“How have you possibly managed to effect all these miracles?” said I. “Very easily,” replied Ménou.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various

No man or woman, whether clothed upon with virtue or steeped in vice, ever reached forth a hand to John Baronet and saw in his face any shadow of hesitancy to receive it.
— from The Price of the Prairie: A Story of Kansas by Margaret Hill McCarter

When steamed the skin is very easily removed.
— from Hand-Book of Practical Cookery, for Ladies and Professional Cooks Containing the Whole Science and Art of Preparing Human Food by Pierre Blot

That night one of those uncomfortable rumors, started doubtless by Carhart's talk, shivered through the ship, its vibrations even reaching the widow lying awake in her cabin.
— from A List To Starboard 1909 by Francis Hopkinson Smith

Their poverty and the fear of spies and informers combined in making society in Venice extremely reserved.
— from Venice by Dorothy Menpes

The triangular bowed shield is very exactly represented, and the draping of the surcoat has more freedom than is usually found at this early period.
— from Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth Century by John Hewitt