Something I cannot see puts upward libidinous prongs, Seas of bright juice suffuse heaven.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Ainsi dans l'Énéide, aux funérailles de Pallas, une longue procession s'avance, portant des flambeaux funèbres, suivant l'usage antique, dit Virgile.
— from Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare

Character—which implies integrity, purity, unselfishness, love, patience, self-forgetfulness, and temperance—means the truth we have received, made our own, and put in action.
— from Eli and Sibyl Jones, Their Life and Work by Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew) Jones

The third division of literature made slower progress under less powerful stimulants.
— from A History of Elizabethan Literature by George Saintsbury

Venner and Pearse raced down the steep path, using little precaution, sending showers of stones and clods flying before them.
— from The Pirate Woman by Aylward Edward Dingle

They poke under little places so nicely."
— from The Motor Girls on a Tour by Margaret Penrose

“At present Ramon is all right, and if you could put up, like preserves, so he’d keep, it wouldn’t be so bad.
— from Over the Border: A Novel by Herman Whitaker

For the retention of the phrase "upon legal principles" still left a rich field for speculation as to the proper grounds of divorce, total or conditional; and it was equally uncertain whether the juries could determine the law as well as the facts in each case.
— from A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3 by George Elliott Howard

"Well, we'd better have an early supper, then, and get away; or since it is getting dark now, perhaps we'll have to put off the eating part until later," Paul suggested.
— from The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat; or, The Secret of Cedar Island by George A. Warren

As a true pitch screw propeller is virtually a rotating aeroplane, a curved surface may be advantageously employed when the limit of size prevents using large plane surfaces for the blades.
— from Flying Machines: Construction and Operation A Practical Book Which Shows, in Illustrations, Working Plans and Text, How to Build and Navigate the Modern Airship by William J. (William James) Jackman