of War A Record of Achievements of Pipers of Scottish and Overseas Regiments during the War, 1914-18 by John (Pipe-Major) Grant

Centrier , or centripète , m. (military), foot soldier , “beetle-crusher or wobbler;” (familiar) member of the “ Centre ” party ( Conservative ) of the House, under Louis Philippe .
— from Argot and Slang A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases Used in the High and Low Life of Old and New Paris by Albert Barrère