In both these, to be graceful, it is requisite that there be no appearance of difficulty; there is required a small inflexion of the body; and a composure of the parts in such a manner, as not to encumber each other, nor to appear divided by sharp and sudden angles.
— from Beauty: Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Alexander Walker

These treatises introduce us to one feature of Indian religion mentioned above, namely the extraordinary elaboration of its ritual.
— from Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

The children were to go to bed early, with the promise of a cup of sage-milk for breakfast if they would not make any noise the entire evening.
— from Walter Pieterse: A Story of Holland by Multatuli

In both these, to be graceful, it is requisite that there be no appearance of difficulty; there is required a small inflection of the body; and a composure of the parts in such a manner, as not to encumber each other, not to appear divided by sharp and sudden angles.
— from Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke

Poppy-seed cakes, cheese cakes, twisted Sabbath bread, a generous portion of roast goose, and with it all, many admonitions not to eat everything at once.
— from Against the Current: Simple Chapters from a Complex Life by Edward Alfred Steiner

[Pg 118] In newspaper descriptions of the last moments of celebrated criminals, we constantly read that "the unfortunate man did full justice to a substantial meal;" but nobody ever yet heard of a bridegroom who had any appetite for his breakfast; his own real breakfast is meant, and not the elaborate entertainment which follows close upon the ceremony.
— from The Pit Town Coronet: A Family Mystery, Volume 1 (of 3) by C. J. (Charles James) Wills