But the phenomena have other relations, as well as those of succession,—relations which are not involved in the mere consciousness of the moment, but are discoverable by reflection only,—and to the knowledge of which, therefore, addition after addition may be made by every new generation of reflecting inquirers.
— from Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind (Vol. 1 of 3) by Thomas Brown

She saw a woman apparently about sixty years old, with mild blue eyes, now glazed by fever, and tangled gray hair.
— from Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil; Or, The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune by Alice B. Emerson

Upon the whole he did his work well, and Michel Voss was aware of it; but Marie Bromar entertained no gentle thought respecting him.
— from The Golden Lion of Granpere by Anthony Trollope

This left new general mortgage bonds with four classes of stock against old general mortgage bonds with three classes of preferred bonds, common stock, and deferred incomes; and, as might be expected, new general mortgage 4s were given for the old general mortgage, second preferred and common stock went for preference bonds, and new common stock for old common stock and deferred income bonds.
— from Railroad Reorganization by Stuart Daggett

He was a married man, but exercised no greater control over his wife than over himself.
— from The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. by William Still

To the Christian belief that the Cross of Christ is the only key to the terrible problem of human suffering, Buchanan was unable to subscribe, and at times he was tempted to think that the Power at the head of things must be evil, not good.
— from In Good Company Some personal recollections of Swinburne, Lord Roberts, Watts-Dunton, Oscar Wilde Edward Whymper, S. J. Stone, Stephen Phillips by Coulson Kernahan

The sentry, however, who was a person in every way worthy of the friendship of Mr Bags, expressed no gratitude for the considerate offer, but began poking at the bundle with his bayonet.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 70, No. 434, December, 1851 by Various

All we can say is, that some force has gone on, or may be even now going on, in the more ancient rocks, which is similar to that which produces single crystals; and similar, too, to that which produced the jointed crystals of basalt, i.e .
— from Town Geology by Charles Kingsley

Tuckerman's Characteristics of Literature is briefly noticed in the London Athenæum, as a "series of suggestive papers," whose "criticisms are for the most part sound and moderate, but exhibiting no great extent of reading, nor any profound and subtle appreciation of literary beauty.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. III, No. XVII, October 1851 by Various