The assistance he thought of, I dare say, was only such as might be reasonably expected of you; for instance, such as looking out for a comfortable small house for them, helping them to move their things, and sending them presents of fish and game, and so forth, whenever they are in season.
— from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

The Phaedrus is closely connected with the Symposium, and may be regarded either as introducing or following it.
— from Phaedrus by Plato

The scheme of Madame Duval is such as might be reasonably expected from a woman so little inured to disappointment, and so totally incapable of considering the delicacy of your situation.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

After a few minutes the insects are stupefied and may be readily examined.
— from Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by Charles V. (Charles Valentine) Riley

The pain is sometimes severe, and may be referred exactly to the spot which subsequent examination shows to have been the seat of secondary inflammation; at other times it is not confined to any particular situation, but consists of general ill-defined feelings of short duration, and recurring at irregular intervals.
— from On the origin of inflammation of the veins and of the causes, consequences, and treatment of purulent deposits by Lee, Henry, M.D.

The hammer-thrower had permitted him to test his mettle—indeed, he had deliberately put himself out to do so, and make Bob realize even more thoroughly that he might just about as well not know anything for all the good it would do him (Bob).
— from Nothing But the Truth by Frederic Stewart Isham

And lest the ordinary allegation of the necessary truth of the Papal Church, on account of its antiquity, should be employed to corroborate the existing system of persecution, the deputy of the people reminded the king and court that the same argument might be rendered effective in hardening Jews and Turks in their ancient unbelief.
— from History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 by Henry Martyn Baird

The appearance of the spots, is such as might be reasonably expected on any person who died of a malignant fever.
— from The Present Method of Inoculating for the Small-Pox To which are added, some experiments, instituted with a view to discover the effects of a similar treatment in the natural small-pox by Thomas Dimsdale

== Already in this passage we can discern the fatalistic acceptance of war which runs through many of his utterances on the subject, and may be read especially in the noble conclusion of his poem, "The Hosts": There was a stately drama writ By the hand that peopled the earth & air And set the stars in the infinite And made night gorgeous & morning fair; And all that had sense to reason knew That bloody drama must be gone through.
— from Poems by Alan Seeger

Not so vivid as mine, the Señor assures me, but red enough so he wouldn't be mistaken easy for a Spaniard.
— from Torchy and Vee by Sewell Ford

So Hugh immediately made signs with his hands such as might be recognized even among savages as tokens of peace and amity.
— from The Boy Scouts on the Roll of Honor by Robert Shaler