If it was all a bubble, I was indeed sorely cheated and left in a sore pass.
— from Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

Drain, clip into small clusters, and lay in a stone-china or block-tin dish.
— from The Dinner Year-Book by Marion Harland

Nothing could have justified us in leaving the Shan country any longer in a state of anarchy; and I doubt if even the most narrow-minded Under Secretary in the Financial Department dared to raise objections to the needful expenditure.
— from The Pacification of Burma by C. H. T. (Charles Haukes Todd) Crosthwaite

[214] "We'll stop at some city an' lay in a supply.
— from Go-Ahead; Or, The Fisher-Boy's Motto by Harry Castlemon

she cried at last, in a shrill tone; “who, of my own sex, knows my wretched history?
— from Godolphin, Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Maigre (called Soup aux Herbes , Herb-Broth , etc.).—Wash, drain, and chop fine a handful of sorrel, a dozen sprigs of chervil, and half a head of lettuce; put an ounce of butter in a stewpan, set it on a good [92] fire; when melted, put the sorrel, chervil, and lettuce in, add salt and pepper, stir till the whole is cooked; then cover with lukewarm water; boil three minutes, beat well three yolks of eggs with a tablespoonful of water, take from the fire and put the eggs in while stirring; pour immediately on croutons , and serve.
— from Hand-Book of Practical Cookery, for Ladies and Professional Cooks Containing the Whole Science and Art of Preparing Human Food by Pierre Blot

she cried at last, in a shrill tone; "who, of my own sex, knows my wretched history?
— from Godolphin, Volume 6. by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron