In the diagram each letter on the uppermost line may represent a genus including several species; and all the genera on this line form together one class, for all have descended from one ancient but unseen parent, and, consequently, have inherited something in common.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

As it was, he received and gave, irritated sometimes by the little displays of selfish indifference, pleased at times by some show of finery which supposedly made for dignity and social distinction.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

I 'll touch No more on this—the dinner-bell hath rung, And grace is said; the grace I should have sung—
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

The joy too of all, when one has prevailed; the whole Mountain shakes with joy, and a psalm of praise rises, when one soul has perfected repentance and got its sin and misery left behind!
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

In the diagram each letter on the uppermost line may represent a genus including several species; and the whole of the genera along this upper line form together one class, for all are descended from one ancient parent, and, consequently, have inherited something in common.
— 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

A few more questions and answers followed; and after about ten remarks, a greater intimacy sprang up between them.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

I shall not be relinquishing anything great; I shall be pursuing what is great; the credit of saving the youth of Greece, 10 acquaintance with a better country, and cities, whose fame is flourishing even here, and the politeness and the arts of their inhabitants; and the son of Æson, whom I could be ready to take in exchange for all the things that the whole world contains; with whom for my husband I shall both be 251 VII.
— from The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid

If I might venture to remark that it is the least in the world deficient in that delicacy to which a youth mistaken, a character misconceived, and abilities misdirected, would turn for relief and guidance, I should express what it presents to my own view.’
— from Hard Times by Charles Dickens

〉 G REATE and goode if she deryde mee Let me walke Ile not despayre, Ere to morrowe Ile provide mee One as greate, lesse prowd, more faire.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

But some of the ruins are Greek in style; the mysterious people must also have been familiar with Greek architecture.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 5, Primitive History The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

The Scholars moreover were at liberty to receive annual rewards and gratuities, in such manner as the Governors may deem "best calculated to excite a laudable emulation."
— from A History of Giggleswick School from its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 by Edward Allen Bell

It would be tedious to set down accurately the charming prattle of the lovers, for tones and looks and gestures that cannot be rendered alone gave it significance.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Even the rich Alimentive "gets into something loose" as soon as he is alone.
— from How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types by Elsie Lincoln Benedict

Colonel Conyers Gordon, of course, was not governor of Zaila at all, and though it must have been a sore disappointment to the brave old soldier, he readily and gladly installed Sir Arthur in the residency and assumed his former command of the troops.
— from The River of Darkness; Or, Under Africa by William Murray Graydon

His memory for relationships and genealogies is surprising; he is an adept in the precious science of etiquette, and on these two grounds he is an oracle and much consulted.
— from The Ancient Regime by Hippolyte Taine

Another circumstance connected with this principle of grouping in children, we found to be, that when, at any time a greater number of objects were presented to the mind than it was able to reiterate and group, it silently dropt the surplus, and grouped those only which came within the reach of its powers; but if in any instance an attempt was made to force the child to receive and reiterate the ideas of objects beyond a certain point, the mind got confused, and its powers weakened.—The imitation of Nature in this point is also of great importance in education, particularly in teaching and exercising children in reading.
— from A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education by James Gall

The land animals are active during the periods after sunset and after sunrise; when it begins getting colder or hotter, they burrow, or crawl into caves and crevices among the rocks, and go into suspended animation.
— from Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper

It was red and green in streaks, and her eyes were red and inflamed.
— from The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 by Various