" And is it not equally remarkable that such men as John Hunter, Dr. Heberden, Dr. Bateman, Dr. Adams, and Mr. Baker, should never, in this country, have been able to meet with it?
— from An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 1 or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects by William Kirby

There is no easy road to success—I Thank God for it.
— from Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Barkham Burroughs

Digging it out is not very hard, save where there is not enough room to stand upright and use the pick, or when, in a shaft deep in the ground, the heat makes it difficult to work.
— from History of California by Helen Elliott Bandini

Veins are normally highly inclined to the horizon; they exhibit in nearly every respect the same general relations to the structure of the country rock as dikes; and the ages of veins are determined in the same way as the ages of dikes.
— from Common Minerals and Rocks by William O. (William Otis) Crosby

At its northern extremity rose the steep height of Monte Urgullo, the summit of which was occupied by the castle of La Mota, a citadel of great strength, capable of being defended [17] after the town should have fallen.
— from Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde by Archibald Forbes

To one of them, not bigger than a tomtit, we have given the name of coach-whip, from its note exactly resembling the smack of a whip.
— from A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson by Watkin Tench