The infusion is also very useful as a wash for sores and gangrenous ulcers, modifying their appearance very rapidly.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

'My lord,' answered she, 'set a guard upon me and if I cure you not within eight days, let burn me alive; but, if I cure you, what reward shall I have?'
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

After a few minutes He again raised himself up suddenly, and gazed upon Matilda with all the wildness of despair.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

God has very often bestowed such a grace upon me, whereby He constrains the will, and even the understanding, as it seems to me, seeing that it makes no reflections, but is occupied in the fruition of God: like a person who looks on, and sees so many things, that he knows not where to look--one object puts another out of sight, and none of them leaves any impression behind.
— from The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of the Order of Our Lady of Carmel by Teresa, of Avila, Saint

The old dam, which gave us only five thousand horse-power, is rapidly yielding to the touch of time, and already another is in course of construction that will be more substantial and give us more power than the present dam gives at its best.
— from The History of the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia by S. J. (Silvanus Jackson) Quinn

Not being able to get near Yoletta, and having nothing to do, I settled myself comfortably in one of the spacious seats, and gave up my mind to pleasant dreams.
— from A Crystal Age by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

So Amélie gathered up my letters, and carried them down the hill, and dropped them hopefully in the box under the shuttered window of the post-office in the deserted town.
— from On the Edge of the War Zone From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes by Mildred Aldrich

Others stood and gazed upon me with a steady, serious look, as if taking more interest in my welfare than ever before.
— from Captivity of the Oatman Girls Being an Interesting Narrative of Life Among the Apache and Mohave Indians by R. B. (Royal Byron) Stratton

By the seaside stood a great, upright mountain that pierced the sky like an arrow-head, and the waves beat upon its base.
— from The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study by Jean-Marie Guyau

America is triumphant and England cast down; but the latter has still a great, unbroken maritime force, and the hope of forming a beneficial alliance with the colonies, the impossibility of their being subdued by arms being now demonstrated.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 1 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing