She was haughty and fearless; she cherished a love of power, and a bitter contempt for him who had despoiled himself of a kingdom.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Dr. Whitman impressed me as a man of strong sterling character and lots of push, but he was not a great talker.
— from How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon A True Romance of Patriotic Heroism Christian Devotion and Final Martyrdom by Oliver W. (Oliver Woodson) Nixon

And he has remarked it as a singular feature of humanity, that this prospect of relief from physical want inspired a far more deep and universal joy than he had witnessed in any public rejoicings arising from such causes as loyalty or patriotism evinced at a coronation or the news of a great victory; and hence my grandfather takes occasion to express a fear that human nature, as well as other nature, is, except among the rarer class of souls, more [658] powerfully and generally influenced by its animal propensities than by more refined causes.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 70, No. 434, December, 1851 by Various

In vain did M. Levrault make signs to Gaston to hold his tongue; in a firm voice Gaston finished what he had to say, and left the room with haughty step, casting a look of pity on his father-in-law.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, Number 414, April, 1850 by Various

The airship of three million, five hundred thousand cubic feet capacity, for immediate use on the fast passenger services, carrying a load of passengers of [Pg 155] fifteen tons for a distance of forty-eight hundred miles, might be built immediately, and could be housed in sheds at present available.
— from Flying the Atlantic in Sixteen Hours With a Discussion of Aircraft in Commerce and Transportation by Brown, Arthur Whitten, Sir

So can a lot of people.
— from Terminal Compromise by Winn Schwartau

The wire drawing of the steam causes a loss of part of its power, and the result will not be quite so advantageous by throttling as by cutting off.
— from A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.