Elizabethan London lay as far from Stratford as corrupt Paris lies from virgin Dublin.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

"You may remember me as barmaid at the Lamb and Flag formerly?" spoke up Arabella.
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

Shiryaev’s house stood alone on a ravine which ran like a furrow for four miles along the steppe.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Otherwise, his head was perfectly clear, and his body refreshed; he was free from the slightest headache; on the contrary, he felt a certain degree of lightness, a faculty for absorbing the pure air, and enjoying the bright sunshine more vividly than ever.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

instead of laying a firm foundation whereon to rest once for all man's conscience, Thou hast chosen to stir up in him all that is abnormal, mysterious, and indefinite, all that is beyond human strength, and has acted as if Thou never hadst any love for him, and yet Thou wert He who came to "lay down His life for His friends!"
— from The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

It let loose the judgment I had suspended upon their clothes, their frail light limbs, and fragile features.
— from The Time Machine by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

So that with dimorphic species two unions, which may be called legitimate, are fully fertile; and two, which may be called illegitimate, are more or less infertile.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

Katsu had come back to Yedo, and early in January was to start again for Sumpu, to lay a foundation for negotiation with the Tokugawa runaway ships at Hakodaté.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

One of these new friends had done the business, and an hour later he found himself lying on a couch in Hakluyt's inner office, of all places in the world, his pockets empty and his throat like a fiery furnace.
— from The Pearl Fishers by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole

He professed to wish himself blind and deaf that he might have no knowledge of the world's events, described himself as buried in literature, and fit for no business save to remain in his chamber, fastened to his books, or occupied with private affairs and religious exercises.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-66) by John Lothrop Motley

And we doe further of our speciall grace, certaine knowledge and mere mocion, for us, our heires and successors, give and grantt to the said Tresorer and Companie and their successors, for ever by theis present, that itt shalbe lawfull and free for them and their assignes att all and everie time and times hereafter, out of anie our realmes and dominions whatsoever, to take, lead, carry and transport in and into the said voyage and for and towards the said plantacion of our said First Collonie in Virginia, all such and soe manie of our loving subjects or anie other straungers that will become our loving subjects and live under our allegiance as shall willingly accompanie them in the said voyage and plantacion; with shipping, armour, weapons, ordinannce, munition, powder, shott, victualls, and all manner of merchandizes and wares, and all manner of clothing, implement, furniture, beasts, cattell, horses, mares, and all other thinges necessarie for the said plantacion and for their use and defence, and for trade with the people there and in passing and retourning to and froe, without paying or yealding anie subsedie, custome or imposicion, either inward or outward, or anie other dutie to us, our heires or successors, for the same, for the space of seven yeares from the date of theis present.
— from The Three Charters of the Virginia Company of London With Seven Related Documents; 1606-1621 by Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation

Were the hatches belonging to the paper-mill opened, and the water lowered a few feet, an attempt might be made to solve these problems.
— from The Netherworld of Mendip Explorations in the great caverns of Somerset, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and elsewhere by Ernest A. (Ernest Albert) Baker

Many of the facts of life are fixed for all practical purposes—the purposes not merely of your life and my life, but the life of many generations.
— from The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair

The main difference is that writing stops short with the acquisition of the purely useful power of forming letters and words, and is seldom pursued for the sake of its beauty or artistic qualities as formerly; while drawing continually leads on to new difficulties to be conquered, to new subtleties of line, and fresh fascinations in the pursuit of distinction and style.
— from Line and Form (1900) by Walter Crane

Their songs , in elegiac measure , are variations on the themes of love and friendship ( for Menalcas sings of Milon , Daphnis of Nais ), and of nature .
— from Theocritus, Bion and Moschus, Rendered into English Prose by of Phlossa near Smyrna Bion

She did not think of this because she was not aware of the loss, and felt far too much herself to think that there was another part of her being buried in the ground.
— from A Little Pilgrim in the Unseen by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

The ladies took the matter in hand, and upon Trenton Bridge they caused to be erected an areh, which they adorned with laurel leaves and flowers from the forests and their hot-houses, and the first spring contributions from their gardens.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

Having selected a maker and determined on the price you are willing to give, you will proceed to see that the bow tapers gradually from the handle to horns; that the wood is of straight, even grain, running longitudinally and free from knots and pins, or that, if there are any pins, they are rendered innocuous by having the wood left raised around them.
— from Archery Rules by Charles F. A. Hinrichs