he could leave me a poor old despoiled, destitute and ruined book-owner in things that folks buy in costly bindings for the sake of vanity and the deception of those who also deceive them in turn.
— from The Delicious Vice by Young Ewing Allison

In the bottom of that cup was a little pool of dark dregs, a rich purple colour, most agreeable to gaze upon.
— from Plum Pudding: Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned by Christopher Morley

He thinks his long period of devotion deserves a recompense: he shall have it.
— from The Exhibition Drama Comprising Drama, Comedy, and Farce, Together with Dramatic and Musical Entertainments by George M. (George Melville) Baker

[Pg 379] Not seeking in the school of pride For 'precepts over dignified,' Denial and restraint I prize
— from The Philosophy of Natural Theology An Essay in confutation of the scepticism of the present day by William Jackson

In the scientific language of Rymer Jones, ‘the facility for developing new tooth germs is unlimited, and the phenomena of dental decadence and replacement are manifested in every period of life.’
— from Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life by Catherine Cooper Hopley

First in the path of Duty, (D) And ranking first in Art, (A) Foremost in Virtue and in Vice, (V) Leading all in Immortality, (I) And foremost in Devotion.
— from Cassell's Book of In-door Amusements, Card Games, and Fireside Fun by Various

Nay, there was a moment when Miss de Haldimar felt a pang of deep disappointment and regret at the misconception; for, with the fearful recollection of past events, so strongly impressed on her bleeding heart, she could not but acknowledge, that to be engulfed in one general and disastrous explosion, was mercy compared with the alternative of falling into the hands of those to whom her loathing spirit bad been too fatally taught to deny even the commonest attributes of humanity.
— from Wacousta : a tale of the Pontiac conspiracy — Volume 3 by Major (John) Richardson

Past open doors, decayed and rotten from long steeping in the wet, through which some scanty patch of vine shone green and bright, making unusual shadows on the pavement with its trembling leaves.
— from Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens

She not only swims either on the surface or beneath it, but she adds to this accomplishment the extraordinary power of diving deep and rolling along the bottom of the sea on wheels.
— from Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot