that had such strange passions and convulsions, three men could not sometimes hold her; she purged a live eel, which he saw, a foot and a half long, and touched it himself; but the eel afterwards vanished; she vomited some twenty-four pounds of fulsome stuff of all colours, twice a day for fourteen days; and after that she voided great balls of hair, pieces of wood, pigeon's dung, parchment, goose dung, coals; and after them two pounds of pure blood, and then again coals and stones, or which some had inscriptions bigger than a walnut, some of them pieces of glass, brass, &c. besides paroxysms of laughing, weeping and ecstasies, &
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

In the case of dead matter, however, such phenomena are less frequent and important than in the case of living organisms, and it is far less difficult to invent satisfactory hypotheses as to the microscopic changes of structure which mediate between the past occurrence and the present changed response.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell

Mr. Brunt was crouching at the small stove, putting a little rice pudding into the oven.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

To the same purpose did our blessed Lord frequently condemn and upbraid the scribes, pharisees, and lawyers, while he carries himself kind and obliging to the unlearned multitude: for what otherwise can be the meaning of that tart denunciation, Woe unto you scribes and pharisees , than woe unto you wise men, whereas he seems chiefly delighted with children, women, and illiterate fishermen.
— from In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts by Desiderius Erasmus

it was late in the evening before I entered this place and was obliged to continue my rout untill sometime after dark before I found a place sufficiently large to encamp my small party; at length such an one occurred on the lard.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Some powers are left quite undeveloped and undirected; others get only occasional and whimsical stimulations; others are formed into habits of a routine skill at the expense of aims and resourceful initiative and inventiveness.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

One resembled a tiger in fury and rapaciousness; a second prowled about like an hungry wolf, seeking whom he might devour; a third acted the part of a jackal, in beating the bush for game to his voracious employer; and the fourth imitated the wily fox, in practising a thousand crafty ambuscades for the destruction of the ignorant and unwary.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Men call the shadow prejudice, and learnedly explain it as the natural defence of culture against barbarism, learning against ignorance, purity against crime, the "higher" against the "lower" races.
— from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

wide, and has So many Licks & Salt Springs on its banks that the Water of the Creek is Brackish, one Verry large Lick is 9 ms. up on the left Side the water of the Spring in this Lick is Strong as one bushel of the water is said to make 7 lb. of good Salt passed a large Isd. & Several Small ones, the water excessivly Strong,
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

The fantastic splendour of this spectacle, together with the grandeur of the surrounding palaces, appeared like the vision of a poet suddenly embodied, and the fanciful images, which it awakened in Emily's mind, lingered there long after the procession had passed away.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

Mosses grew on the slight projections, and little shrubs sprouted out of the crevices, but could not much soften the stern aspect of the cliff.
— from The Marble Faun; Or, The Romance of Monte Beni - Volume 1 by Nathaniel Hawthorne

He opened the secret place, and laid the diamond beside his poems and the crystal ring belonging to Mr. Arnold.
— from David Elginbrod by George MacDonald

I could only remain half lying, half sitting, paralyzed, astounded, listening to those yearning distant musical words.
— from The Strand Magazine, Vol. 17, No. 97, January to June 1899 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

The storm passed at last, as storms must; but it was still a teary little wife that received her husband's good-night kiss some time later.
— from The Road to Understanding by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

This pathetic reception by his old soldiers profoundly affected Lee.
— from A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee by John Esten Cooke

Then, as there came to him a sudden sense of tremendous relief, with breath and thought suspended he turned slowly, fascinatedly, and with greedy [Pg 111] eyes searched the distant plain, as if eager to find in it some proof, at last, of his own safety.
— from The Delafield Affair by Florence Finch Kelly

This system possesses at least four valuable points: 1.
— from Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 02 (of 10) by American School of Correspondence

She paused and looked at me slily.
— from The Red Cockade by Stanley John Weyman

" "More especially we who began life so poorly, and love Art because she loves us."
— from A Roman Singer by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford