Before I could get up to him the patient rushed at them, and pulling one of them off the cart, began to knock his head against the ground.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker

Then knit as many plain rounds as there are plain stitches between 2 intakes.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

A gallery ran between the shelves from stem to stern and provided ready access to any part of the holds.
— from The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash; or, Facing Death in the Antarctic by John Henry Goldfrap

It had been provided by the first Stockton and Darlington Act that the line should be free to all parties who chose to use it at certain prescribed rates, and that any person might put horses and wagons on the railway, and carry for himself.
— from The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson Comprising Also a History of the Invention and Introduction of the Railway Locomotive by Samuel Smiles

On the last of May they made for the Texel , and thence to Amsterdam , where they were receiv’d with publick Rejoycing; and they again prepar’d to return to India , and continuing their Trade with those barbarous Kings, who are Masters of the Spice, Metals, precious Stones, Pearls, and other foreign Wealth, have at length converted the Friendship they kindly offer’d at first, into Slavery, and Subjection to the Tyranny of Holland and Zealand .
— from The Discovery and Conquest of the Molucco and Philippine Islands. Containing their History, Ancient and Modern, Natural and Political: Their Description, Product, Religion, Government, Laws, Languages, Customs, Manners, Habits, Shape, and Inclinations of the Natives. With an Account of many other adjacent Islands, and several remarkable Voyages through the Streights of Magellan, and in other Parts. by Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola

He was neither fat nor lean, and his smooth skin was protesting ruddily against the age proclaimed by his wool-white hair.
— from The Deluge by David Graham Phillips

Friedrich Nietzsche did not wish to accompany Paul Rée, and the approaching performance of the Parsifal only made his ardour for work the more active.
— from The life of Friedrich Nietzsche by Daniel Halévy

He then spoke briefly about President Roosevelt, about the American production program and armament potential, and added that the Allies had great difficulty in manning their ships.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 5 by Various

Two months later, the victory of Pavia reversed all this, and placed Charles in a position of which he could scarcely have dreamed.
— from Europe in the Sixteenth Century, 1494-1598, Fifth Edition Period 4 (of 8), Periods of European History by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Johnson

If at times illicit, the long breezy rambles over field and down were fraught with all that was healthful and wholesome, in the splendid air, the beautiful surroundings of the fairest of English landscapes, the hardening of the young frame into the most perfect training, the excitement of a certain amount of ever present risk, and the absorbing pursuit of a favourite hobby.
— from Haviland's Chum by Bertram Mitford

May to November _#_Terrain: mostly hilly to rugged and mountainous with little level land _#_Natural resources: sun, sand, sea, surf _#_Land use: arable land 15%; permanent crops 6%; meadows and pastures 26%; forest and woodland 6%; other 47% _#_Environment: rarely affected by hurricanes; subject to frequent severe droughts, floods, earthquakes; lack of natural freshwater resources _#_Note: important location 1,770 km southeast of Miami and 65 km east of Puerto Rico, along the Anegada Passage—a key shipping lane for the Panama Canal; Saint Thomas has one of the best natural, deepwater harbors in the Caribbean _*
— from The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency