For their mutual birthdays the pair always contrived some “surprise present” in the shape of a glass receptacle for tooth-powder, or what not; and as they sat together on the sofa he would suddenly, and for some unknown reason, lay aside his pipe, and she her work (if at the moment she happened to be holding it in her hands) and husband and wife would imprint upon one another’s cheeks such a prolonged and languishing kiss that during its continuance you could have smoked a small cigar.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

The messenger soon returned and informed them that it was not in the power of the three protestant captains to support their proceedings, as they were themselves attacked by a very superior force in the plain, and could scarce sustain the unequal conflict.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

on S. S. passed a Creek S. S. 25 yds.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

But in order that our attestations should have force and merit belief, we must make for princes and people a complete sacrifice; so as to cut out to the roots the abuse and error, we must from this moment dissolve the whole Order.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

[2] Parthia, Asiatic country, still supplying asa fœtida .
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

Prince John hath broken off the tournament, and set forward in all haste towards York, with the nobles, knights, and churchmen of his party, after collecting such sums as they could wring, by fair means or foul, from those who are esteemed the wealthy of the land.
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

For this reason, the Bottiaean maidens when performing a certain sacrifice sing "Let us go to Athens."
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

It was found in the House of the Physician, and contained six specilla of different kinds and a vulsellum.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne

And covered with mangos, and Tilakas, and Ketakas, and Champakas, and trees entwined by flowers and herbs and plants; and containing Syandanas, sandals, Nipas, Panasas, Lakuchas, Dhavas, Açwakarnas, Khadiras, Samis, Kinçukas and Pātalas.
— from The Rāmāyana, Volume Two. Āranya, Kishkindhā, and Sundara Kāndam by Valmiki

'I must, if I'm to pass at Christmas,' she said firmly.
— from Leonora by Arnold Bennett

He turned away and walked for some paces at Charles Stuart's side, then glanced back at Elizabeth resolutely following.
— from 'Lizbeth of the Dale by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor

The belt of mountains which traverses the state of Virginia diagonally, from north-east to south-west, it will be seen by an inspection of the map, is composed of a series of parallel ranges, presenting a conformation somewhat similar to that which may be observed in miniature on the sea-beach, amongst the minute lines of sand hillocks left by the retreating tide.
— from Horse-Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John Pendleton Kennedy

XLVII "Lucania, Puglia, and Calabria's strand, Shall with the rumour of his prowess ring: Where he shall strive in duel, hand to hand, And gain the praise of Catalonia's king.
— from Orlando Furioso by Lodovico Ariosto

Melt butter in a saucepan, add flour, stir to a smooth paste, add cream slowly, stirring constantly.
— from Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners: A Book of Recipes by Elizabeth O. Hiller

She apparently had the shrinking which any person, and especially a woman, would naturally have from the idea of being regarded as something abnormal and uncanny, and mingled with this was, perhaps, a certain sacred shamefacedness, at the thought that this most intimate and vital mystery of her second birth had been witnessed and was the subject of curious speculations.
— from Miss Ludington's Sister by Edward Bellamy