Lo que lleva el nombre (or se denomina ).
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

He saw white-capped girls cleaning door-knobs or windows, or running along the streets, like escaped nuns, or staring in soft meditation from bedroom windows.
— from Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days by Arnold Bennett

And, licking her whiskers, out she passed; 325 And after her—making (he hoped) a face Like Emperor Nero or Sultan Saladin, Stalked the Duke's self with the austere grace Of ancient hero or modern paladin, [164] From door to staircase—oh, such a solemn 330 Unbending of the vertebral column!
— from Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Robert Browning

It is indeed folly to pretend that man will feel when he has no organs appropriate for that sentiment; that he will see and hear without eyes or ears; that he will have ideas without having senses to receive impressions from physical objects, or to give rise to perceptions in his understanding; [Pg 97] in fine, that he will enjoy or suffer when he has no longer either nerves or sensibility.
— from Letters to Eugenia; Or, A Preservative Against Religious Prejudices by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

In studying the birds of the endless jungles of the South American continent my interest never flags, yet it never quite attains the n th power of enthusiasm which accompanies the thought of the possibility of locating every nest on St. Thomas.
— from Jungle Peace by William Beebe

Mitchell’s own eagerness to stop the pirates, very nearly prevented them from saving him, for though he had little enough notion of swimming, he struck out manfully after the boat, which the confusion had enabled to gain a good distance from the vessel before any means had been taken to stop her progress.
— from The Pirate of the Mediterranean: A Tale of the Sea by William Henry Giles Kingston

Any person living either North or South at that time cannot deny that they met many examples of both of these opinions among their respective acquaintances in both these sections.
— from The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution by James Henry Stark

But here, hearing a little exclamatory noise outside, she ran out of the room, closing the door behind her.
— from The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray

6 NORWAY SPRUCE ( Picea abies ) Leaves: Evergreen needles occur singly, spirally arranged on twigs, sharp-pointed, four-sided, usually ¾″ long, dark green.
— from Common Trees of Pennsylvania by J. E. Aughenbaugh

Though the circumstance from which it received a name was done away, and very little either novel or striking remains, he retained the original title of "Boys Peeping at Nature."
— from Hogarth's Works, with life and anecdotal descriptions of his pictures. Volume 2 (of 3) by John Ireland

On the subject of wealth, the proper use of it, and the effects of that art which is called oeconomy, he observed: 'It is wonderful to think how men of very large estates not only spend their yearly incomes, but are often actually in want of money.
— from Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 by James Boswell