The fishing ended, the provision of air renewed, I thought that the Nautilus was about to continue its submarine excursion, and was preparing to return to my room, when, without further preamble, the Captain turned to me, saying: "Professor, is not this ocean gifted with real life?
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

My second picture is named "The Orchestra" (10), and it was designed for the decoration of a large hall of music.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

‘Miss Baddeley’s social position is not that of the people who are answered in periodicals.’
— from The Disentanglers by Andrew Lang

We say that a vertebra is superior when its spinous process is nearer the one above than the one below.
— from Technic and Practice of Chiropractic by Joy Maxwell Loban

All, however, are founded, confessedly or not, on the assumption that the individuals of a society have contrary interests, and that an external superior power is necessary to oblige some to respect the interests of others, by prescribing and imposing a rule of conduct, according to which the interests at strife may be harmonized as much as possible, and according to which each obtains the maximum of satisfaction with the minimum of sacrifice.
— from Anarchy by Errico Malatesta