When the propeller of a steamer is first set in motion it does little else than project a stream of water in the direction opposite to that in which it is desired to move the vessel; it is presently seen that the latter begins to move, indicating that the inertia of the ship has been overcome by the reaction of that stream of water from the propeller; the propeller still continues to project the stream, the ship in the meanwhile increasing in speed, or, as sailors term it, “gathering way,” showing that the power expended is still in excess of the resistance of the ship, inasmuch as something is producing an augmentation 61 of speed; it is afterward noticed that the ship continues to move at a uniform rate, and that the stream of water is still projected by the propeller, but at a lower velocity compared with the surrounding still water than was the case when the vessel was at rest.
— from Ocean Steamships A popular account of their construction, development, management and appliances by A. E. (Albert Edward) Seaton

May I, dear Lady Erpingham, trust to this flower to express what I dare not utter?”
— from Godolphin, Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

The boulder is ten feet or more in diameter, large enough to make the farmhouse behind it seem small in comparison.
— from The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches by David Starr Jordan

May I, dear Lady Erpingham, trust to this flower to express what I dare not utter?"
— from Godolphin, Volume 3. by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

In common with other holders of property, the heads of monasteries incurred direct losses, especially the heads of smaller settlements, where the property was not so well managed and the superior could not afford to have a legal adviser.
— from Woman under Monasticism Chapters on Saint-Lore and Convent Life between A.D. 500 and A.D. 1500 by Lina Eckenstein