[ 33 ] 1 The syllables which constitute the first reading lesson in Spanish primers.—TR.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

In a tremulous voice, she now ventured to remind the guides, that it was growing late, and to ask again how far they had to go: but they were too much occupied by their own discourse to attend to her question, which she forbore to repeat, lest it should provoke a surly answer.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

The thing had come to her, and, after all, she might be a real lady if she pleased.
— from Ralph the Heir by Anthony Trollope

But those in the surviving boat, when they had recovered from the shock of the explosion, had no mind to remain longer in so perilous a position, but made the best of their way back to the shore, leaving their companions to their fate.
— from History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by William Hickling Prescott

The making and placing of concrete by hand is divided into the following operations: (1) Loading the barrows, buckets, carts or cars used to transport the cement, sand and stone to the mixing board; (2) Transporting and dumping the material; (3) Mixing the material by turning with shovels and hoes; (4) Loading the concrete by shovels into barrows, buckets, carts or cars; (5) Transporting the concrete to place; (6) Dumping and spreading; (7) Ramming. LOADING INTO STOCK PILES.
— from Concrete Construction: Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette

“Sir,” quoth I, courageously, “I'm always afraid of being caught reading, lest I should pass for being studious or affected, and therefore instead of making a display of books, I always try to hide them, as is the case at this very time, for I have now your 'Life of Waller' under my gloves behind me.
— from The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 by Fanny Burney

The Russian loss is stated, probably with some exaggeration, at 2000.
— from Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812 by Edward (Edward A.) Foord

“Now that you’ve got into the way, I’m sure you must really love it,” said Peggy with an encouraging smile.
— from The Rough Road by William John Locke

But though we reached where the river lay in still pools, blue beyond all known blues, we found no more—only traces of a great flood and landslips, which, I suspect, had washed away the lake people had talked of.
— from In the Tail of the Peacock by Isabel Savory

In ascending these rapids it is often necessary to alight from the canoe and walk in the river, whose waters are rather low in such places, especially near the banks.
— from Portage Paths: The Keys of the Continent by Archer Butler Hulbert