Thus machinery, after crushing the workmen, is not slow in dealing employers a counter-blow; for, if production excludes consumption, it is soon obliged to stop itself.
— from System of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of Misery by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon

And if no sake is dear enough to move her Harlowe-spirit in my favour, has she any title to the pity thou so pitifully art always bespeaking for her?
— from Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 by Samuel Richardson

As is natural, she is deeply excited; but this tidal wave of feeling will pass, and then she will have to face both the past and future.
— from Taken Alive by Edward Payson Roe

Escape Pipes.—The pipe for the exhaust steam is now soldered into disc E, and a small water escape into the ring at its lowest point.
— from Things To Make by Archibald Williams