However, seeing that it stayed motionless, they regained confidence little by little and tried to become more familiar with it.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

“Neither am I, after all; especially when you give me that rather conceited look.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James

Then Mátali to Ráma cried: “Let other arms the day decide.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

In a similar manner the regimental commanders lead their regiments forward in column, or in line of columns, until the time arrives for issuing the regimental order.
— from Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 to 19) by United States. War Department

The attempt is made to resolve certain laws of nature into a more general law, that law not being one which, though real, is inappropriate, but one wholly imaginary.
— from A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive by John Stuart Mill

On the morning of the 23d, a dead queen was thrown out of the hive, upon which examination being made, the royal cell left closed on the 22d was found open, and a living queen in the stock which was allowed to remain.
— from An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 2 or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects by William Kirby

In the last chapter on language-related research, we will present some projects relating to machine translation research, computational linguistics, language engineering, and internationalization and localization.
— from Multilingualism on the Web by Marie Lebert

“How pleasing,” says Dr. Winter Hamilton, “are the touches of domestic tenderness and order, which some incidental passage, in a classical author unfolds, as marking the Roman common life.
— from Model Women by William Anderson

For some minutes they remained close locked in each other's arms, and then Herbert, tearing himself away, clasped Mark's hand in both of his, and kissed it.
— from The O'Donoghue: Tale of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Charles James Lever