The evidence that accidental mutilations can be inherited is at present not decisive; but the remarkable cases observed by Brown-Sequard in guinea-pigs, of the inherited effects of operations, should make us cautious in denying this tendency.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

It would, no doubt, have proceeded to make some even more unflattering comments if Daphne had not, with much presence of mind, turned its face to the wall.
— from In Brief Authority by F. Anstey

Soldiers in magnificent uniforms, chamberlains in dresses richly embroidered with gold, many lackeys and other servants moved quickly about; several post-chaises stood near the steps and yellow-dressed carriers waited for their masters; further there were carriages with German and Polish harness, hayduks in scarlet, kozaks, all constituting a variegated and picturesque whole.
— from Count Brühl by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski

The morning after she left them Aunt Clara expressed herself thus at breakfast: "I see a great and most unwelcome change in dear Tamara since she returned from Egypt, I had hoped Millicent Hardcastle would be all that was steadying and well-balanced as a companion for her, but it seems this modern restlessness has got into her blood.
— from His Hour by Elinor Glyn

Although we, as a vitalist, implicitly believe in the coöperation of other than mechanical causes, yet we fully and most unqualifiedly concur in Darwin's assertion that there would be no variability were all the individuals of a species exposed to absolutely uniform conditions.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 10, October, 1869 to March, 1870 by Various

A most useful chapter is devoted to this subject, from which we shall make one or two extracts.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various

Among many useful changes in Deuteronomy one may certainly be noticed (chap.
— from Addresses on the Revised Version of Holy Scripture by C. J. (Charles John) Ellicott

When I spoke of my university comrades, I did not mention a certain Mr. Shtchitov.
— from The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

It is only disagreeable associations, therefore—connected in our minds with the darkness of the colour—that make us consider it disagreeable or unwholesome.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various

Early that afternoon, contrary to my usual custom, I decided to go home in advance of my regular time.
— from Making the House a Home by Edgar A. (Edgar Albert) Guest

Your suspicions are ridiculous; but, under these most unusual conditions, I don’t blame you.
— from My Buried Treasure by Richard Harding Davis