For, having now my method by the end, Still as I pulled, it came; and so I penned It down: until it came at last to be, For length and breadth, the bigness which you see.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan by John Bunyan

The muslin bag, particularly, is decidedly unsanitary, especially when used in restaurants and hotels.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

On the fifth day the squirrels brought a present of wild honey; it was so sweet and sticky that they licked their fingers as they put it down upon the stone.
— from The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix Potter

Presently it dawned upon me that my sense of duration had changed; that my mind was moving not faster but infinitely slower, that between each separate impression there was a period of many days.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Send for the police inspector, draw up a statement!...
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

But presently I discovered underneath it, Miss Mowcher.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

, He scratched the back of his neck. -in-an(→) n 1 place where a hole or pit is dug up.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

So they were put into disorder unexpectedly; when some of them left their works they were about, and immediately marched off, while many ran to their arms, but were smitten and slain before they could turn back upon the enemy.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

What great giving of thanks and praise is due unto Thee for these benefits!
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas

I think we shall be capable with a little help, of defending our possessions long enough, so that England will be ruined if she persists in destroying us....
— from Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence, Vol. 2 by Elizabeth Sarah Kite

I have translated this from Douglas Hyde's preface to his little book of poems, lately published in Dublin, Ubhla de'n Craoibh , "Apples from the Branch."
— from Poets and Dreamers: Studies and translations from the Irish by Lady Gregory

If a person is dense upon a matter of pure sentiment, there is no ground between us: he has simply a sense wanting.
— from Sandra Belloni (originally Emilia in England) — Complete by George Meredith

With larger twills the effects produced are more elaborate and varied, and the principle is distinctly useful for the production of new woven effects.
— from Cotton Weaving and Designing 6th Edition by John T. Taylor

Having himself chewed a number of the leaves of the plant into a pulpy mass, he placed it directly upon the bitten part, and then bound up the wound as before.
— from The Quadroon: Adventures in the Far West by Mayne Reid

Theoretically, we believe ourselves to be led, even in the common affairs of life, by the All-wise Spirit of God; theoretically, we believe that He can make no mistake; theoretically, we believe that [276] it is just as easy to get an answer from that Spirit—“a word behind thee,” as the Bible phrases it, directing us which way to go—as it is to hear our human friend answer to our call.
— from Ruth Erskine's Crosses by Pansy

The bottom of a cylinder, containing a piston, is heated by a fire, a few drops of spirits of turpentine are introduced and evaporated by the heat, the piston is drawn up, and air entering mixes with the inflammable vapor.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 by Various

It is clearly the attempt to make another person do what he would not do, does not wish to do, and sees no personal profit in doing, under threat of punishment.
— from Slave Planet by Laurence M. Janifer

One is perhaps justified in making the general statement that the finer the man the better the art, and that the artistic skill of a people is dependent upon the favourableness of their environment.
— from Evolution in Art: As Illustrated by the Life-histories of Designs by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon