And so it did, especially from his lips.
— from Joshua Marvel by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

Those who do not possess the soil contribute their labor; so that it may be truly said that all human subsistence is derived either from labor on one's own land, or from some laborious industry which is paid for either in the produce of the land itself or in that which is exchanged for what the land brings forth."
— from The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 by Various

"Does Mr. Sherwell understand," he asked, "that the remainder of the suite is different entirely from the table?"
— from The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

The major portion of the live stock is designed either for sporting purposes or for “petting” and breeding, and do not belong to the commissariat department.
— from Curiosities of Civilization by Andrew Wynter

No matter whar, if he meet one of 'em, he look 'em squar' in de eye for a minute, den 'bout all he say would be, 'Get to hell outten heah!'
— from Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

"Such a summoning is dangerous even for an experienced magician—far too dangerous for a novice, particularly one who is also a Ranger.
— from Zeta Exchange: A Terran Empire story by Ann Wilson

But this observation is worthless, for it amounts to nothing more than this—viz., that the persons seen in dreams exist for the dreamers and for no one else; but it in no way proves the reality of the asserted apparition.
— from Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities in Central and Western Asia, Europe, and Elsewhere, Before the Christian Era. Showing Their Relations to Religious Customs as They Now Exist. by Thomas Inman

“ Resurrexit Christus, absoluta res est.—Ostendit se ipsum discipulis et fidelibus suis, contrectata est soliditas corporis....
— from The Essence of Christianity Translated from the second German edition by Ludwig Feuerbach

FIGURE 16 Detail of Rembrandt's finished print, Landscape with a hay barn and a flock of sheep , showing shepherd in drypoint, erased figures behind flock, signature, and date.
— from Rembrandt's Etching Technique: An Example by Peter Morse

This morbid condition of the blood is decidedly the first link in the chain of those phenomena which constitute fever, for even before the attack every drop of the vital currant is changed in its properties; and wherever this deranged blood can circulate, there fever extends its empire: for the cause which produces this disease is not confined to a part, but acts on every fibre, and in every tissue of the living system; it disturbs every function in the body, and deranges every faculty of the mind.
— from A System of Midwifery by Edward Rigby