Here I was struck with awe; for the minister exhorted me much, and reminded me of the shortness of time, and the length of eternity, and that no unregenerate soul, or any thing unclean, could enter the kingdom of Heaven.
— from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written By Himself by Olaudah Equiano

For mercy sake, tell me, and relieve me of this suspense.
— from Frank Merriwell's Chums by Burt L. Standish

Half a dozen writers, pro and con , were particularly distinguished; McDaire himself, Turlogh O'Brien, and Art Oge O'Keefe on behalf of the Southerners; O'Clery, O'Donnell, the two McEgans, and Robert McArthur on the side of the North.
— from A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics - Volume 2 by Thomas D'Arcy McGee

From the highest summit, in very favourable weather, it is possible to see St. Georgsberg , near 126 Raudnitz, and peaks of the Mittelgebirge and Riesengebirge —mountains on the Saxon and Silesian frontier.
— from A July Holiday in Saxony, Bohemia, and Silesia by Walter White

When the house-surgeon had paid his last visit, and the nurses had gone their rounds in the accident-ward, and no sound disturbed the quiet of the dimly-lighted apartment save the heavy fitful breathing and occasional moans and restless motions of the sufferers, Nikel Sling raised himself on his elbow, and glanced stealthily round on the rows of pain-worn and haggard countenances around him.
— from The Red Eric by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

As an instance of this, we may adduce the following extracts from a paper entitled, "The desires of the brethren of the Protesting judgment in the Synod of Perth under-subscribing, unto the Moderator and remanent members of the Synod."
— from Letters of Samuel Rutherford (Third Edition) by Samuel Rutherford

In the recumbent posture, when the weight of the trunk is taken off, and the muscles are relaxed, most of the symptoms of the luxation disappear, and the limb may be shortened or elongated at pleasure.
— from Elements of Surgery by Robert Liston

Three single-member constituencies which might all return members of the same colour, if they were lumped together to return three members would probably return two of one colour and one of another.
— from An Englishman Looks at the World Being a Series of Unrestrained Remarks upon Contemporary Matters by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

To Charles Andrew , of Compstall Bridge, in the county of Chester, manufacturer, and Richard Markland , of the same place, manager, certain improvements in the method of, and in the machinery or apparatus for, preparing warps for weaving.
— from The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Vol. XLIX April-October 1850 by Various

Who can despair of Governments that passes a Soldiers' Guardhouse, or meets a redcoated man on the streets!
— from Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle

The grey daylight of early May, bitter as December—the utter desolation, the mounting and raucous menace of the sea, were meddling with normal convalescence.
— from In Secret by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers