[Clark, December 22, 1805] Sunday 22nd December 1805 rained Continued all the last night and to day without much intermition, men employd doeing what they can at the houses.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

C'est le ton qui fait la musique —In music everything depends on the tone.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

"Let go of me for God's sake!" called K., who had already been pushed back as far as his wardrobe, "if you accost me when I'm still in bed you can't expect to find me in my evening dress."
— from The Trial by Franz Kafka

It proved to be very disagreeable to apply for money: it made every dollar seem a special favor; it brought up all kinds of misgivings, as to whether he could spare it without inconvenience, whether he really thought my services worth it, and so on.
— from Women and the Alphabet: A Series of Essays by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

the first child Inconsolable and comfortless, my uncle put the child out to nurse ... the child to nurse He finally married to an amiable and respectable woman He finally married to an amiable woman yet soon greatly alleviated the pangs of early sorrow yet greatly ... he considers you to have formed an improper connection he considers you have ... I have seen some troubles in this way myself, in my early days; perhaps my counsel may be of some service I have seen some troubles in that way myself, in my early days; perhaps my council may be of some service I immediately gave him a correct account I immediately gave a correct account write to your father, advising him not to proceed too rashly ... desiring him ... her health evidently decreasing after she came to this place ... decreasing.
— from Alonzo and Melissa; Or, The Unfeeling Father: An American Tale by I. (Isaac) Mitchell

Anyway, they don't pronounce lots of their words right; they say "wat" and "ware" for "what" and "where;" so of course I got a lot of mistakes in my English dictation.
— from A City Schoolgirl and Her Friends by May Baldwin

"'And would again?' "'Perhaps?' "'And if I were there, and watching, you would make a sign to me?' "'I might even do that, if you were to ask me nicely.'
— from Stromboli and the Guns by Francis Henry Gribble

The rare crystals are hexagonal prisms ( Fig. 487 , 11 ), but the mineral is most easily determined by its general resemblance to feldspar, but with the differences of cleavage, luster, and reaction with acid.
— from Earth Features and Their Meaning An Introduction to Geology for the Student and the General Reader by William Herbert Hobbs

"I do know something about it," replied Mr. Martyn; "it means, every day, facing, like a man, the taunts and jeers of your fellow-workmen.
— from For John's Sake, and Other Stories. by Annie Frances Perram

The cooking of meat decreases its digestibility, as raw meat is more easily digested than cooked meat, but we feel it is necessary to advocate the cooking of meat in order to kill the parasites.
— from The Mother and Her Child by William S. (William Samuel) Sadler

My greatest trouble in the matter is my enforced deprivation of your dear society for a little while.
— from In the Dead of Night: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 3) by T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight

So much was claimed by ancient doctors for the Black Hellebore as a medicine in mania, epilepsy, dropsy, and other ills to which mortals are heirs, that naturally the true plant was sought with much zeal.
— from Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by J. G. (John George) Wood

"Sir," said Swift, "it was a piece of advice given me in my early days by Lord Somers, never to own or disown any writing laid to my charge; because, if I did this in some cases, whatever I did not disown afterwards would infallibly be imputed to me as mine.
— from Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell by Anonymous