I kept my body upright so as to enjoy the lovely sight of the movement of her bottom.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

“I thought she'd got some maggot in her head, she's gone about wi' her mouth buttoned up so all day.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

To say or assume, then, that Christ was God in the absolute or divine sense, and the Father also God absolute, and yet that there is but one God, or that the two could in any manner be united, so as to constitute but one God, is not only a glaring solecism, but a positive contradiction in terms, and an utter violation of the first axiomatic principles of philosophy and mathematics.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

and so she is come to-day, when one would think his mind should be full of some other cares, having but this morning broken up such a Parliament, with so much discontent, and so many wants upon him, and but yesterday heard such a sermon against adultery.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

The water, as I have above mentioned, being uncommonly shallow along this coast, we were compelled to anchor our two larger vessels at about three miles distance from the shore, fearing they might otherwise run aground.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

I know that my aunt distressed Dora’s aunts very much, by utterly setting at naught the dignity of fly-conveyance, and walking out to Putney at extraordinary times, as shortly after breakfast or just before tea; likewise by wearing her bonnet in any manner that happened to be comfortable to her head, without at all deferring to the prejudices of civilization on that subject.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Hatty, a pale, sickly-looking girl, whose really fine features were marred by unhealthy sullenness and an anxious, fretful expression, was hanging on every word; while the tall schoolgirl Ella, and the smaller, bright-eyed Katie, were standing behind their mother, trying to hide their awkwardness and bashfulness, till Tom came to the rescue by finding them seats, with a whispered hint to Katie that it was not good manners to stare so at a stranger.
— from Our Bessie by Rosa Nouchette Carey

Some persons put in a very little piece of the peel of cucumber, but this must be used sparingly, as the flavour is strong.
— from The English Housekeeper: Or, Manual of Domestic Management Containing advice on the conduct of household affairs and practical instructions concerning the store-room, the pantry, the larder, the kitchen, the cellar, the dairy; the whole being intended for the use of young ladies who undertake the superintendence of their own housekeeping by Anne Cobbett

In a church, moreover, based upon such a theology there was no room for prelacy.
— from The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty by John Fiske

It got my back up somehow, and made me feel ready to take your part against him.
— from The Heavenly Twins by Sarah Grand

I stormed and raged, and called for the proprietor, who was gentle and sorry and apologetic, and explained to me that the boy must begin upon somebody, and I unfortunately was the first victim!
— from The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Harry Furniss

Renée, you mock me by using such a word.”
— from A Double Knot by George Manville Fenn

E. M. BASS, U. S. A. LIEUT.
— from An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians by H. C. (Harry Crécy) Yarrow

Any kind of stewed fruit may be used, such as peaches, apricots, pears, etc., either singly or mixed.
— from The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book by Victor Hirtzler