one of these Shells is passed horizontally through cartilage of the nose and Serves frequently as a kind of ring which prevents the string which Suspends other orniments at the Same part from Chafing and freting the flesh.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

When we consider that these princesses have never been seen in public, have never conversed with any man not of their own family except from behind a curtain, that they do not read, and if they did, there is no book in their languages which can give them the smallest instruction on political affairs; the example they afford of the natural capacity of women for government is very striking.
— from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

The intrepid Spangberg, entirely out of patience with Bering's leniency, said: "Why do you give yourself so much trouble about this old knave? Give me four men and the authority and I shall immediately put him under arrest."
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen

The matter of sex in particular had presented itself to him in a quite horrible way and had made a deep impression on his mind.
— from Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life by Sherwood Anderson

You are going now to pay your court to her again, and if this time you succeed in pleasing her in your own name and with your own face, it will be much worse than before.”
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Dr. Stukely, in particular, has devoted a large volume to the British emperor.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Second, though Burke speaks in prose, he is essentially a poet, whose imagery, like that of Milton's prose works, is more remarkable than that of many of our writers of verse.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

And of all christian souls, I pray Heaven.
— from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare

Four of the relatives of Asaad came down, and succeeded in persuading him to accompany them home.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

At length he signified the ultimate price of his alliance, that the Lombards should immediately present him with a tithe of their cattle; that the spoils and captives should be equally divided; but that the lands of the Gepidæ should become the sole patrimony of the Avars.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

But then I see no reason why, in secondary schools, and in the Science Classes which are under the control of the Science and Art Department—and which I may say, in passing, have, in my judgment, done so very much for the diffusion of a knowledge of science over the country—we should not hope to see instruction in the elements of Biology carried out, not perhaps to the same extent, but still upon somewhat the same principle as here.
— from American Addresses, with a Lecture on the Study of Biology by Thomas Henry Huxley

The window of which I speak is perched high in a turret of the venerable fortalice, and displays such a landscape as was dear to the weavers of ancient tapestries or the legend-loving painters of old Florence.
— from Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence

That student should in propriety have been followed by a Nigerian, Liberian, or Senegambian, carrying his portmanteau.
— from Your United States: Impressions of a first visit by Arnold Bennett

She instantly perceived his drift.
— from God and the King by Marjorie Bowen

of the Bible that were copied and bought and sold in Paris, he says, were corrupt; they were bad to begin with, and copied carelessly by the booksellers and their scribes, while the theologians were not learned enough to discover and amend the mistakes 73 .
— from A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

A visitor informed me, that one night there was such immense play, he was convinced a million of money was, to use a tradesman's phrase, turned on that occasion.
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 2/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

“Someone in pain,” he said.
— from The Burning Spear: Being the Experiences of Mr. John Lavender in the Time of War by John Galsworthy

And also, that the said Iennet Preston had a Spirit with her like vnto a white Foale, with a blacke spot in the forhead.
— from Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster by Potts, Thomas, active 1612-1618

And when she gave rein to it for a moment, suddenly it plunged her into sadness.
— from The Border Legion by Zane Grey