It rather upset me for a bit.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker

"Here!" answered a husky voice from above, and, running up, Meg found her sister eating apples and crying over the Heir of Redclyffe, wrapped up in a comforter on an old three-legged sofa by the sunny window.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

And that was doing well; but the party was dependent for its early returns upon messages from the locals, and naturally those locals which had been most successful were the ones which felt most like reporting; and so that night every one in the hall believed that the vote was going to be six, or seven, or even eight hundred thousand.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

How, should they really be in existence, would they receive us men from above?
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

"My love," he said, with irritation reined in by propriety, "you may rely upon me for knowing the times and the seasons, adapted to the different stages of a work which is not to be measured by the facile conjectures of ignorant onlookers.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

"Here!" answered a husky voice from above; and, running up, Meg found her sister eating apples and crying over the "Heir of Redclyffe," wrapped up in a comforter on an old three-legged sofa by the sunny window.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

The rigid, upturned, marble feet too, he remembered well.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

The fight began, and Hedin was grievously wounded; but when he began to lose blood and bodily strength, he received unexpected mercy from his enemy.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

I was present during the sojourn of Sir Percival Glyde in Cumberland, and was personally concerned in one important result of his short residence under Mr. Fairlie's roof.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Looking at these points of unity, we might say there is but one religion under many forms, whose essential creed is the Fatherhood of God, and the Brotherhood of Man,—disguised by corruptions, symbolized by mythologies, ennobled by virtues, degraded by vices, but still the same.
— from The Sympathy of Religions by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

As the day was wearing, I resolved at last to write a few lines, expressive of my regret at not meeting her, and promising myself an early opportunity of paying my respects under more fortunate circumstances.
— from Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 by Charles James Lever

In spite of his anxiety about Phil, and his mortification about his own mistake, Bart was not altogether without a feeling of relief at this sight that revealed itself, for he saw human habitations at any rate; and he thought that he would now be able not only to find out where he was, but also, perhaps, to get assistance, and thus resume, under more favorable circumstances, the difficult task of exploring the woods in search of Phil.
— from Fire in the Woods Illustrated by James De Mille

These miscellaneous minerals include: Aplite—among Piedmont crystalline rocks along the Piney River in Amherst County—used in the ceramic and glass industry—Virginia ranks first in quantity and in value Bauxite—in Augusta County—used for manufacturing aluminum, chemicals and abrasives Gypsum—in Smyth and Washington Counties—used primarily for the manufacture of cement, plaster of paris, wallboards, fillers and chalk Iron ore—in central and southwestern parts of the state—used in furnaces for the extraction of the metal itself Kyanite—in Buckingham, Charlotte and Prince Edward Counties—used in the manufacture of high-temperature refractories, used by metallurgical and glass industries, for insulators, for spark plugs, porcelains, boiler furnaces and in the ceramics industry—Virginia ranks first in quantity and in value Manganese—in central and southwestern parts of the state—in Augusta, Bland, Smyth, Giles and Wythe Counties—used in the manufacture of steel, dry batteries, chemicals, ceramics, fertilizer, drier in varnish and printer's ink Petroleum—in Lee and Scott Counties—used primarily for fuel Salt—in southwest—in Smyth and Washington Counties—used in the manufacture of various industrial chemicals and for specialized used in food, clay, dye, glass and paper industries; the brine used in manufacturing chlorine and soda ash Soapstone—in Albemarle, Franklin and Nelson Counties—used for the manufacture of switchboards, electric insulators, insecticides (ground soapstone) and for industrial and research laboratories Talc—in Fairfax and in Franklin Counties—used as paint extender and as pigment, paper and rubber filler, ceramic products, lubricant, dusting material and abrasives Titanium concentrates—in Nelson, Hanover and Amherst Counties—these minerals consist of ilmenite (used chiefly in the manufacture of pigments and to a slight extent in making steel) and rutile (used mainly for coating on electrical welding rods); titanium is used for increasing the hardness, strength and durability of steel and is sometimes used in making pottery, china and stainless steel—Virginia ranks third in titanium concentrates Sand and gravel, used primarily for roadbuilding and general construction projects, rank fourth in value.
— from Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia by Dorothy Margaret Torpey

I stumbled upon this place,—really stumbled, for a stone rolled under my foot,—and here I had to stay until this troublesome lame knee would permit me to walk.”
— from Masters of the Guild by Louise Lamprey

Each post became a busy camp of instruction, and the regiments repeated under more favorable circumstances the work of the original camp in Ohio.
— from Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1: April 1861-November 1863 by Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson) Cox

Economic aid - recipient: $86.3 million under terms of the Compact of Free Association, the US pledged $1.3 billion in grant aid during the period 1986-2001; the level of aid has been subsequently reduced (2004) Currency (code): US dollar (USD) Currency code: USD Exchange rates: the US dollar is used Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September Communications Micronesia, Federated States of Telephones - main lines in use: 12,400 (2005) Telephones - mobile cellular: 14,100 (2005) Telephone system: general assessment: adequate system domestic: islands interconnected by shortwave radiotelephone (used mostly for government purposes), satellite (Intelsat) ground stations, and some coaxial and fiber-optic cable; cellular service available on Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap international: country code - 691; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2002)
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

" John Nonono showed no symptoms of tetanus, but was landed at Mota to recover under more favourable circumstances than the crowded cabin could afford.
— from Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

Accordingly, about midnight, the canoes were launched, and I was carried to a remote part of the Island, a distance of about 40 miles, where I remained until my fortunate escape. 29th.
— from A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board the Ship Globe, of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 1824 And the journal of a residence of two years on the Mulgrave Islands; with observations on the manners and customs of the inhabitants by Cyrus M. Hussey