From the boat’s fragmentary stern, Fedallah incuriously and mildly eyed him; the clinging crew, at the other drifting end, could not succor him; more than enough was it for them to look to themselves.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Now in the country, people live so much more out of doors, even children, and even in the winter.'
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

His tangled beard, grizzled hair, and outstanding, drooping eyebrows combined to give an air of dignity and power to his appearance, but his face was of an ashen white, while his lips and the corners of his nostrils were tinged with a shade of blue.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

But it is evident that, as all phenomena are subject to change and conditioned in their existence, the series of dependent existences cannot embrace an unconditioned member, the existence of which would be absolutely necessary.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

O sola insegna al gemino valore; O faticosa vita, o dolce errore, Che mi fate ir cercando piagge e monti; O bel viso, ov’Amor insieme pose Gli sproni e ’l fren, ond’e’ mi punge e volve Com’a lui piace, e calcitrar non vale; O anime gentili ed amorose, S’alcuna ha ’l mondo; e voi nude ombre e polve; Deh restate a veder qual è ’l mio male.
— from Fifteen sonnets of Petrarch by Francesco Petrarca

Schuffamer , Rabbi Elisha, came from Salonica to Jerusalem, and was through the preaching of Dr. Ewald converted to Christianity and baptized in 1848.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

The convenient elasticity of dualism enabled Chang to have as many as seventeen reincarnations, which ranged over a period of some three thousand years.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

But whether or not the postal service was originally intended to be merely a dispatch service for transmission of government orders, documents, etc., can stand as no valid reason now for the Federal Government’s permitting its several departments to use and abuse the vast system for intercommunication among the people which it has permitted to be built up, and for the building of which it has taxed (by way of postal charges) those who made use of the system—taxed them excessively , if indeed not somewhat unscrupulously—whether or not, not, I say, the government originally intended the mail service to be [227] an exclusive service for use of the government only has no present bearing.
— from Postal Riders and Raiders by W. H. Gantz

Ond diflannođ ei chyd-đawnsyđion fel anadl Gorphennaf, er ei chroch đolefau am gael ei rhyđhau, a’i hymegnion diflino i đianc o afael yr hwn a’i hoffođ.
— from Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx (Volume 1 of 2) by Rhys, John, Sir

Near here, too, large three-mule loads of dry earth compost were going to the fields and men were busy pulverizing and mixing it on the threshing floors preparatory for use.
— from Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by F. H. (Franklin Hiram) King

*SALADS* GREEN SALADS Imported or domestic endive, chicory, escarole and Romaine or lettuce must be washed, made crisp in cold water, and dried in a bag on the ice. Serve them with French dressing.
— from The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum

We already know that pseudoconcepts, empirical or abstract, presuppose the idea of the pure concept; but that idea does not suffice for the formation of determinate empirical concepts, which can be employed as predicates of empirical judgments.
— from Logic as the Science of the Pure Concept by Benedetto Croce

The very sunlight looks desolation, falling through the thick-blossoming apple-trees as through the chinks and crevices of deserted Egyptian cities.
— from The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance by Richard Le Gallienne

[228] Thomas Foxcroft, pastor of the Old Church in Boston, proclaimed: "Long had it been the common opinion, 'Delenda est Carthago,' Canada must be conquered, as we could hope for no lasting peace in these parts and now, through the good hand of our God upon us, we see the happy day of its accomplishment."
— from Montreal, 1535-1914. Vol. 1. Under the French Régime, 1535-1760 by William H. (William Henry) Atherton

Lord-Treasurer Burghley and Comptroller Croft had expressed surprise that the Prince had not yet sent a secret agent to her Majesty, under pretext of demanding explanations concerning Lord Leicester's presence in the Provinces, but in reality to treat for peace.
— from History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1586c by John Lothrop Motley

They were intended to wipe out old debts, especially contracts made during the war, and Governor Bullock had appointed a Supreme Court which sustained them.
— from Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Pleasant A. Stovall