"But," said the sculptor, "I have retouched this part, polished that, softened that feature, brought out that muscle, given some expression to this lip, more energy to that limb, etc."
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

[Yet more evidence to the like effect has since become known.
— from The Principles of Biology, Volume 1 (of 2) by Herbert Spencer

But that Passion which springs in the depth of the soul; Whose beginnings are virginly pure as the source Of some small mountain rivulet destined to roll As a torrent ere long, losing peace in its course— A course to which Modesty's struggle but lends A more headlong descent without chance of recall; But which Modesty even to the last edge attends, And then throws a halo of tears round its fall!
— from The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Thomas Moore

Now, when I heard Captain Santlow propose taking wine with him, I concluded that, of course, that gentleman must be visible in propriâ personâ , and, casting my eyes towards the lower end of the table, I perceived a genteel-looking man whom I had not seen before.
— from Pencil Sketches; or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie

Keeping in touch with the old phraseology, we might then call a current ‘negative’ that flowed from the more excited to the less excited.
— from Response in the Living and Non-Living by Jagadis Chandra Bose

the hole is gradually so much enlarged that the lower edge touches the shoulder.
— from The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin

Cyril Maxon's case was closer; yet Cyril had only to pass, by an ingeniously constructed bridge, from the more extreme to the less extreme of two theories, and in so doing found abundance of approval and countenance among men of his own persuasion.
— from Mrs. Maxon Protests by Anthony Hope

If the climate were suitable (which it is not), I can only say that I never saw, in my explorations there, tillable land enough to sustain any permanent population sufficiently numerous to justify other settlements than those of the fur-traders; and, I might add, fishermen.
— from Thirty Years' View (Vol. 2 of 2) or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850 by Thomas Hart Benton

Ellis was much exposed to the latter, especially on account of his ungainly appearance and uncouth manners.
— from Ernest Bracebridge: School Days by William Henry Giles Kingston

He walked on very thoughtful, and the more 'e thought, the less 'e liked it.
— from Deep Waters, the Entire Collection by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

She was not interested in the humor of my embarrassment, but she wrote me a grieved and distressed letter, asking how I could ever have gone into the saloon of that Plaquemine hotel, or any other place where alcoholic beverages were sold, and much else to the like effect.
— from Recollections of a Varied Life by George Cary Eggleston