Even should there be any errors in the numbers of the population, and similar details concerning the little-known countries which my brother traversed, I beg the reader to view them with indul
— from Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860 by Henri Mouhot

Amongst such a people a serious demeanor ceases to be peculiar to certain men, and becomes a habit of the nation.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

"Then gat he back where was good sack And merry com panye, And soon did cease to cry 'Alack!' When blithe and gay was he.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

Creyó lo más prudente poner 15 punto en tan peligroso tratado, y con este fin dirigió una pregunta al Sr. D. Cayetano, cuando éste, despertando del vaporoso letargo que tras los postres le sobrevino, ofrecía a los comensales los indispensables palillos clavados en un pavo de porcelana que hacía la rueda.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Then she snatched her hands from his, threw her arms about his neck, and pressed a sudden drenched cheek against his face.
— from Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

He noticed the smile, and put a slightly different construction on it.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

Et c'est sur la toile mouvante que je trouve plaisir et sens à participer au site des cotres.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

On a chasse et banni toute une grand rue, et defendu de les recueillir sous peine de la vie; de sorte qu'on voyait tous ces miserables, veillards, femmes accouchees, enfans, errer en pleurs au sortir de cette ville sans savoir ou aller.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

The plain fondant she divided into as many portions as she desired colors or flavors.
— from A Little Candy Book for a Little Girl by Waterman, Amy Harlow (Lane), Mrs.

The stonework of this village also possesses a somewhat distinctive character.
— from A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 by Victor Mindeleff

This wheel was about fifteen feet in diameter, and was well supplied, on the overshot principle, with water from a small stream that passed at some distance, conveyed in a well-constructed wooden aqueduct: this power served alike for the grinding of mandiocca, of cane, of Indian corn, and for bruising castor oil seeds.
— from Travels in the Interior of Brazil Principally through the northern provinces, and the gold and diamond districts, during the years 1836-1841 by George Gardner

During the whole of this memorable war, the Marine Soldier not only shared in the everlasting glory of our Fleets, but carried with him, through all the mingled destinies of his profession, a steady discipline, combined with a well-regulated valour.
— from An Historical Review of the Royal Marine Corps, from its Original Institution down to the Present Era, 1803 by Gillespie, Alexander, Major

The Revolutionary Army—composed of only such as had proven themselves devoted to the anarchistic doctrines of the times—was employed in the guarding the prisons, arresting suspects, demolishing castles, pulling down belfries, ransacking churches for gold and silver vessels, and other like purposes.
— from The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-Christianism in Europe by Francis A. (Francis Aloysius) Cunningham

Comma changed to period after "scrofula" "docter" changed to "doctor" "possesssion" changed to "possession" "warmeth" changed to "warmth" New paragraph started at "The Man."
— from The History of Sandford and Merton by Thomas Day

A cream-colored colt bounded along behind, and presently a shaggy dog came in sight.
— from The Rainbow Trail by Zane Grey

Finally winter broke and fled before a southeast wind full of fragrance, and the trees began to whisper important tidings to each other; and a pioneer butterfly of the deepest, most luminous purple-black, with buff edges to its wings, arrived and led the whole juvenile populace such a chase as surely never was since the Pied Piper fluted his seductions long ago; and the benches came out of their long retreat, fresh-painted, to stand sturdy and stiff in their old places; and so did Cyrus's thun-der-wagon, whereon he perched nightly once more, and was even more than before the taciturn, humorous, kindly, secret, friendly adviser to all and sundry.
— from Our Square and the People in It by Samuel Hopkins Adams