After examining the papers, Varlamov thrust the book into his pocket; the little stallion, as though he knew what was in his mind, without waiting for orders, started and dashed along the highroad.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The bronchial artery is attended by its vein proper, while the vein which corresponds to the hepatic artery joins either the hepatic or portal veins traversing the liver, and in this position escapes notice.[Footnote]
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise

a profound veneration; that this Word was known to but few; that it was at length lost; and that a temporary substitute for it was adopted.
— from The Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philosophy, Its Legends, Myths and Symbols by Albert Gallatin Mackey

This day the Parliament voted that the bodies of Oliver, Ireton, Bradshaw, &c., should be taken up out of their graves in the Abbey, and drawn to the gallows, and there hanged and buried under it: which (methinks) do trouble me that a man of so great courage as he was, should have that dishonour, though otherwise he might deserve it enough.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Muttering this soliloquy, Arthur carried his precious volume to the table, and, adjusting it upon a dusty desk, put on his spectacles, and began to pore among the leaves.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

During the festival of Easter, while the bishop and the clergy, barefooted and in procession, visited the tombs of the martyrs, they were twice assaulted, at the bridge of St. Angelo, and before the Capitol, with volleys of stones and darts.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

The Madman Who Sold Wisdom 547 The Cat and the Rat 549 Democritus and the Anderanians 553 The Oyster and Its Claimants 559 The Fraudulent Trustee 561 Jupiter and the Traveller 567 The Ape and the Leopard 571 The Acorn and the Gourd 574 The School-Boy, the Pedant, and the Nursery Gardener 577 The Cat and the Fox 580 The Sculptor and the Statue of Jupiter 585 The Mouse Metamorphosed Into a Girl 588 The Monkey and the Cat 595 The Wolf and the Starved Dog 597 The Wax Candle 599 "Not Too Much" 601 The Two Rats, the Fox, and the Egg 604 The Cormorant and the Fishes 619 The Husband, the Wife, and the Robber 624 The Shepherd and the King 627 The Two Men and the Treasure 635 The Shepherd and His Flock 637 The Kite and the Nightingale 639 The Fish and the Shepherd Who Played on the Clarionet 643 The Man and the Snake 645 [Pg viii] The Tortoise and the Two Ducks 650 The Two Adventurers and the Talisman 655 The Miser and his Friend 659 The Wolf and the Peasants 662 The Rabbits 667 The Swallow and the Spider 672 The Partridge and the Fowls 674 The Lion 676 The Dog Whose Ears Were Cut 682 The Two Parrots, the Monarch, and His Son 684 The Peasant of the Danube 688 The Lioness and She-Bear 695 The Merchant, the Nobleman, the Shepherd, and the King's Son 697 The Old Man and the Three Young Men 700 The Gods as Instructors of Jupiter's Son 705 The Owl and the Mice 708 The Companions of Ulysses 713 The Farmer, the Dog, and the Fox 721 The Dream of an Inhabitant of Mogul 725 The Two Goats 728 The Lion, the Ape, and the Two Asses 733
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

From looking at species as only strongly marked and well-defined varieties, I was led to anticipate that the species of the larger genera in each country would oftener present varieties, than the species of the smaller genera; for wherever many closely related species (i.e., species of the same genus) have been formed, many varieties or incipient species ought, as a general rule, to be now forming.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

