At the back and sides of the testicle, where the peritonaeum is reflected from it, a small membranous fold or mesentery (mesorchium, Seiler) is formed, and between the layers of this the nerves and vessels enter the organ, the nerves being derived from the neighbouring sympathetic ganglia (aortic plexus), while the arteries and veins spring directly from the main abdominal bloodvessels.
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise

This, in the Trobriands, is not a very easy task.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

The Bow and arrow is the most common instrement among them, every man being furnished with them whether he has a gun or not, this instrement is imployed indiscreminately in hunting every Species of animal on which they Subsist, Their bows are extreemly meet neat and very elastic, they are about two feet Six inches long and two inches wide in the Center, thence tapering gradually to the extremities, where they ar 3/4 of an Inch wide, they are very flat and thin, formed of the heart of the arbor vita or white Cedar, the back of the Bow being thickly Covered with Sinues of the Elk laid on with a Gleue which they make from the Sturgeon; the String is made of the Sinues of the Elk also, the arrow is formed of two parts usually tho Sometimes entire; those formed of 2 parts are uneaquilly devided, the part on which the feathers are placed occupie 4/5 of it's length and is formed of light white pine rather larger than a Swans quill, in the lower extremity of this is a Circular mortice Secured by Sinues raped around it; this mortice recives the one end of the 2d part which is of Smaller Size than the first and about five inches long, in the end of this the barb is fixed and Confined with Sinues, the berb is either Iron Copper or Stone—in this form forming at its point a greater angle than those of any other Indians I have observed.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

They did not always venture even to ask this question, but took an observation of the cap, and judged accordingly.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

Tom soon set himself to work to get out, which was not a very easy task; but at last, just as he had made room to get his head out, fresh ill-luck befell him.
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm

Charles, in the meanwhile, was very decidedly declaring his resolution of calling on his aunt, now that he was so near; and very evidently, though more fearfully, trying to induce his wife to go too.
— from Persuasion by Jane Austen

I heard not any voice except thine own, And the echo of thine own.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

“The accounts to-day from the north are very encouraging though,” said the young man.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

The nest of the Girlitz is not always very easily to be found, but if sought for carefully its situation will be betrayed by the female; the latter is fed by her mate during the whole period of incubation, and when hungry expresses her wants by calling to her little companion, so that any one wishing to discover their retreat needs only to stand under the tree and watch for the return of the male bird.
— from Cassell's Book of Birds, Volume 1 (of 4) by Alfred Edmund Brehm

At last, the gentleman who owned the castle interrupted the various surmises by observing that “the circumstance which had just been recounted must naturally appear very extraordinary to those who have not been inmates long at the castle, and are not conversant with the legends of his family;” then, turning to Lord Londonderry, he said, “You have seen the Radiant Boy.
— from The Anatomy of Suicide by Forbes Winslow

She did her best to smile, but it was not a very easy task.
— from Sir Tom by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

But the dynasty of Comneni , which, in the person of Isaac I ., ascended the throne in 1057, had to combat a new and vigorous enemy, the Turks , who had now made themselves masters of Asia.
— from Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for Private Reading by George Park Fisher

Geoff kept his place in the window, as he had always done, and after Lady Markland had got through her morning's work there would be an attempt at the lessons, which heretofore had been the pleasant occupation of the whole morning,—a delightful dialogue, in which the mind of the teacher was as much stimulated as that of the pupil, since Geoff conducted his own education by means of a multitude of questions, to which it was not always very easy to reply.
— from A Country Gentleman and His Family by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

When building is on, the nests are very easy to find, but ere the young are hatched out the foliage affords effective concealment.
— from Trails and Tramps in Alaska and Newfoundland by William S. Thomas

Thus the word is not a vague epithet: the words παῦσεν ἀριστεύοντα Μαχάονα simply mean, that the manful exertions of Machaon were arrested.
— from Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 I. Prolegomena II. Achæis; or, the Ethnology of the Greek Races by W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone

And now another voice, echoing through memory's arches to organ-music, took up the strain: "Where Thou art Guide, no ill can come."
— from The Rosary by Florence L. (Florence Louisa) Barclay