"The ειδωλα ἀπόῤῥοιαι-- imagines, simulacra rerum, etc ., are, like pellicles, continually flying off from objects; and these material 'likenesses,' diffusing themselves everywhere in the air, are propelled to the perceptive organs."
— from Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker

They proved, in some respects, even a little tremendous.
— from Adrian Savage: A Novel by Lucas Malet

It happened one day in Egypt that the latter, who had never been able to shave himself (it was I who taught him how to shave himself, as I shall relate elsewhere at length), called Hebert to shave him, in the absence of Hambard, who ordinarily discharged that duty.
— from Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — Complete by Louis Constant Wairy

[Pg 112] CHAPTER IX SUNDRY ROMANTIC EPISODES A little cloud of witness, assembled at will like seagulls out of the blue inane, would come about her in after years.
— from Love and Lucy by Maurice Hewlett

they came again to the Legislature, asking for an improved charter in several respects, especially a lengthening of time in which to begin operations.
— from The Niagara River by Archer Butler Hulbert

"I suppose," resumed Errington, after looking earnestly at her speaking face, "that the intimacy which arose between Mr. Bradley and myself in consequence of my connection with The Cycle suggested the rumor of my engagement with his daughter; but no such idea ever entered my head or Angela's.
— from A Crooked Path: A Novel by Mrs. Alexander