"Injun Joe," "Jimmy Finn," and "General Gaines" were prominent and very intemperate ne'er-do-weels in Hannibal two generations ago.
— from What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain

Multiple parts are variable in number and in structure, perhaps arising from such parts not having been closely specialised for any particular function, so that their modifications have not been closely checked by natural selection.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

This extraordinary custom not only adds an element of instability to the language, but destroys the continuity of political life, and renders the record of past events precarious and vague, if not impossible.”
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

The passages are varied in nature, and are not confined to military history; they are not so short as to appear fragmentary.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Multiple parts are variable in number and in structure, perhaps arising from such parts not having been closely specialised to any particular function, so that their modifications have not been closely checked by natural selection.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

Her very name (let it be what it will) is a most pretty, pleasing name; I believe now there is some secret power and virtue in names, every action, sight, habit, gesture; he admires, whether she play, sing, or dance, in what tires soever she goeth, how excellent it was, how well it became her, never the like seen or heard.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Their fate was unknown and they were forgotten when Hans Egede , a Lutheran pastor at Vaagen in Norway, read of their settlement and became possessed of a desire to preach to them that Gospel which had proved so great a blessing to his own land.
— from The Story of Lutheran Missions by Elsie Singmaster

Such a task was presented in the endeavor to trace along from remotest times to the present day the influence of woman upon the life and character, the efforts and ideals, of that race which has come to be known as English, although this name may not properly be used until time has spun into the vista of the past peoples as vigorous, if not influential, as the one that stands, the inheritor of their virility, at the apex of modern civilization, whose women, clasping hands throughout the British Empire, form a splendid chain of hope for womankind in all the world.
— from Women of England by Bartlett Burleigh James

That which is practical and vital, is never so subtle as to require the utmost stretch of intelligence, either to set it forth or understand it.
— from A Book of Gems, or, Choice selections from the writings of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

Passing another vehicle is not an easy matter.
— from The Motor Routes of England: Western Section by Gordon Home

This large and growing class, educated in some measure in the learning of the West, formed already, at the end of the period, a very important new element in the life of India.
— from The Expansion of Europe; The Culmination of Modern History by Ramsay Muir

ARIADNE IN MANTUA TO ETHEL SMYTH THANKING, AND BEGGING, HER FOR MUSIC PREFACE "Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichniss"
— from Limbo, and Other Essays; To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua by Vernon Lee

[62] The quantity of wheat produced at Vergelegen is not given in the archives, but is stated by Bogaert, who is a trustworthy authority, at over eleven hundred muids yearly.
— from Willem Adriaan Van Der Stel, and Other Historical Sketches by George McCall Theal

His presence and voice infused new energy into the arms of his fainting countrymen; they kept close to his side, until the victors, enraged at the dauntless intrepidity of this young hero, uttered the most fearful imprecations, and rushing on his little phalanx, attacked it with redoubled numbers and fury.
— from Thaddeus of Warsaw by Jane Porter

The historical references found in the penitential psalms are valuable indications, not only for determining the age of these compositions, but for ascertaining the occasions on which they were employed.
— from The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow