But my mind dwelt so much upon the uncongenial scene in which I had left her, and I pictured it as such an overshadowed stony-hearted one, and I so longed to be near her and taking some sort of care of her, that I determined to go back in the evening only to look up at her windows.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

The first night, as soon as the corporal had conducted my uncle Toby up stairs, which was about ten——Mrs. Wadman threw herself into her arm-chair, and crossing her left knee with her right, which formed a resting-place for her elbow, she reclin’d her cheek upon the palm of her hand, and leaning 87 forwards, ruminated till midnight upon both sides of the question.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

If an Ethnographer succeeded in making the problem clear to an intelligent informant (and I have tried and succeeded in doing this) the native would simply state: “We all know that the stories about Tudava, about Kudayuri, about Tokosikuna, are lili’u ; our fathers, our kadada (our maternal uncles) told us so; and we always hear these tales; we know them well; we know that there are no other tales besides them, which are lili’u .
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

The first night, as soon as the corporal had conducted my uncle Toby up stairs, which was about ten—Mrs. Wadman threw herself into her arm-chair, and crossing her left knee with her right, which formed a resting-place for her elbow, she reclin'd her cheek upon the palm of her hand, and leaning forwards, ruminated till midnight upon both sides of the question.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

We know, indeed, that had the attack been made upon the United States Bank, or any similar institution in this city, the civil authorities would have met its fury, not as now, with a speech only, but with loaded firelocks and fixed bayonets.
— from A Visit to the United States in 1841 by Joseph Sturge

There was an ample pier of heavy masonry; upon this, under shelter, were some thousands of barrels containing that product which has carried the fame of Bermuda to many lands, the potato.
— from Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion by Mark Twain

There is considerable variation, however, in the size of the black markings upon the upper surface, and I have specimens in which they almost entirely disappear.
— from The Butterfly Book A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of North America by W. J. (William Jacob) Holland

The goods captured proved very valuable, and partly made up to Uncle Sam's treasury the losses sustained.
— from Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight; or, on the border for Uncle Sam by Victor Appleton

20 Then like lightning from a clear sky fell the massacre upon the unsuspecting settlers.
— from England in America, 1580-1652 by Lyon Gardiner Tyler

In this passage will be found the germ of that system of the construction and movement of planetary systems that make up the universe, set forth in the teachings of Joseph Smith.
— from A New Witness for God (Volume 1 of 3) by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts

No person shall be a senator or representative in Congress, or elector of President or Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.
— from A Brief History of the United States by Joel Dorman Steele

The which the prophet Ezekiel in a mystery unfoldeth to us, saying, the first time he passed over this water it was up but to his ankles; the second time he passed through, it proceeded to his knees; the third time, to his loins; and last of all, became a river to swim in (Eze 47:1-3).
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan