But the puzzle is to make a selection of eighteen dominoes and arrange them (in exactly the form shown) so that the summations shall be 18 in all the fourteen directions mentioned.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

When I reached Angouleme, where I expected to find Noel, the King of Prussia’s cook, I only found his father, whose talents in the matter of pates was something prodigious.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

The bhára is a weight equal to 2000 palas , the pala is equal to four karśas , and the karśa to 11375 French grammes or about 176 grains troy.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

I endeavoured to follow them but could not, so I returned to Mr. Fox, and after much kindness and good discourse we parted from thence.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

said he; 'your face is enough to frighten one.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

[813] This extraordinary rise in value can only be attributed to [Pg 248] increased trade and increased exactions, the former being promoted by the greater security given to the roads by the castles, the latter due to the tolls on the high-roads and waterways, which belonged to the king, and the various “customs” belonging to the castles, which, though new, were henceforth equally part of his rights.
— from The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles. by Ella S. Armitage

Dr. Bellows, in his introduction, expresses the feeling with which religious minds will read these papers when he says, "it is refreshing in the midst of the crude replies which alarmed religionists are hastily hurling at the scientific assailants of faith in a living God, to hear one thoroughly furnished scholar, profound metaphysician, and earnest Christian entering his thoughtful and deeply considered protest against the tendencies or conclusions of modern materialism."
— from The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. by Various

On the day of the Declaration of Independence our illustrious fathers performed the first scene in the last great act of this drama; one in real importance infinitely exceeding that for which the great English poet invokes “—a muse of fire,... A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!”
— from Daniel Webster for Young Americans Comprising the greatest speeches of the defender of the Constitution by Daniel Webster

At length the stir of rural labour's still, And industry her care awhile foregoes; When winter comes in earnest to fulfil His yearly task, at bleak November's close, And stops the plough, and hides the field in snows; When frost locks up the stream in chill delay And mellows on the hedge the jetty sloes, For little birds—then toil hath time for play, And nought but threshers' flails awake the dreary day.
— from Poems Chiefly from Manuscript by John Clare

Knowing Franklin's frame of mind, it is easy to fancy the surprise with which he learned of the spirit which had blazed forth in the colonies, and of the violent doings in many places; and we may =110= imagine the pain and mortification with which he heard of the opinions expressed by his fellow citizens concerning his own action.
— from Benjamin Franklin by John Torrey Morse

Our Lord's quotation of it as the supreme statement of the Divine law, in its Godward aspect, would in itself be an overwhelmingly special reason for thorough study of it, and would justify us in expecting to find it one of the deepest things in Scripture.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Deuteronomy by Andrew Harper

Elaine hesitated, clasping her thin hands and looking down as if endeavoring to find proper words in which to express herself.
— from The Daring Twins: A Story for Young Folk by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

It even travels faster than our best endeavors can follow, and so beckons to us from farther and farther away.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

“However,” for I was anxious to drop the subject as far as possible, knowing by experience that once Moore got into an argument it was not easy to dislodge him without giving in entirely, “the first thing to be done is to look for the door in the wall, for if it is locked, there’s an end to everything,” though as I said the words, Jocelyn’s ominous prediction, “he’d be scaling the walls and goodness only knows what,” returned to my memory.
— from The Grim House by Mrs. Molesworth