See that they sweep UNDER the beds, and put clean sheets and pillow-cases on, and turn down one corner of the bed-clothes, just as you know it ought to be done; and have a can of hot water, and clean towels, and fresh cakes of soap, put in each room.
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

"If there are such persons in existence," replied Mrs. Allgood, "who haven't a solitary hair on their heads discoverable under a magnifying-glass, we will leave them out of the question.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

Zapping, Deejaying, c'est la fast culture, si possible interactive et reliée au réseau, en téléchargement permanent.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

See that they sweep under the beds, and put clean sheets and pillow-cases on, and turn down one corner of the bed-clothes, just as you know it ought to be done; and have a can of hot water, and clean towels, and fresh cakes of soap, put in each room.
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

But Levin was in love, and so it seemed to him that Kitty was so perfect in every respect that she was a creature far above everything earthly; and that he was a creature so low and so earthly that it could not even be conceived that other people and she herself could regard him as worthy of her.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Yet I think that the Arya Samaj would never have come into being had not Hindus become conscious of certain strong points in European religion.
— from Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

I J K L belong to the second portrait in each row, and in the case of the second portrait, of the letter A include such name as Agnes, Alice, Ahaz, Alfred.
— from Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by E. W. (Edward William) Cole

Much of its success depends on the manner in which it is performed, and as many surgical manuals are not sufficiently full, some positively in error regarding this point, and as very many modifications have been devised diminishing in value and applicability very much in proportion as {79} they diverge from the original description, I think it advisable to describe the operation minutely, and point out in detail the parts of it which seem absolutely essential to success.
— from A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell

The Emperor, however, appreciated highly this excellent lady who was so perfect in every respect.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon by Various

There are fifty-eight sketches in On a Chinese Screen , portraits including European residents in China as well as native types.
— from When Winter Comes to Main Street by Grant M. (Grant Martin) Overton

The seventy priests, in even rank, stood around the walls, their hands raised in like manner as their chief priest's; their voices going up in a rich chorus, strong and tuneful, in the grand plain-chant.
— from Marzio's Crucifix, and Zoroaster by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford