Chian wine costs one mina, 736 a purple robe three, and half a pint of honey five drachmæ," took him to the meal market, and showed him half a peck of meal for an obol, then took him to the olive market, and showed him a peck of olives for two coppers, and lastly showed him that a sleeveless vest 737 was only ten drachmæ.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

He had become terribly preoccupied since the trial; sometimes he would be silent for half an hour together, and seemed to be pondering something heavily and painfully, oblivious of everything about him.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Here the barley has taken a different tint now the beard is out; here the oats are straggling forth from their sheath; here a pungent odour of mustard in flower comes on the air; there a poppy faints with broad petals
— from Nature Near London by Richard Jefferies

We fear to distress a friend who may be in sorrow, by sending him a picture of our own bliss.
— from The Cross of Berny; Or, Irene's Lovers by Girardin, Emile de, Mme

Although once very widely used, the magneto multiple switchboard has almost passed out of existence, since it has become almost universal practice to equip exchanges large enough to employ multiple boards with common-battery systems.
— from Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by American School of Correspondence

It was an age when the sovereign was expected to lead his army in person, and it certainly was not expedient that a woman should hold a position one of whose chief duties she could not discharge.
— from The Leading Facts of English History by D. H. (David Henry) Montgomery

The one that I saw had a pendulum of ordinary length, which vibrated twice as fast as that"—indicating an astronomical clock at his side.
— from The Devolutionist and the Emancipatrix by Homer Eon Flint

One morning when the habitué had sought his accustomed post of observation, a young lady presented herself at the door, and seeing me, was about to retreat with something about its being very early for a visit, when Mrs. Thompson recalled her with a "Come in, my dear, and let me have the pleasure of presenting you to Colonel Lunettes, the friend of whom you have heard us all speak so often."
— from The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Margaret C. (Margaret Cockburn) Conkling

I would still have a point of order here that is in the rules of procedure, and I think the committee would certainly be interested in their own rules of procedure.
— from Investigation of Communist Activities in Seattle, Wash., Area, Hearings, Part 1 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities

She had a poor opinion of the boy's capacity, but having undertaken a half share in his education she felt an increased sense of responsibility towards him, and wished to find an opportunity of a word with him in private.
— from The Luckiest Girl in the School by Angela Brazil