It is evidently just the degree of clearness of this knowledge, which distinguishes these three men in common as the three "knowing ones" of their age.
— from The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The next instant we were away down the river, clawing with might and main to keep out of the woods.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

And when it was all done me and the hare-lip had supper in the kitchen off of the leavings, whilst the others was helping the niggers clean up the things.
— from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

“Most of those present seemed affected by this scene, which we, who might be considered as the actors in it, were desirous of removing from the eyes of all spectators as fast as we could; my father therefore accepted the kind offer of the surgeon's chariot, and I attended him in it to his inn.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

But they didn't find anything for him to do, and three times Mrs. Babbitt scolded, “Do please try to keep out of the way!”
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

uncomformable, exceptional; abnormal, abnormous[obs3]; anomalous, anomalistic; out of order, out of place, out of keeping, out of tune, out of one's element; irregular, arbitrary; teratogenic; lawless, informal, aberrant, stray, wandering, wanton; peculiar, exclusive, unnatural, eccentric, egregious; out of the beaten track, off the beaten track, out of the common, out of the common run; beyond the pale of, out of the pale of; misplaced; funny.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Hidden away, perhaps—bribed to keep out of the way, perhaps; but not dead—not dead—not dead!"
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Counting over the grains of wheat he was about to lay his hand upon the right one when Odin, hearing the child’s cry of distress, snatched the kernel out of the giant’s hand, and restored the boy to his parents, telling them that he had done all in his power to help them.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

Courfeyrac, who was among the last, had observed them several times, but, finding the girl homely, he had speedily and carefully kept out of the way.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Pákas sa karsúnis, One of the trouser legs.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

It appeared that he was too bony about an essential part of his anatomy, a peculiarity that was very dangerous to a captain, as he himself was once so unfortunate as to put his great toe out of joint, by kicking one of those ill-formed youngsters with unpremeditated violence; a thing that was very apt to happen to a man in a hurry.
— from The Monikins by James Fenimore Cooper

"You kids want to keep out of the center of the pond," he advised them, not unkindly.
— from Four Little Blossoms and Their Winter Fun by Mabel C. Hawley

It did not require more than half a minute to knead one of the pellets of clay; and, from their frequent returns, probably not more than five minutes to carry it to the nest, and apply it where wanted.
— from Insect Architecture by James Rennie

"Do you keep out of the way after this evening," continued Sir Henry, addressing himself to Blarden; "I will tell her that you are to leave us this night, and that your visit ends; this will keep her quiet until all is ready, and then she must be tractable." "Do you run and find her, then," said Blarden, "and tell her that I'm off for town this evening—tell her at once—and mind, bring me word what she says—off with you, doctor—ho, ho, ho!—mind, bring me word what she says—do you hear?"
— from The Cock and Anchor by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

“Never knew one of them miss fire before.
— from The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 1 (of 2) by Charles Dickens

But when a strong genius in Russia throws himself into philanthropic speculations of an abstract sort, with no chance of discussing his theories until they are full-grown and have taken fast hold upon him,—if he be a man of science like Prince Kropotkin, one of the most gifted scientific thinkers of our time,—the result may be a wild revolt, not only against the whole system of his own country, but against civilization itself, and finally the adoption of the theory and practice of anarchism, which logically results in the destruction of the entire human race.
— from Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 by Andrew Dickson White

In Gaelic cenn or ken meant head , the highest peak in the Himalayas is Mount Kun; one of the supreme summits of Africa is Mount Kenia, and in Genesis (14-19) the Hebrew word Konah is translated into English as “the Most High God”.
— from Archaic England An Essay in Deciphering Prehistory from Megalithic Monuments, Earthworks, Customs, Coins, Place-names, and Faerie Superstitions by Harold Bayley

Take the kitchens out of the houses, and you leave rooms which are open to any form of arrangement and extension; and the occupancy of them does not mean “housekeeping.”
— from Women and Economics A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution by Charlotte Perkins Gilman