But there is, if you will excuse my saying so, something just a little funny about it.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

[20] The following grouping, therefore, will not be regarded as complete, nor will it here be necessary to add more than a word of explanation: Description for Public Speakers Objects { Still Objects { In motion Scenes { Still Scenes { Including action Situations {
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

Mr. Starbuck,” said Stubb, regarding the wreck, “but the sea will have its way.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Macull , sb. stain, S3.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Thine was the soul that loved to dare: To serve the Gods was still thy care; And ne'er may sorrow's sting subdue A heart so resolute and true.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

"I suspected as much," she said shortly.
— from Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College by Josephine Chase

There were a few mock groans from the Voice of Labor crowd, but the majority still sat silent.
— from Mountain: A Novel by Clement Wood

“It turned out to be Mabel Smith,” says Stevie, “and I was scared plumb to death for a week or two that she would find out about it.
— from The Revolt of the Oyster by Don Marquis

Woman had formerly been a divinity for me, she seemed so again, since I had seen the Gräfin in the exercise of her priestly mission, and the feelings of vain worldly pleasure to which I had yielded when with my pious young friend, I counted to myself as a sin.
— from Withered Leaves: A Novel. Vol. II. (of III) by Rudolf von Gottschall