Consequently it was to meet the glare of the company and my own lifted eyebrows and freezing eyes that the real Professor came into the room.
— from The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

His visions of the future were of sights to be seen in the great world—of a time when he would be large enough and free enough to accompany his uncle Henry upon some of his wild adventures among civilized or savage races, and of the delights of unlimited books to be read upon subjects most congenial to his mind.
— from Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier by John Algernon Owens

Our snug appartement is opposite the Place des Eçoles , where the wood and cattle are sold; and the first peep in the morning gives us a picture, lively enough and foreign enough to make us look and look again many times during the day, till late in the afternoon when the Place is nearly bare; and the aspect of the few patient but rather dejected-looking peasants whose wood has not yet found purchasers almost tempts us to run over and buy a load or two, just for the pleasure of sending the poor creatures home with lighter hearts and heavier pockets.
— from Mr. Sweet Potatoes, and Other Stories by Anonymous

As a rule they had imbibed too many notions of liberty, equality, and fraternity ever to become peaceable citizens.
— from Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama by Walter L. (Walter Lynwood) Fleming

Appendix I. The text of the Treaty between the Hittites and Ramses II (Dr. Brugsch's translation):— In the year 21, in the month of Tybi, on the 21st day of the month, in the reign of king Ramessu Mi-Amun, the dispenser of life eternally and for ever, the worshipper of the divinities, Amun-Ra (of Thebes), Hor-em-khu (of Heliopolis), Ptah (of Memphis), Mut, the lady of the Asher Lake (near Karnak), and Khonsu, the peace-loving, there took place a public sitting on the throne of Horus among the living, resembling his father, Hor-em-khu in eternity, in eternity, evermore.
— from Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments A Sketch of the Most Striking Confirmations of the Bible, From Recent Discoveries in Egypt, Palestine, Assyria, Babylonia, Asia Minor by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

On the contrary, I shall begin at the latter end, and, first, endeavor to clear up a little confusion, that has arisen, as to the time of his death.
— from Dealings with the Dead, Volume 2 (of 2) by Lucius M. (Lucius Manlius) Sargent

They learn to love excitement, and finding even the reckless whirl of fashion too stale for them, seek gratification out of their own homes.
— from Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by James Dabney McCabe

In the year 21, in the month of Tybi, on the 21st day of the month, in the reign of King Ramessu Mi-Amun, the dispenser of life eternally and for ever, the worshipper of the divinities Amun-Ra (of Thebes), Hor-em-khu (of Heliopolis), Ptah (of Memphis), Mut the lady of the Asher Lake (at Karnak), and Khonsu the peace-loving, there took place a public sitting on the throne of Horus among the living, resembling his father, Hor-em-khu in eternity, in eternity, evermore.
— from Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

Our snug appartement is opposite the Place des Eçoles , where the wood and cattle are sold; and the first peep in the morning gives us a picture, lively enough and foreign enough to make us look and look again many times during the day till late in the afternoon when the Place is nearly bare; and the aspect of the few patient but rather dejected-looking peasants whose wood has not yet found purchasers almost tempts us to run over and buy a load or two, just for the pleasure of sending the poor creatures home with lighter hearts and heavier pockets.
— from Wonder Stories of Travel by Ernest Ingersoll

It contains 190 unpaged leaves in quaternions, firmly sewn together, having two columns in a page of seventeen lines each, and from eight to twelve words in a line.
— from A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener