But, on the other hand, the testimony is concerned almost always with one or several physical events, so that a simple relational interrogation will establish certainly whether the witness knows and attends to the physical law in question or not.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

His long nose, his thick lips, and his sly prominent eyes seemed tense with the desire to laugh.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

She had been under the impression that Lady Caroline ordered the meals and therefore was responsible for the prices, but now it appeared that the cook had been left to do exactly as she pleased ever since they got there, which of course was simply disgraceful.
— from The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim

Several words indicating the second point enumerated seem to have been lost.
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 2 by Emperor of Rome Julian

We have an abundance of gas to take us across this small pond, even should the voyage last three weeks.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Daspry took from his pocket a small package exactly similar to the one that Mon.
— from The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc

“Now, silence, please, everybody” says the hostess, turning round; “Mr. Harris is going to sing a comic song!”
— from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

Thus it has been, according to St Paul, " ever since the creation of the universe " (and of man in it).
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle of St Paul to the Romans by H. C. G. (Handley Carr Glyn) Moule

They have been such pals ever since they were little.”
— from The Mystery of Arnold Hall by Helen M. Persons

208 shows pivot e shifted to position h .
— from Carpentry and Woodwork by Edwin W. Foster

When all her additions had been made to David's original stock; when the little deal dressing-table and glass had been draped in the cheapest of muslins over the pinkest of calicoes; when the flowery curtains had been tied back with blue ribbons; when the china vases on the mantelpiece had been filled with nodding plumes of dyed grasses, mostly of a rosy red; and a long glass in a somewhat damaged condition, but still presenting enough surface to enable Miss Louie to study herself therein from top to toe, had been propped against the wall; there was and could be nothing in the neighbourhood of Potter Street, so John reflected, as he furtively looked about him, to vie with the splendours of Miss Grieve's apartment.
— from The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

At one time some person expressed surprise that Antipater did not clothe himself in a purple robe—the badge of nobility and greatness—as the other great commanders and ministers of state were accustomed to do.
— from Pyrrhus Makers of History by Jacob Abbott

[xxii] America certainly offers very singular facts towards the support of this mystical doctrine, in which, though we have no faith, yet there is considerable pleasure in tracing the analogy of events in the Continent, partially described in the ensuing pages; for not only has the circumstance of Spanish power extending solely towards the western shores of the New World, a strong shade of likelihood to bear out the colouring which has been thrown on the assertion by those who strenuously advocate it, yet there is probably a much stronger, and more recent event to give a deeper tone to the picture.
— from Spanish America, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry, Sir

On the great tragedy between God and Satan in which he (particularly in 1541) is so prominently entangled, see the letter to Melanchthon, April 4, 1541, “Briefwechsel,” 13, p. 291.
— from Luther, vol. 5 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar

He seized property everywhere, scorning to observe neutrality.
— from Heroes of Modern Europe by Alice Birkhead