with head over heels Pendramwnwgl, a. headlong Pendraphen, a. huddled; confused Pendrawn, a. giddy headed Pendreiglo, v. to roll the heart about Pendrist, a. having a drooping head Pendro, v. to vertigo; staggers Pendröi, v. to become giddy Pendrondod, n. giddy-headedness Pendroni, v. to be hair-brained Pendrwm, a. heavy headed Pendrymu, v. to grow top-heavy Pendwmpian, v. to be nodding Penddar, n. vertigo; giddiness Penddaredd, n. giddiness Penddariad, n. a growing giddy Penddaru, v. grow giddy-headed Penddifaddeu, a. indispensable Penddiged, n. an inflamed tumour, a bile Penddu, n. the bird black cap; brownwort Pendduyn, n. a botch, a bile Penelin, n. the elbow Penelino, v. to elbow Penes, n. a lady of high rank Peneuryn, n. the yellow-hammer Penfain, a. having a pointed head or top; copped Penfas, a. shallow-pated; stupid Penfeddal, a. soft-headed; simple Penfeddw, a. giddy-headed Penfeinio, v. to accuminate Penfelyn, a. yellow headed Penfoel, a. bare-headed, bald neaded Penfras, a. fat-headed: the cod fish Penffestin, n. helmet Penffestr, n. head-stall; collar Penffetur, a. headstrong Penffluwch, a. bushy-headed Penffrwyn, n. head-stall, muzzle Pen-gadarn, a. strong-headed Pen-gaead, a. closed at the top Pen-galed, a. hard-headed; knapweed Pen-gam, a. having the head turned; obstinate Pen-gamrwydd, n. wryness of the head; perverseness, obstinacy Pen-glog, n. a scull, a noddle Pen-glöi, to close the end Pen-glwm, n. knot at the end Pen-goch, a. red-headed; n. culerage Pen-goll, a. having the end lost Pen-grach, a. scabby-headed Pen-grest, a. scurfy-headed Pen-groes, a. having the end crossed Pen-gron, a. round-head Pen-grwn, a. having a round head Pen-grych, a. rough or curly headed Pen-gyrniad, n. round headed Pen-guwch, n. a cap, a bonnet Penhwntian, v. to be tottering Penhwyad, n. the pike or jack Peniadur, n. a principal; a top Penial, n. a capital; a chief Peniant, n. capitation Penig, n. a nip, a nib, a niddle Penlas, a. blue-headed: n. the knapweed Penlin, n. top of the knee, a knee Penliniad, n. a kneeling Penlinio, v. to kneel down Penlöyn, n. black-cap, titmouse Penllad, n. supreme good Penlle, n. head-stead; numskull Penlliain, n. a head-cloth Penllwyd, a. grey-headed: n. a grayling Penllwydi, n. greyness of the head Penllyw, n. chief leader; the stone next to a corner stone Penllywiawdwr, n. a general Penllywodraeth, n. supreme government Penllywydd, n. a sovereign Penllywyddiaeth, n. sovereignty Pennill, n. verse, stanza Pennilliach, n. trifling verses Pennillio, v. to form stanzas Pennod, n. a close; a chapter Pennoeth, n. a bare-headed Penod, n. conclusion, end Penodi, v. to spedfy, to assign Penodiad, n. specification Penodol, a. particular, especial; definite, specific Penodoli, v. to render definitive Penol, a. capital, principal Penon, n. a pennant, a flag Penor, n. a headpiece; a muzzle Penpryd, n. visage, aspect Penre, n. a hair-lace, a fillet Penrhaith, n. what has chief right, the chief of the law Penrheithiant, n. sovereignty Penrudd, a. ruddy-headed Penrwym, n. a head band Penrydd, a. loose-headed; loose-ended Penryn, n. promontory, cape Pensach, n. the mumps Pensaer, n. chief architect Pensag, n. the hop-plant, hops Pensedd, n. a supreme seat Pensel, n. a grand standard Penswydddg, n. chief officer Pensyfrdan, a. light-headed Pensyfrdanod, n. craziness Pensyfrdanu, v. to craze the head Pentan, n. a fire back, a hob Penteulu, n. head of a family Pentewyn, n. a firebrand Penteyrnedd, n. chief of princes Pentir, n. a headland; a land steward Pentref, n. a village Pentrefaeth, n. a villagery Pentwr, n. a raised heap Penty, n. a penthouse, a shed Pentyriad, n. accumulation Pentyru, v. to heap, to amass Pentywysog, n. supreme prince Penu, to predominate, to specify Penwag, a. empty headed: n. a herring Penwan, a. weak-headed Penwendid, n. weakness of head Penwisg, n. a head dress Penwn, n. a banner, a standard Penwyn, Penwen, a. white headed: n. bald buzzarb Penwyni, n. whiteness of head Penyd, n. atonement, penance Penydiad, n. a doing penance Penydiol, a. atoning, expiatory Penygen, n. a paunch, a gut Penynad, n. a chief-justice Penysgafn, a. light-headed Pepra, v. to keep chattering Pepraeth, n. chattering, babbling Pepru, v. to chatter, to prate Pêr, n. what pervades; sweet fruit: a. delicious, sweet, luscious Peran, n. a pear Perarogl, n. a perfume, aroma Perarogledd, n. perfumery Perarogli, v. to perfume Peraroglus, a. odorus, fragrant Perâu, v. to become delicious Perc, a. compact, trim: n. a perch Perced, n. a wrapper; a bow net Percell, n. a store, a magazine Percu, v. to trim, to smarten Percus, a. trim, smart Perchell, n. a little pig Perchen, Perchenog, n. a possessor, an owner Perchenogaeth, n. ownership Perchenogi, v. to possess, to own Perchi, v. to respect, to revere Perdra, n. deliciousness, sweetness Pereiddio, v. to dulcify Pererin, n. a pilgrim Pererindod, n. pilgrimage Perereinio, v. to peregrinate Perfagl, n. the herb periwinkle Perfedd, n. centre; entrails Perffaith, a. perfect, complete Perffeithrwydd, n. perfection Perffeithiad, n. a perfecting Perffeithio, v. to perfect Perging, n. a screen, a settle: a. skreening, sheltering Peri, n. a causation, a cause: v. to cause; to bid Periad, n. a causing; a bidding Periagur, n. a causer, a cause Periant, n. a causation Perig, a. extreme; perilous Periglo, v. to make extreme; to give extreme unction Periglor, n. a curate, a priest Perlais, n. a melodious voice Perloes, n. rapture, ecstacy Perlysiau, n. aromatic herbs; grocery Perllan, n. an orchard.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

Prince Vasíli turned to her.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

He told them he now believed that Troy could not be taken, and that Jupiter, who before promised victory to the Greeks, now commanded them to return to Argos.
— from The Story of Troy by Michael Clarke

There is another possible aspect of the case which is not touched upon by these papers, viz., that the jurors may have been friends of the liquor party, and their disagreement may have been intended not to secure their own safety, but to shield the hotel keepers from such punishment as must follow a decision of guilty on the part of the jury.
— from The Story of a Dark Plot; Or, Tyranny on the Frontier by A.L.O.C.

O Italy of pagan vine, That thrills with sap of sun-born wine, Drenching the Christian soul with red Warm liquid of a faith long dead, Wafting it back to sensuous hours.
— from Songs of Three Counties, and Other Poems by Radclyffe Hall

"But he is a man with a personal vendetta toward the English.
— from The Moghul by Thomas Hoover

Mr. Bascom hinted, at an animus: there was no more need for a railroad in the Pingsquit Valley than there was for a merry-go-round in the cellar of the state-house.
— from Mr. Crewe's Career — Volume 2 by Winston Churchill

To make it effectual he says certain information must be given to the President , viz: that the person ill-treated is an American seaman; and that he has received his ill-treatment in pursuance of a decree of the French Government.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 2 (of 16) by United States. Congress

He shows a wide knowledge of men and events, and his strict regard for accuracy gives a permanent value to the book.
— from Due North; or, Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Maturin Murray Ballou