When applied to the human body they would be ‘joints,’ provided that we use the word accurately of the relations between contiguous limbs, and not loosely (as it is often used) of the parts of the limbs themselves in the neighbourhood of the contact.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

Being allergic to cats is not well received by cat lovers…often we're cat lovers ourselves.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

In such extreme accidents, ‘tis cruelty to require so exact a composedness. ‘Tis no great matter that we make a wry face, if the mind plays its part well: if the body find itself relieved by complaining let it complain: if agitation ease it, let it tumble and toss at pleasure; if it seem to find the disease evaporate (as some physicians hold that it helps women in delivery) in making loud outcries, or if this do but divert its torments, let it roar as it will.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

And the marvellous rose became crimson, like the rose of the eastern sky.
— from The Happy Prince, and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde

Alas, by degrees, even needlework must cease: Plot in the Prison rises, by Citoyen Laflotte and Preternatural Suspicion.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

If Shakespeare had really been celebrated, like me, Stratford could have told things about him; and if my experience goes for anything, they'd have done it.
— from What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain

It is well taken care of; it is constantly copied; sometimes it is “restored”—as in the case of that beautiful boy-figure of Andrea del Sarto at Florence, which may be seen at the gallery of the Uffizi with its honourable duskiness quite peeled off and heaven knows what raw, bleeding cuticle laid bare.
— from Italian Hours by Henry James

"Well, that's a rather big contract," laughed Mr. Hartshorn.
— from The Dogs of Boytown by Walter A. (Walter Alden) Dyer

A reconnoissance by Captain Lee reduced the numbers to less than two thousand, and the movement seemed to look to the cutting of our communication with Quitman’s column.
— from The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume 1 (of 2) by Hazard Stevens

It appeared that General Pierson had finally been attacked, on the question of his resistance to every endeavour to restore Wilfrid to his rank, by Count Lenkenstein, and had barely spoken the words—that if Wilfrid came to Countess Lena of his own free-will, unprompted, to beg her forgiveness, he would help to reinstate him, when Wilfrid's name was brought up by the chasseur.
— from Vittoria — Volume 8 by George Meredith

McGillivray, duplicity of; repudiated by Creeks; loss of influence; death of.
— from The Winning of the West, Volume 4 Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807 by Theodore Roosevelt

Travels to the Source of the Missouri River, by Captains LEWIS and CLARKE.
— from Minnesota and Dacotah by C. C. (Christopher Columbus) Andrews

Through quiet, woody dells roamed Beulah's spirit, and, hand in hand, she and Lilly trod flowery paths and rested beside clear, laughing brooks.
— from Beulah by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans

She occasionally retaliated by calling Leila “Ireland,” the latter having been the one to apply the two aforesaid nicknames to her chums.
— from Marjorie Dean, College Freshman by Josephine Chase

…… by Col. Ralph Fenton 162 The Young Brigand Chief. …… by Robert Maynard 163 The Black Hand; or, The Mystery of a Ring. …… by Gaston Garnes 164 Just in Time; or, The Plot That Failed. …… by P. T. Raymond 165 Bold Ben Bryan, the Yankee Sailor Boy. …… by J. G. Bradley 166 Hunting the Wolf-Killers; or, Perils in the Northwest. …… by R. T. Emmet 167 The Haunted Cabin; or, The Secrets of the Swamp. …… by H. K. Shackleford 168 The Hand of Fate; or, The Hawks of New York. …… by Paul Braddon 169 The King of Three Oceans. …… by J. G. Bradley 170 The Gipsy's Curse; or, The Revenge of a Lifetime. …… by C. Little 171 The Swan; or, Life on the Mississippi. …… by Don Jenardo 172 Dragon Dick; or, In Pursuit of a Mountain Bandit. …… by Robert Maynard 173 From East to West in a Balloon. …… by Gaston Garne 174 Around the World in the Air; or, The Adventures of a Flying Man. …… by Harry Kennedy 175 The Death Spell; or, The Black Voodoo's Vengeance. …… by C. Little 176 The Boy Jockey; or, Fame and Fortune on the Race Course. …… by R. T. Emmet 177 Big Carlos, the Giant Pirate. …… by J. G. Bradley 178 Hank Hamilton, the Blue Grass Detective; or, The Horse Thieves of Kentucky. …… by Police Captain Howard 179 Monte, the Mystery of Culpepper Valley. …… by Paul Braddon 180 The Pearl of the Pacific. …… by Robert Lennox 181 The Magic Rifle. …… by C. Little 182 Bravest of tho Brave.
— from Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys by Luis Senarens