Wherever hard knocks of any kind, visible or invisible, are going; there the Brown who is nearest must shove in his carcass.
— from Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

One day, after an unusually strong shock, the vast rock which stands in our way, and which was doubtless the key of a kind of arch, fell through to a level with the soil and has barred our further progress.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

At home this Killing of a King has divided all friends; and abroad it has united all enemies.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

King Olaf and King Onund sailed eastward to the Swedish king's dominions; and one day, towards evening, landed at a place called Barvik, where they lay all night.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

The reader never can tell whether an 'idea' spoken of is supposed to be a knower or a known.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Knowledge of all kinds is placed before us in a most attractive and interesting manner.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

Surely you must have heard of Judge Pyncheon?" As Phoebe curtsied in reply, the Judge bent forward, with the pardonable and even praiseworthy purpose—considering the nearness of blood and the difference of age—of bestowing on his young relative a kiss of acknowledged kindred and natural affection.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Keep on alternately knitting eight open, and then eight knitted rows, and enlarging one stitch at the end in every fourth row until there are a hundred and twenty-four rows.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

The current sets with the wind, and seldom exceeds a knot or a knot and a half per hour; between Capes Wessel and Van Diemen it is not stronger, and its course in the easterly monsoon, when only we had any experience of it, was West: the strength is probably increased or diminished by the state of the wind.
— from Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by Philip Parker King

That is the way it is with our bodies; our muscles and joints should be bent and stretched every day to take the kinks out, and keep them strong and flexible.
— from Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Girl Scouts of the United States of America

I sing of a maiden That is makeless.[1] King of all kings To her son she ches.[2] He came al so still There his mother was, As dew in April That falleth on the grass.
— from Shakespeare's Christmas Gift to Queen Bess by Anna Benneson McMahan

The hog is the only kind of animal known to man that can feed on any kind of food.
— from One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by C. A. Bogardus

la e like me ka olelo a kela mau wahine
— from The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by S. N. Haleole

Matters of this kind have not been before introduced, nor is it purposed to repeat them; and those who think they are out of place at present, may be asked to recollect whether any of themselves ever obtained knowledge of any kind that, at some period or other, did not come into use?
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 2 (of 3) or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone

Maybe yer honor might know of a kill hereabout?" Now to my certain knowledge, there was not a brick kiln within fifty miles of that spot, and of all unlikely places to find one would have been this sandy peninsula, given up to the summer residences of a few wealthy people.
— from Drift from Two Shores by Bret Harte

In a ninth-century French manuscript, formerly belonging to the Abbey of St.-Germain-des-Prés, there is a sort of frontispiece consisting of a labyrinth of similar type, with a funny little horned Minotaur at the centre, seated, hands on knees, on a kind of throne.
— from Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of Their History and Development by W. H. Matthews

Such as it is, their food is all brought to them from Rome; for in the whole Campagna there is not an oven, a kitchen, or a kitchen-garden, to furnish an ounce of vegetables or fruits.
— from Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 by Various