Had he known, as I did, that she was withholding the name of the person who had called to see Mrs. Caldershaw, he might even have taken a blacker view of the matter.
— from The Disappearing Eye by Fergus Hume

There has been found in Permia a great quantity of the coin of the first Caliphs, and some Tartarian idols, made of gold; [9] but these monuments of ancient opulence were found in the midst of barren deserts and extreme poverty, where there were not the least traces of commerce: revolutions of this nature may easily happen to a barren country, seeing they are so soon brought about in the most fruitful provinces.
— from The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia by Voltaire

This, the main edifice, has two additional buildings on each side—two for the male and two for the female pupils.
— from Extracts from the Diary of William C. Lobenstine, December 31, 1851-1858 by William C. (William Christian) Lobenstine

The natural system of organisms , the natural grouping of all the different forms of Animals, Plants, and Protista into numerous smaller or larger groups, arranged beside and above one another; the kindred connection of species, genera, families, orders, classes, tribes, etc., more especially, however, the arboriform branching character of the natural system , which is the spontaneous result of a natural arrangement and classification of all these graduated groups or categories.
— from The History of Creation, Vol. 2 (of 2) Or the Development of the Earth and its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes by Ernst Haeckel

It is possible that years of struggle might enable him to alter by half an inch the length of his wife's skirt, if fashion had not shortened it in the interval.
— from Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton

In point of situation and water, Wanborough, in my estimation, has the advantage; but Albion, at present, appears most likely to succeed best.
— from Hulme's Journal, 1818-19; Flower's Letters from Lexington and the Illinois, 1819; Flower's Letters from the Illinois, 1820-21; and Woods's Two Years' Residence, 1820-21 by John Woods

If they had been building all the year a palisade between Heaven and themselves, on this day, who knew, they might enter Heaven through a breach in the palisade.
— from Forward from Babylon by Louis Golding

How ill yo' look, man!' exclaimed he, thoroughly alarmed by Philip's ghastly appearance.
— from Sylvia's Lovers — Volume 3 by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Haskins did not know for the moment exactly how to act, but in one way or another he determined to force Rebb's strong hand.
— from The Sealed Message by Fergus Hume