“All administrative personnel departments showed an average of—” “Thirty-six point eight less efficiency than the skilled and unskilled labor departments,” Cutter finished.
— from Confidence Game by James McKimmey

On they plunged past the bandstand again, the mule pausing at the paddock entrance long enough to kick the silk curtains into ribbons.
— from The Circus Boys Across the Continent; Or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark by Edgar B. P. Darlington

In my last, I mentioned how General Praetorius had come to us: he was in the room, when I entered with the Prince of Mirow; at sight of him Praetorius exclaimed, loud enough to be heard by everybody, 'VOILA LE PRINCE CAJUCA!'
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 10 by Thomas Carlyle

The Federal Government would probably, ere long, exercise the power of trying and punishing murders and robberies, and all other offences committed upon the road.
— from Life of James Buchanan, Fifteenth President of the United States. v. 1 (of 2) by George Ticknor Curtis

To the pursuing party every leaf, every twig, every blade of grass is a “sign,” and they read them as plainly as if the route were laid down upon a map.
— from Osceola the Seminole; or, The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid

While they were waiting for Matuk to recover his eyesight Akonuk and Bob removed one of the wooden cross-bars from the komatik and with their knives cut from it three pieces each long enough to fit over the eyes for a pair of goggles.
— from Ungava Bob: A Winter's Tale by Dillon Wallace

"No mariner," said the priest "ever loses entirely the straggling and somewhat stooping gait which he has acquired on shipboard, he sinks his loins in walking, and a slight limp remains for the rest of his life."
— from The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel. Vol. I. by Ludwig Tieck

The doctor shut up, clamwise, and leaned elbows on the rail, and so they stood there, each peering, each listening, each thinking his own thoughts.
— from Cursed by George Allan England

Her parents were exceedingly wealthy; and, though possessing extended landed estates, they were as parsimonious in hoarding up riches as though they were only in moderate circumstances.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXV, No. 2, August 1849 by Various