the nostrum exceeds the lower jaw more and the teeth are neither So noumerous or large as those of the Salmon.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

If Jurgis lost only his time, it was because he had nothing else to lose; whenever a smooth-tongued agent would tell him of the wonderful positions he had on hand, he could only shake his head sorrowfully and say that he had not the necessary dollar to deposit; when it was explained to him what “big money” he and all his family could make by coloring photographs, he could only promise to come in again when he had two dollars to invest in the outfit.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

"What you say may be true enough," she remarked; "but the Chang family are also aware that I mean to come and make my appeal to your mansion; and were you now not to manage this affair, the Chang family having no idea that the lack of time prevents any steps being taken and that no importance is attached to their presents, it will appear, on the contrary, as if there were not even this little particle of skill in your household."
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

Well then if it is neither easier to learn by means of fiction, nor appropriate for the Cynic to invent that sort of thing at all, why did we not spare that wasteful expense, 141 and moreover why did we waste our time in inventing and composing trivial myths and then making stories of them and learning them by heart?) Ἀλλ᾽ ἴσως ὁ μὲν λόγος οὔ φησι δεῖν ἀντὶ τῶν ἀληθῶν
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 2 by Emperor of Rome Julian

Won’t you hold your tongue, you nocturnal assassin, who, even when you swived it bravely, never entered the lists with a decent woman in your life?
— from The Satyricon — Complete by Petronius Arbiter

This unrestrained freedom did not excite the least murmur against the first two works; therefore it was not that which gave cause to it against the latter.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

the nativs eate the latter and esteem it very fine.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Their position very nearly enfiladed the line of the enemy while he was marching through the cornfield.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

walay — not even this little bit.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

He is ready now even to let the women and children go, only the cattle must remain in Egypt.
— from A Manual for Teaching Biblical History by Eugene Kohn

But such knowledge is not essential to ladyhood, though half-ladies think themselves whole ladies because they have it.
— from Weighed and Wanting by George MacDonald

"O Fafnir, tell of the Norns ere thy life thou layest adown!" "O manifold is their kindred, and who shall tell them all?
— from A Selection from the Poems of William Morris by William Morris

The Chinese really were fond of their emperor, and he now lay so ill that he was not expected to live.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

And yet—and yet—there was a look in Lamont’s dark face which made some of them pause, for it was not exactly the look of one who was afraid, rather was it that of a man who was trying to restrain himself.
— from In the Whirl of the Rising by Bertram Mitford

I don’t enjoy killing, not even things like you.”
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone

It did not embolden the Luddites; rather they became alarmed at their own extremes.
— from Ben o' Bill's, the Luddite: A Yorkshire Tale by D. F. E. Sykes

It made no stop, not even to look back; but having reached the edge of the water, plunged in, and swam over to the opposite shore.
— from Popular Adventure Tales by Mayne Reid

Median eyes not exceeding the lateral in size.
— from Journal of Entomology and Zoology, Vol. 11, No. 1, March 1919 by Various