"That will be better for them," as Mahomet, in similar cases, used to say.]
— from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography by Charles Kingsley

Habitual use of alcohol permanently dilates the blood vessels; thickens and hardens the membranes; in some cases, ulcerates the surface; and, finally, "so weakens the assimilation that the proper supply of food can not be appropriated.
— from Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Joel Dorman Steele

"When thy mother wakes," she muttered, "I shall call upon the spirits.
— from The Eternal Maiden by T. Everett (Thomas Everett) Harré

Do you catch on?—But who is this old man I see coming up the street?
— from Studies in the Poetry of Italy, Part I. Roman by Frank Justus Miller

The drill exercise, although modeled in some cases upon the standard reading and intelligence tests, expressly disclaim any attempt to displace or supersede these tests.
— from The Silent Readers: Sixth Reader by Ethel Maltby Gehres

I have passed happier hours than those I spent in cantering round four bare whitewashed walls on a snorting horse, with my interdicted stirrups crossed upon the saddle.
— from The Talking Horse, and Other Tales by F. Anstey