mistake me widely, sir,” said the barber: “I am too much addicted to the study of philosophy; hinc illae lacrymae , sir; that's my misfortune.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

Your brain comes up with theories like this one: If the DHS wanted to catch M1k3y, what better way than to lure him into the open, panic him into leading some kind of big, public Xnet event?
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

He is detached from his regiment, he reports only to the commanding officer of the post, he is left so long at one station that he can make permanent arrangements for comfort, and, except in times of war, the work is garrison and guard duty.
— from Tenting on the Plains; or, General Custer in Kansas and Texas by Elizabeth Bacon Custer

In the year 1822, Dobrovsky published his Institutiones Linguæ Slavicæ dialecti vcteris , a grammatical work which, like all the productions of this distinguished scholar, throws a new light upon the subject, and renders all former works of a similar character useless.
— from Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations With a Sketch of Their Popular Poetry by Talvj

The group of peasants had increased largely, some thirty or forty men armed with pikes, bills, and scythes being gathered in a body, while many more could be seen across the country hurrying over the white plain towards the spot.
— from The Lion of the North: A Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

That pretty house I liked so much!
— from A Journal from Japan: A Daily Record of Life as Seen by a Scientist by Marie Carmichael Stopes

He would suddenly become obscure, for the reason that he boldly plunged headlong into long sentences, of which he was not able to estimate the extent nor perceive the end beforehand, and from which he finally emerged struggling and by force, shattering the sense, and not completing the thought.
— from The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville by Alexis de Tocqueville

For aught I know, it may possibly have its little share in the onerous task of liberalizing systems of theology.
— from A Rambler's lease by Bradford Torrey