This shyness, therefore, as we trust it will recommend her character to all our female readers, and not greatly surprize such of our males as are well acquainted with the younger part of the other sex, we shall not give ourselves any trouble to vindicate.
— from Joseph Andrews, Vol. 1 by Henry Fielding

Rejecting the Elderkin-Sherman suggestion of an open market for republishing as in no way effecting the objects desired; the Baldwin-Cox plan of giving protection only to books of which the type had been set and the printing done in this country, as narrow in principle and uneconomic in practice; and the Bristed-Morgan proposition to extend the right of copyright without limitation or restriction, as not giving sufficient consideration to the business requirements, and as at present impracticable to carry into effect—we would recommend a measure based upon the suggestion of the British Commission, coupled with one or two of the provisions that have been included in the several American schemes: 1.
— from International Copyright Considered in some of its Relations to Ethics and Political Economy by George Haven Putnam

Except in the case of the masons and labourers from the departments, it is to be regarded as no good sign when a workman makes a residence of furnished lodgings.
— from A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by William Duthie

On page 58 we read again: "No gentle starts, but hard at it from the very top, and the harder you start the greater will be the momentum of the club when the ball is reached."
— from The Soul of Golf by P. A. (Percy Adolphus) Vaile

[Pg 205] endeavours to penetrate into the family life of the ordinary elephant he is everywhere repulsed, and naturally grows still fiercer and more anti-social.
— from The Criminal by Havelock Ellis

After-treatment E. Median Neurectomy F. Length of Rest after Neurectomy G. Sequelæ of Neurectomy Liability of Pricked Foot going undetected Loss of Tone in the Non-sensitive Area Gelatinous Degeneration Chronic Oedema of the Leg Persistent Pruritus Fracture of the Bones
— from Diseases of the Horse's Foot by H. Caulton (Harry Caulton) Reeks

A genial, moderately rich, and naturally good soil is the soil I would choose my trees from.
— from Science and Practice in Farm Cultivation by James Buckman

They ha' no property, as a rule, and no great stake in the land.
— from Between You and Me by Lauder, Harry, Sir