She cried and looked pitifully, so I took the hats from her and opened the gate, and bade them be gone, for I pitied the women indeed; but when I looked towards the warehouse, as she directed, there were six or seven more, all women, fitting themselves with hats as unconcerned and quiet as if they had been at a hatter's shop buying for their money.
— from A Journal of the Plague Year Written by a Citizen Who Continued All the While in London by Daniel Defoe

He went to school in Bridgeport part of the time, and when not learning, could be found at Mr. Lincoln’s ship chandlery, a large place, situated down near the docks.
— from Young Auctioneers; Or, The Polishing of a Rolling Stone by Edward Stratemeyer

she cried, at last, pettishly shrugging her shoulders, "Don't talk like that!
— from Sophia: A Romance by Stanley John Weyman

If puff-crust is used, about 10 minutes before the pie is done, take it out of the oven, brush it over with the white of an egg beaten to a froth with the blade of a knife; strew some sifted sugar over, and a few drops of water, and put the tart back to finish baking: with short crust, a little plain sifted sugar, sprinkled over, is all that will be required.
— from The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

In describing in the field book the different qualities of soils, the following explanatory words may be used as occasion may require:— Stiff —Where a soil contains a large proportion, say one-half, or even more, of tenacious clay, it is called stiff.
— from Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Thomas Osborne Davis

265 Keep a safe conscience, and let people say what they will.
— from Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The great force by which these wounds must be produced, and the general contusion of the surrounding structures, cause a large proportion sooner or later to prove fatal, notwithstanding the peritoneal cavity may have escaped.
— from A Treatise on Gunshot Wounds by Longmore, T. (Thomas), Sir

Skill was equally divided, (setting dubious tricks aside), strength was a little in favour of Devon, but not too much turn of the balance, (for Cornwall had not produced a man of such magnitude for many years) experience was on Cornwall's side; condition, and lasting power, seemed to be pretty fairly on a par.
— from Perlycross: A Tale of the Western Hills by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore